{"product_id":"the-book-of-the-damned-9781499149999","title":"The Book of the Damned","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Book of the Damned by Daniel Quinn\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book for which I'm best known, \u003ci\u003eIshmael,\u003c\/i\u003e came into being over a twelve-year period, beginning in 1979. It wasn't work on a single book. Rather, it was work on different versions of what eventually \u003ci\u003ebecame\u003c\/i\u003e a single book: \u003ci\u003eIshmael,\u003c\/i\u003e the eighth version and the only one in which the teacher Ishmael appears. When I started writing \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e in 1981, I was sure I'd found the book I was born to write. The versions that came before had been like rainy days with moments of sunshine. THIS was a \u003ci\u003ethunderstorm,\u003c\/i\u003e and the lines crossed my pages like flashes of lightning. When, after a few thousand words I came to a clear climax, I said, \"This MUST be seen,\" so I put Part One into print. Parts Two and Three followed, and I began searching for the switch that would turn on Part Four . . . but it just wasn't there. I clung to it for a long time after issuing the first three parts, desperately hoping to find a way to produce additional parts that would bring it to the conclusion I knew was \"out there.\" What I'd done was terrific-and complete in its own way-but at last I faced the fact that \u003ci\u003ethe whole thing just couldn't be done in lightning strikes . . .\u003c\/i\u003e Another ten years passed before I found the way, a completely different way . . . in \u003ci\u003eIshmael,\u003c\/i\u003e which was the embodiment of my message, providing the foundation for the clarifications, amplifications, and extensions still to come. But publishing \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e had been no mistake. It deserved to be published, and it still does. Those lightning strikes illuminate an apocalyptic landscape never seen before-or after, in any of my later books (including \u003ci\u003eIshmael).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Philosophical Work\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished independently through Createspace Independent Publishing Platform in April 2014, this paperback represents Daniel Quinn's raw philosophical vision before the refinement of \u003ci\u003eIshmael\u003c\/i\u003e. The three-part structure delivers existential and environmental philosophy in concentrated bursts, offering readers a unique perspective on Quinn's intellectual development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Makes This Book Distinctive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike Quinn's later works, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e presents ideas in their most intense, unfiltered form. The apocalyptic landscape Quinn describes remains exclusive to this work, making it essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary philosophy and the evolution of Quinn's thought. The book stands complete as originally published, comprising the three parts that Quinn brought to print between 1981 and the early 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681021169938,"sku":"9781499149999","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3831814e-550d-4152-aecb-04e773df8523.jpg?v=1733947649","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-the-damned-9781499149999","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}