So begins an utterly unique and captivating novel. It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author, as well as an excerpt from My Ishmael. Ishmael also posits humanity's powers of invention as a possible solution to environmental dangers.One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following among readers and critics alike. The novels feature a telepathic ape named Ishmael who teaches human pupils about dangers – including human overpopulation – that threaten the planet. "My Ishmael" is one book in a four-book series written by Quinn. It's hard to connect it with my book," said Quinn. "I wish I could understand what he's trying to do, and what he's trying to say. He told MSNBC that he would never have imagined that his books would provoke violence and death. Quinn, who is the author of 13 books and has a reputation as a renowned lecturer on environmental topics, seemed "stunned" yesterday – according to The Washington Post – to hear of Lee's use of his book.Īlthough he acknowledged that his books do focus on topics like the "race between food production and population growth" – a concern that appeared to have become an obsession with Lee – Quinn fully repudiated Lee's use of violence. " The Discovery Channel and it's affiliate channels MUST have daily television programs at prime time slots based on Daniel Quinn's 'My Ishmael' pages 207-212 where solutions to save the planet would be done in the same way as the Industrial Revolution was done, by people building on each other's inventive ideas," Lee wrote on his SaveThePlanetProtest website. But the book made a tragic splash into headlines yesterday when it appeared at the heart of gunman and hostage-taker James Jae Lee's angry online manifesto. "My Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn was an award-winning – albeit quirky – 1997 novel that had long inspired a cult following.
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