How do I find and purchase books written by Daniel Quinn?
419. Ayn Rand's ATLAS SHRUGGED, (among other books) has been a motivat...
420. About the movie INSTINCT... Your reaction?
421. There has been much talk lately where I live (the Seattle area) o...
422. How do I discuss the problems of our Taker culture with bible-be...
423. Ishmael says that to feed a starving people will only perpetuate...
424. I know its impossible to know exactly how our world would look a...
425. It's great that you have all these new videos on population growt...
426. If we return to Leaver cultures we will still be subject to the s...
427. Has Marxism influenced your thinking in any way, and what is you...
428. It occurs to me that our society (at least here in America) hasn'...
429. I always end up in conversations about your book in hopes of intr...
430. Do you agree that local currencies like Ithaca (NY)'s and Edgar C...
431. Do you think that God recognizes the problems of the world and th...
432. I was just wondering if you have a personal favorite of your book...
433. What do you see as the common elements between Ishmael and...
434. Are you saying that the Israelis and Arabs, the Irish Catholics a...
435. I understand (and agree) that there is no one right way for peopl...
436. Yes, but how are the strategies proposed in Beyond Civilizatio...
438. What if you used your influence to encourage, arrange, or even su...
439. What do you make of the decreasing estimates of population growth...
440. Human population demography indicates that the global human popul...
441. I am looking for a newspaper or magazine article that supports Da...
442. Why haven't you made your books available in low-cost versions, d...
443. With regard to population, when the 6 billionth person was born,...
444. I've sensed a growing dissatisfaction occurring in the cultural m...
445. In the After having been enthusiastic when reading Ishmael, I am more an...
448. It seems to me that what you're advocating in BEYOND CIVILIZATION...
449. In My Ishmael, are you proposing "unlocking" the food, and if so,...
450. Ultimately, I see Jesus himself as a Leaver (evidenced by his lif...
451. I find myself feeling troubled when I read that you seem to compl...
452. Even if we live tribally (in the sense you use the word in Beyond...
453. I was VERY SURPRISED to see a link to AMAZON.F*!KI*G.COM on your...
454. In "Ishmael" Ishmael says that takers forgot what it is like to b...
455. "Sustainability" (sustainable development, living, agriculture) s...
456. I want to find out about more places like Sudbury Valley and more...
457. Could you give me the name of your editor or literary agent? I ha...
458. I'm thinking of writing a book. What's the lowdown on getting pub...
459. I was wondering why in your telling of the Adam and Eve story, yo...
460. I wonder if you've seen Ray V. Audette's book NeanderThin: Eat Li...
461. I want to find my way, but I don't believe that I will. I feel v...
462. I just read your speech Technology & the Other War. I'm still con...
463. While I think you point out some legitimate examples from history...
464. Do you vote? Many questions we're asked to vote about involve qu...
465. In the Story of B, the way you have described animism struck me a...
466. If man's appearance on earth was no more significant than the jel...
467. If the taker culture has strayed away from the way the gods purpo...
468. In Ishmael you state the Takers dependence on prophets. The Lakot...
469. I may be confused about the inclusion of Michael Time in your web...
470. In PROVIDENCE you mentioned the existence of prophetic dreams thr...
471. I don't want to end like Jeffrey. I want to have a happy, fulfil...
472. Exactly what did Ishmael die of?
473. As I think about the possibility of starting a tribal business, I...
474. I am a Junior majoring in History and was assigned Ishmael as rea...
475. I would like to know WHO IS JESUS FOR YOU?
476. I know that no one can predict the future, and that this may seem...
477. I'm surprised that you never deal with money. Isn't it true that...
478. A recent news story I read online describes lions and hyenas "wag...
479. Isn't it possible that salvationist religion may serve as an anti...
480. I have one question which DQ would probably consider a nobrainer...
481. I hope to make the issues of your work apparent to others but adm...
482. The story of the Fall never made sense to me fully until I read t...
483. One career option I was considering was to work in virology, help...
484. You call yourself an animist. I prefer the term "mystic," but the...
485. According to Ishmael, symbolically speaking, eating from the tree...
486. I'd like your permission to translate one of your works into the...
487. In Beyond Civilization, you make it clear that you're not suggest...
488. I realize that Ishmael is a fiction, and although it is not fact,...
489. Do you believe that one day, and I quote from Genesis "We will su...
490. Being at one time a staunch Catholic I was constantly worried tha...
491. I'm thinking of putting together a film version of Ishmael and am...
492. Have you ever thought of trying to translate Ishmael's message in...
493. Are you familiar with the famous letter written by Chief Seattle...
494. Recent postings in the guestbook have asserted that one has to be...
495. I know you've answered several questions about the prophets, but...
496. Your novel Ishmael leaves me wondering how, as an individu...
497. Do you agree that, as defined by John Ralston Saul, ethics are "a...
498. With the up and coming 2000 presidential election upon us, I was...
499. I very much appreciate your trilogy: Ishmael, The Story of B and...
500. At 24, I'm terrified of losing my idealism, my excitement and pas...
501. How do we become Leavers?
502. There's a lot of upheaval about Gore losing the election because...
503. If the word tribe is such a stumbling block for so many, y...
504. Can you refer me to any published criticisms or contradictory wri...
505. I feel like I've been lulled back to sleep, and I'm absolutely te...
506. I want to use some of Dan's writings on my website/posters/flyers...
508. I'm a student working on an assignment that requires using an "et...
509. I'm just finishing my work toward a degree, and, having read your...
510. I wonder how you would feel about someone creating electronic fil...
511. Would you frown upon me using many of your ideas and philosophies...
512. A central and repeatedly stated assertion of the two Quinn books...
513. Your books have touched me and my life in ways that are unimagina...
514. You say that there is no one right way to live, but you are wrong...
515. I have a suggestion for an addition to the website... How about a...
516. While thinking about possible careers, I've examined my skills, d...
517. You say there is no one right way for people to live. I wonder if...
518. After reading all your books to date and listening to "The book o...
519. I'm surprised and perturbed that more people aren't aware of ISHM...
520. What are your thoughts about the NY-Washington terrorist attack?<...
521. My growing and learning beckons questions which crave answers. On...
522. What is my question to you? Simply whether you find any value in...
523. I just watched the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on TV...
524. Is it possible that human culture evolves as do biological life-f...
525. Something I haven''t seen in your books is a real-world approach...
526. In both your books and your lectures, you appear to critique arc...
527. Are the food race and totalitarian agriculture the same thing? Ev...
528. Sign language has played a significant role in the plots of both...
529. Pre-Taker tribes were in a relatively constant state of low-level...
530. In Beyond Civilization, you mention an incident in which you almo...
531. Mr. Quinn, here is an interesting question that a member of our...
532. After having read your book "My Ishmael" and "Beyond Civilization...
533. Is there an afterlife in animism? Without an answer, I would ass...
534. In Providence, you describe how you became disenchanted with the...
535. In reading the guest book I've noticed that a lot of people don't...
536. My dad says he supports my goals and will do whatever he can to h...
537. I've just finished work on a book called [title and description...
538. I understand your stance regarding God or gods, that "the only th...
539. On page 192 of My Ishmael you say "This is how you must differ fr...
540. Say you have a group of people who have pooled their resources to...
541. Recently someone asked me to clarify for them the meaning behind...
542. I am around kids who will soon be ready to hear the things that y...
543. One of the most interesting and useful ideas for learning to me i...
544. In a review of "Ishmael" by my Sociology class, my professor rema...
545. I've read all your books, and I think they are amazing pieces of...
546. On the ish site the other day, a quote was displayed was about tr...
547. It seems to be that there is only choice between the Takers and t...
548. I agree, the frog is dead. But now what? Having a new mind alone...
549. I must admit that I was greatly disappointed with Beyond Civiliza...
550. . . I know I'm only 18, but . . .
551. In your books you say that a simple way to determine the differen...
552. I wish I could take a course on Leaver vs. Taker society or somet...
553. On to the larger question..... that is to say, now that you have...
554. The biggest problem I have in introducing my friends to Ishmael i...
557. I'm 22 years old and have spent the last six years of my life de...
558. Even if it isn't "the one right way for people to live," wouldn't...
559. I am a U.S. sailor recently returned from a deployment to the mid...
560. Have you ever thought of writing a children's book outlining idea...
561. Are you aware of or have you given consideration to the type of t...
562. A book was recently written by an author named Richardson B. Gill...
563. In the response to one question, ID number 551, you said "Among L...
564. You speak of programs very often as being only reactionary, but i...
565. Though I agree with you that young children don't need books writ...
566. I work for the Peace Corps in a country with a long established '...
567. Although I never try to open discussion of your ideas with "born...
568. I would love to try a sustainable, healthy lifestyle in accordanc...
569. In a recent Q&A you stated "... the author of any literary work d...
570. I am a high school English teacher currently reading Ishmael with...
571. The basic idea is that when our human population grows large enou...
572. I just finished reading Ishmael, and I was wondering about your o...
573. I'm surprised by your answer to question #561 in the Q&A (Jamband...
574. In The Story of B, I got the impression that the Antichrist is go...
575. I understand that totalitarian agriculture and "putting the food...
576. I curious about something you said in a Q&A (#508): "In every tri...
577. I've noticed that our cultural vision is often self-contradicting...
578. One thing that could use some scientific studies backing it up is...
579. I find it difficult to teach the "unteachable", or better yet, to...
580. I have always questioned whether natural selection is still worki...
581. I am a father to a beautiful 4 month old girl. As she grows, I wa...
582. I'm presently doing a research on Quinn's books and their relatio...
583. I found your ideas, about tribal business, from Beyond Civilizat...
584. You say the only thing we can do to save the world is to change o...
585. I recently recieved a copy of "Time" magazine in the mail, with a...
586. Everyday sees another action or reaction between Israelites and P...
587. I was interested in your response to Question No. 579, in which...
588. In this day and age it's hard for the young generation. I my self...
589. I read as many Q&A's on the website as I could stand and did not...
590. Our book club is reading Ishmael for the month of August 2002. I...
591. What references would you recommend that compare the burden of su...
592. I was surprised to see your answer to Question 502, that you cons...
593. I'm a sophomore in college who is considering a double major in...
594. While I do not mean to over state the endorsement of Darwin's the...
595. I was just curious as to if any of mr quinns books have been bann...
597. I noticed you have a short story in one of Terri Windling and Ell...
598. Our class had a phone interview with Mr. Quinn yesterday (10/10/0...
599. It seems that in leaver cultures children are thrust into their a...
600. I'm a senior at a Catholic highschool (a particularly uncomforta...
601. On more than one occasion in your books and in your responses to...
602. I'm currently reading 'The story of B' whereby you distinguish be...
603. Regarding the "lies" of Mother Culture, there is one lie (actuall...
604. If you have been watching the news recently, you must have seen...
605. I am now fighting two distinct battles. One against the idea that...
606. In your response to question 579 you said that closed-minded indi...
607. In two previous questions you have hinted at a dissatisfaction wi...
608. You often mention the idea of a Learning Circus in which people o...
609. I'm 18, a senior in high school and ready to conquer what my pare...
610. I see that you used the word/name Bwana in the conversation on pa...
611. I cannot find "senectuous" as in "my senectuous bribee" page 235,...
612. What do you think of Robert Carniero's theory of environmental c...
613. I'm curious about the significance of the number thirteen in your...
614. I have seen references to teenagers in some of the questions, how...
615. First of all I would like to say that i am 17 years old and I jus...
616. How are you different from the prophets who tell people how to li...
617. After reading Ishmael, we were wondering how it fits in with Mr....
618. I recently finished The Holy, which I found clever and thought-pr...
619. What steps led you to question the conventional reading of the st...
620. It's my impression that more and more people are becoming interes...
621. You speak of Leavers having a sort of wealth that we lack and des...
622. As you have so often stated Leaver societies work(ed) because the...
623. In Jared Diamond's excellent book _Guns, Germs, and Steel_, he a...
624. You mention autism briefly in My Ishmael. Autism is a diagnosis...
625. Is lifetime membership a defining characteristic of tribes? i.e....
626. I can recall sitting in gov't. class and my teacher, a well-know...
627. Have you ever asked your publisher to release the entire Ishmael...
628. I am writing a short story about a small community in present day...
629. You ask a capitalist how he expects to survive without biodiversi...
630. According to information found on this website, the prologue to T...
631. What is the significance of the dentist visit in Ishmael? My tho...
632. What age is it best to tell kids that our culture is not working?
633. In Section 12.11, Ishmael tells the narrator of the novel that "i...
634. It has been said that politics will be the last to change because...
635. I've just finished After Dachau and am very perplexed and taken b...
636. I recently read an interview on Booksense.com in which you stated...
637. I have read your response about the Peace Corps and am rather dis...
638. I was watching the tellie (television) the other day, and one of...
639. I have read several of your books, and love how you draw from so...
640. What is the difference between the methods of business organizati...
641. I am a LCPL in the Marine Corp. I am 2 years from finishing my c...
642. A new reader of Ishmael recently suggested that we ought to let t...
643. After reading "The Holy" I think I have a better grasp of what ou...
644. My question is one of the place of the role of government in gene...
645. My question concerns your thesis regarding food production and p...
646. I recently saw a show on the Discovery Channel that attempted to...
647. Is it possible for the "owner" of a tribal company (by this I mea...
648. Please help me understand... My own research tells me that Leaver...
649. I live near a Lake Champlain in the northeastern US. The lake has...
650. I'm 14 years old, and i live in southeastern michigan. The main r...
651. This might seem like a silly question, but I must attempt to have...
652. Mr Quinn, held within every one of your books is a certain type o...
653. In your books, you seem to draw a very definite line between the...
654. In one of the lectures in The Story of B, I think it may be the f...
655. It seems to me that half the problem with everything in this worl...
656. I am troubled by your answer to question 637. Perhaps I am misint...
657. I am married to a practicing Roman Catholic who believes very str...
658. I have a question about religion. In mother culture it appears th...
659. I did some research on a group of people that lived in a remote m...
660. I recently spent a few days at the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in S...
661. I recognize the fact that cultures are subject to a form of natur...
662. I am writing to follow up from a response I received to question...
663. Okay, so you have grown up in this society that is ruled by mothe...
664. Please excuse the generalness of this question. I teach a group o...
665. I just picked up a copy of 'Our Secret Plan: What Will Our Grandc...
666. Has anyone discussed the fact that the Leaver/Taker conflict is...
667. It's been over a decade since Ishmael was published. My question...
668. Why did you single out the Roman Catholic church as B's antagonis...
669. May I ask why Derrick Jensen sued to block Context books merger r...
670. I'm not quite clear about your stance on birth control. You say...
671. I recently read "The Holy" and found on this website that part of...
672. I have a question about World Health Organization and their polic...
673. I have recently come across a culture know as the 'Aleut' who inh...
674. I'm a loner. I have some friends, but I don't belong to any grou...
675. I've been thinking about trying to find those "others" that you w...
676. Reading up on theories about timelines for Matriarchal and Patria...
677. After reading My Ishmael school seems unimportant, i don't want t...
678. I am a doctor of chiropractic practicing in Canada, where, as in...
679. What do you think of things like the Roman coliseum, professiona...
680. I have been reading the book "My Ishmael" and I was wondering if/...
681. While you were writing the Ishmael Trilogy, did you think/feel th...
682. This is regarding Q and A #603 on this site...It's worth point...
683. How can people teach themselves to escape Mother Culture's story...
684. How do you spot one of Mother Culture's Big Lies? Are there patte...
685. One of the surprising things about your "novels of ideas" is that...
686. The premise of your graphic novel THE MAN WHO GREW YOUNG is that...
687. Parables and dialogue play a big role in your novels (more so tha...
688. . I'd like to ask you a question about the many websites being cr...
689. While reading After Dachau I began to wonder how the novel relate...
690. In question 667, Mr Quinn notes, "I've been very impressed with t...
691. In "Tales of Adam", Mr. Quinn makes reference to gods not of the...
692. I was wondering how the current religious/Islamist extremists fit...
693. Mr.Quinn I recently read Ishmael for a program on Civilization an...
694. I agree with you when you say that prohibiting a behavior never...
695. Daniel, I've got a million questions for you... such as why you...
696. Are you familiar with The Coalition of Essential Schools? Briefl...
697. I just read Ishmael and found it thought provoking in many ways....
698. Unfortunately, in my pursuit of a non-economical version of succ...
699. I've found myself rereading the Holy, not for the animist theme,...
700. What are your personal feelings about polygamy? On an Ishmael me...
701. This is both a question and a comment. On your website I see peop...
702. I recently read about Peak Oil. The theory states that we will so...
703. After reading My Ishmael, it has come to mind that there are a fe...
704. I don't know how relevant or likely this is, but I was wondering...
705. Daniel, I've got a million questions for you... such as why you m...
706. I agree with you when you say that prohibiting a behavior never e...
707. In Ishmael, when you are talking about the cultural amnesia that...
708. While reading After Dachau I began to wonder how the novel relate...
709. In "Tales of Adam", Mr. Quinn makes reference to gods not of the...
710. Was there a difference for you in the writing process when you wr...
711. Its obvious from the book and your answers to questions that you...
712. Do you have an opinion about Genetically Modified Foods?
713. I have recently decided to give up dairy for health and animal we...
714. In Ishmael you had mentioned that if humans exempt themselves fro...
715. I loved The Story of B, especially what it had to say about animi...
716. I've read "Ishmael" and "The Story of B". Your thinking seems sou...
717. What biological mechanisms would allow humans to keep their popul...
718. Regarding your opinion on genetically modified food in reponse to...
719. I am interested in finding any models of new tribal economic vent...
720. Regarding all the recent campaigns for the 'make poverty history'...
721. A population that is over represented beyond sustainability will...
722. Were you influenced by any of the works of CS Lewis? Particularl...
723. It would seem from the earth's point of view that a flu pandemic...
724. In response to the question and answer #538, you stated that you...
725. I've been hearing a lot of discussion lately regarding transhuman...
726. In an article titled "Comprehension by Crucible" (which was origi...
727. What kind of changes would one need to make in order to become a...
728. People ask whether we should go to war to defend those suffering...
729. I have been disappointed in what 'school' did for me, and therefo...
730. I was wondering if you have ever read anything about the Spanish...
731. I want to know what to tell people about the food race when they...
732. While discussing the ideas in your books, some people have said t...
733. Near the conclusion of "Ishmael," you proclaimed that humans in t...
734. This is a letter from a lost boy in search of his life calling. I...
735. I am 19 years old musician, and I know I can write and act and c...
736. Was there a difference for you in the writing process when you wr...
737. "The Man Who Grew Young" and Fritz Lieber's "The Man Who Never Gr...
738. With the upcoming changes that the world will be facing in the ne...
739. The interpretation of the story about Cain and Abel and the story...
740. How are you doing? I'm up to date on the bankruptcy/waiting-for-...
741. Do you believe that the product of "saving souls" was necessary f...
742. As a writer, I am always working on new creative processes. And I...
743. I just finished The Story of B and was blown away. I consider my...
744. I am a film student in his last year ready to begin my final proj...
745. Every time I talk about walking away from civilization and living...
746. Though I certainly enjoyed After Dachau, The Man Who Grew Young,...
747. In "The New Renaissance" you say, "I'm afraid the human race is g...
748. How many different editions of Ishmael exist? How do I identify w...
749. I first heard about Derrick Jensen's work through a recommendatio...
750. I would like to make a film (produce a television series, produce...
751. Has anyone attempted to a stage play of Ishmael suitable f...
752. In your books you stress the idea that the Taker way is unsustain...
753. What do you as an animist think about mental illness? I understan...
754. I've just watched Luc Besson's new film Lucy and wondered what yo...
755. Your books and my own experience have left me profoundly disillus...
756. What is your take on Jacque Fresco and his work, especially his p...
757. In the response #551, you wrote: "I've never said that Leavers an...
758. I can't agree with your reply #757, where you say that Totalitari...
759. A while ago a friend of mine and I spent some time discussing our...
760. Among the wealthy of the world infertility is a significant chall...
761. No societal system can be sustainable without population limits....
762. On 1/11/13 the national academy of sciences released a draft repo...
763. I am a big fan of your work, and have started to discuss New Trib...
764. What is the intersection between anarchism and Quinnian ideas?
765. Ever since I started reading your works I've wished I could find...
766. With nature having its way to create balance, why has Guam become...
767. How can you be so cold-blooded as to oppose sending food to the s...
768. Of your books, only Ishmael is available in the language of my co...
769. Do you support the idea of extending human rights to primates?
770. You're forever stressing the importance of changing minds. Can yo...
771. How do we abolish the exchange of money and bring back the barter...
772. I’m wondering -- what’s the best way for me to pass on to my chil...
774. I would like to understand the origin of our cultural vision. Is...
775. I would like to know the origins of the wisdom that permeates the...
776. In the book Ishmael, when talking about population growth,...
777. Wouldn't all the world's problems disappear if the food was no lo...
778. Mr. Quinn, I have two questions for you about amazing facts that...
