Has anyone attempted to a stage play of Ishmael suitable for schools? I think it would be a great way to reach kids, given a sensitive adaptation of course.Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, Writing and Publishing| Read More
In your books you stress the idea that the Taker way is unsustainable because our style of agriculture breaks the law of life. Then in Beyond Civilization you wrote about how to move past the Taker way.The book was really interesting especially with the examples of creative ways people are organizing themselves differently, but I wondered why you didn’t talk about how to redo our agricultural food system.Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Agriculture, Beyond Civilization| Read More
Of your books, only Ishmael is available in the language of my country. I’m sure there would be great reader interest in having translations of The Story of B, My Ishmael, and others of your books.Is this something you or your publisher can arrange or at least encourage?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, Writing and Publishing| Read More
In the book Ishmael, when talking about population growth, Ishmael points out that one woman and a hundred men is going to mean just one baby a year, but one man and a hundred women is going to mean a hundred babies a year. By pointing this out, he seems to be blaming women for population growth.Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, Population Control| Read More
One of the surprising things about your “novels of ideas” is that they work so well just as novels. I’ve heard people describe them as page turners.Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Quinn's Motivations, Writing and Publishing| Read More
The premise of your graphic novel The Man Who Grew Young is that the forward flow of time in the universe has come to the end of its string and is “rewinding” itself like a yo-yo.Was it difficult to write a book in which all the action is running backwards?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Quinn's Motivations, Writing and Publishing| Read More
Parables and dialogue play a big role in your novels (more so than any modern writer I know of). Can you explain why?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Education, Quinn's Motivations, Writing and Publishing| Read More
Mr.Quinn I recently read Ishmael for a program on Civilization and History I am currently enrolled in and thoroughly enjoyed it; however I am aware that others are very critical of it.Some critics claim that the kind and gentle warning delivered in Ishmael is actually a wolf in sheep’s clothing. In fact, some go as far as claiming it to be subversive Nazi propaganda.What would you say to these critics if given the chance?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, Quinn's Motivations| Read More
I’ve found myself rereading The Holy, not for the animist theme, but for the dialogue. I’ve noticed in several of your books, but especially in The Holy, the characters speak in very clear, direct, and honest ways, even when they are being ambiguous and dishonest (if that makes any sense).It’s a refreshing sense of everybody knowing their own needs and agendas and putting it out on the table without apology, and I’m wondering where you learned to write characters that talk like this? Is it simply drawn from your own skill at communication. I’m envious.Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Writing and Publishing| Read More
How many different editions of Ishmael exist? How do I identify which edition I have? Is there a record of the revisions made for each edition available?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, Writing and Publishing| Read More
