I've been reading Robert Bly's The Sibling Society and at the same time wondering why Ishmael had such an impact on me ten years ago. It always amazes how you can hold a question in your mind and answers to those questions pop out at you from all different kinds of sources. Take this quote out of TSS about breaking up tribal societies for instance:

Hey all,

A group of filmmakers are working on a documentary titled: No One Right Way. They’re looking for readers of Ishmael to submit their stories about how the book changed their lives.

Hey all,

Some of you might be interested in this exchange with Daniel Quinn about Derrick Jensen over at the Ishmael Community Guestbook.

I found this information on the Ishmael Austin yahoogroup. It was posted by their group member Benjamin. How cool is this? 

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This guy issued a challenge to the internet - to read all of Ishmael (a few pages at a time) and post it onto youtube. He started out with the first pages and each person has posted the next few pages as a "reply" to the previous video. They've gotten up to p. 148 (how long is the book?).

The challenge is here:

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http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8C8B2C09C7D679E0

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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:13 am    Post subject: Re: "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn paimei01 wrote:The book says that we are all enacting a story

And what story is Quinn enacting ? That of Guru of tribalism ? 

Ever wonder why he seems to like having a following of adulating fans ? 

Ever wonder why he twists anthropological data out of any semblance with reality ? 

Ever wonder why he has nothing practicable to recommend, except for vaguely advocating that we let others starve in far off lands ? 

Did you ever consider how many billions will have to die in order for the few remaining millions to subsist as neo-tribalists ? 

But I forgot, murder is one those false "sins" of the crappy ten commandments.
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Book changed life, pointed the way

When he was just out of high school, Adam Hintz read a book called “Ishmael” by Omaha-born author Daniel Quinn.

It’s a novel about a gorilla who has profound observations about  evolution  and the future of humanity.

Hey all,

Check out some of this amazing Ish inspired art work. 

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=4986124&MyToken=1b993c0a-5bf9-458f-bc6b-3f25b58053af

Some folks around these parts may recognize this superhero.

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/margie_boule/index.ssf?/base/living/1186536326146400.xml&coll=7

This is a continuation of ideas presented in part 1, "The Giver Culture".   

This is a continuation of ideas presented in part 1, "The Giver Culture", and part 2, "Why a Giver Culture?"