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🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 Very insightful and has genuinely shifted my view on the world and human society especially. It really disappoints me to see how much our society has just continued to fall after this book was written, and I can only hope that things turn out like the hopeful side of this book. The only downside I had to it was the repetitive dialogue and often annoying teaching, though I suppose that's part of the character.

very insightful. i read this in berlin and it did fit the vibe of spiritual artsy

So, Ishmael has a very unique concept : a gorilla that takes on a pupil to educate him on how mankind and mishandling man‘s existence in the world has led to ecological destruction. But the entire book is a dialogue between the two and in parts very repetitive and patronising. I get that that was probably the point, but the format was not for me personally.

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📖 Ishmael (tagged), The Ice Queen (Hoffman)

🖊️ John Irving, Kazuo Ishiguro

🎥 Inglourious Basterds, Interview with the Vampire

📺 Iron Chef

🎤 Incubus, INXS

🎵 I Don‘t Love You (MCR), I Love You (Butch Walker), I Miss You (Blink-182), I Remember You (Skid Row), I Want You (Kings of Leon), I Write Sins (PATD), Icky Thump (White Stripes), Imagine (John Lennon), In Bloom (Nirvana), Iris (Goo Goo Dolls), It‘s You (Zayn)

110 pages in.... thought provoking to say the least
I feel out of my depth here

Any thoughts on this? It's been in my tbr stacks for quite a while.. I'm less than 20 pages in

Anarcho primitivism intro book with a funny monke and can help teach a few things I suppose

This is a book to get you thinking. I enjoyed it.

#TarotTakeover

My book for the Hermit has to be Ishmael... I read this book in my early 20s when I was on my own journey for personal discovery and making changes in my mindset and worldview. It has very much stuck with me!

#7books7days Day 2. Books that changed me or left an impression.

#7days7books: 7 books that have left a deep impression or changed me

Day 4: Ishmael, for opening my mind and heart. Ostensibly, this is a novel. For me, it was a little bit more than that.

Do you want to join in, @JaclynW and @TK421 ?

Wow! Really makes you think about Humanity and Nature and the roles they play with and against each other. Along with questioning many other aspects of knowledge and mythology. A must read for everyone.

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Finished the book in the car today. I understand that this book is discussing some large, societal issues, but I still just feel unmoved by it.

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This is one of the worst books that I have ever read. It starts out bad and it never improves. It is a stream of tired stereotypes from the white male perspective and self important. It basks in its self-importance and cleverness despite being factually wrong about many of the points needed for the arguments to even make sense. It is hard for me to imagine anyone other than the most sheltered highschooler finding this book profound.

I thoroughly enjoyed Ishmael. I can‘t say it was as revelational as I‘ve heard, but I think it certainly would have been if I‘d read it 25 years ago. It made me think hard about things I “know,” but managed to be an enjoyable read nonetheless.

A couple of books that changed me:

The Hobbit was the first book I read as a kid that totally blew me away—I was a voracious reader from then on.

I don‘t even remember how Ishmael found me, but I read it in my late 20s and it opened my eyes, my heart, and my mind.

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“You are captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live.”

Wow. This book is thought provoking.

It‘s been over fifteen years since I read this book. Too long! It is relevant and it makes you dig in and think. Will be re-reading this one.

#ishmael #earth #humanity #leavers #takers #civilization #global #fiction #contemporarylit

Not only did I win a copy of The Crown and get to spend my ebook credit, I also made a trip to the Goodwill outlet and got all these lovelies for $4!

#AprilBookShowers #EarthToneCovers

In addition to the cover's earthy colors, this book deals with humankind and our experiences and effect on our one and only Earth. ?

One of my favorite quotes from this book: "I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.”

I loved these books by Daniel Quinn. They resonated with me deeply when I first read them close to 20 years ago. Who says evolution ends now? Or with humans at all?
#takemetochurch, Mr Quinn! #lyricalapril

This book always speaks to me.
Do you remember to notice those things around you?

"Obviously Mother Culture must be finished off if you're going to survive, and that's something the people of your culture can do. She has no existence outside your minds. Once you stop listening to her, she ceases to exist." (Pg. 144)

#litsyreadingchallenge #readharder2017 #readingchallenge #philosophy #ecology #environmentalism #socraticdialogue #2017 #alternativelifestyle

The world would be a vastly improved place if more people read and shared this Daniel Quinn novel. Inspiring, motivating and thought provoking.

Day 3 of #photoadaynov16

It seems like people generally love or hate this book, probably depending on personal philosophy. For me, it was a powerful, #inspiring read that I have never forgotten.

"We're not destroying the world because we're clumsy. We're destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it."

Getting there - page 118

Ferry reading ⛴