Some Can Whistle

Some Can Whistle
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McMurtry knows how to write...

Mediocre.

Consider the turns life takes

Whatever Happened to Danny Deck?

Mc Murtry's haunting story

Some Can Whistle
Larry McMurtry
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ASIN: 0736618031

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Remember Danny Deck? He was the hero of ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE STRANGERS, who endeared himself with his multiple neuroses. Enough of them remain for us to recognize him in SOME CAN WHISTLE, but Danny, predictably, has changed.

Now middle-aged and reclusive, Danny has returned home to his native Texas. He writes for a living, but does so from a distance. In fact the answering machine is about as close as he cares to come to people.

Danny's seclusion comes to an end with a call from T.R., the daughter he has never seen. That call changes Danny's life and the lives of everyone around him, including T.R. herself.

"A father-daughter love story that underscores the special relationship that exists between male pregenitors and their baby girls." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)

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McMurtry knows how to write..........2004-08-31

...but unfortunately he doesn't always know what to with the plot. This is a very well-written and entertaining book, but the protagonist goes from beginning to end letting things happen to him rather than actually living his life in an active manner. McMurtry uses a particular literary device (which you'll understand if you read the book) to shock him, but unlike the defibrillators used to shock heart patients, he still lives his life in a more or less brain dead manner. McMurtry has used this same literary device in other novels, and it starts looking like his default choice when he doesn't know what else to do with his characters.

Mediocre........2003-10-06

I loved Texasville, and couldn't finish Terms of Endearment. Unfortunately, "Some Can Whistle" is closer to Terms of Endearment, although I can take the main character, Danny Deck, more seriously. He is the former writer/producer of a number one rated TV series, who has become depressed, and doesn't do much on an isolated estate. The 21 year old daughter he has never seen contacts him, and sets the plot in motion, while awakening him from his depression. In some ways she is his antithesis: vital, joyful, impulsive. The book revels in eccentricities, but I didn't find it very amusing. It does make some interesting explorations of the nature of love and friendship between man and woman (parental love for children is unconditional in the novel). I found the main character interesting at times, and enjoyed the daughter. The book's ending was moving.

Consider the turns life takes.......2001-12-20

I love this book. Danny Deck's journey from a self-involved recluse to the walking wounded is both funny and tragic. Just as in real life, Danny's life changes forever in the course of a phone call. T. R. and the cast of characters that draw Danny back into the land of the living for an all too brief time are unforgetable. I sometimes find myself thinking of this story, partly because something similar happened to me. But I also think of this story when I realize yet again that life short and can turn on a dime. Danny's story is universal, although few of us a gazillioniares. Love, loss and the journey not taken is something everyone, in one way or another, can relate to. This book will make you think.

Whatever Happened to Danny Deck?.......2001-06-04

Ever since I read "All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers," I wondered what became of Danny Deck. Come to find out that Deck is alive, though not particularly well. He has isolated and insulated himself. Then, after being lost to him for twenty years, his daughter appears and overturns his life. She pierces his armor and brings him joy and tears. There are moving and beautiful moments in this book, and some hilarious ones as well.

Mc Murtry's haunting story.......2000-12-09

It is easy to see in reviewing the reviews, that people either love or hate this book. It is a short book which treats itself as unimportant until it reminds us to live life. It is like "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in that it teaches us that the essence of your life can be defined by a very short period of time. This can be a very moving book.

3 Titles By Larry McMurtry : Somebody's Darling - Some Can Whistle - Boone's Lick

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3 Titles By Larry McMurtry : Somebody's Darling - Some Can Whistle - Boone's Lick
Larry McMurtry
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SOME CAN WHISTLE
Larry McMurty
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Some Can Whistle
Larry McMurtry
Manufacturer: New York Simon and Schuster 1989.
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Some Can Whistle
Larry McMurtry
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Some Can Whistle
Larry McMurtry
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SOME CAN WHISTLE

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Some Can Whistle

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Some Can Whistle
Larry McMurtry
Manufacturer: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989
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Some Can Whistle 1ST Edition
Larry Mcmurtry
Manufacturer: SIMON & SCHUSTER
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000U0943O

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"A new star is rising in the fantasy firmament...teems with magic and spine-chilling amounts of skullduggery."–Dave Duncan, author of The Great Game

When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn’t commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things–none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine, and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec’s new mentor, and this time there just might be…Luck in the Shadows.

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Disappointing, if you came to this after the Bone Doll's Twin.......2007-09-30

Like at least one other reviewer, I came to this book after reading (and loving) Lynn Flewelling's The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamir Trilogy, Book 1). This first novel is set in the same universe (hundreds of years after Tamir, who is mentioned just-in-passing once during the course of this novel). If you, like me, enjoyed the series she wrote later, I think you'll ultimately be disappointed by Luck in the Shadows; this doesn't get much better than "eh," though it has plenty of "okay-to-good" moments.

The plot line is summarized a little too easily: rural boy, wrongly imprisioned, manages to escape with a much more worldly guy who has Secrets of His Own. Rural Boy becomes an apprentice, goes to the big city, shows his skill, gets thrown into precarious situations... and helps to uncover an evil plot. Such tales can be told very well (it's essentially the Hero's Journey, though this is just part of the story since it's a multi-book tale and very little is wrapped up at the end) but this one won't make you say, "Wow, what a great story." (It's simple, though, and perhaps okay for teenagers new to the fantasy genre. There's some gender/sex issues, making this unsuitable for young readers, or at least a parent should read the book first.)

I suspect that the many people who clearly loved this book before The Bone Doll's Twin came out appreciated the author's world building, and that's one reason they rated it so highly. Flewelling does a far better job of painting the backdrop in her later work, and as a result this one -- with rulers who are always queens, competing races (including one long lived one) and her magic system -- seems penciled in. Mostly, I think it's a question of craft; most authors do get better as they write more, and I'm glad that's so for Flewelling. But instead of going back to appreciate the raw talent displayed, I saw her gaffes.

It isn't awful; far from it. I read it all the way through and was never tempted to chuck it across the room and pick up something else. I'm just bummed because I had hoped to discover that this woman can write ANYthing and have it be as good as the series that I'd enjoyed so much.

Is is possible to fall in love with a trilogy of books? Yes, I think........2007-09-08

I'm not usually a fantasy reader. I picked up this series on a whim, basically. I am SO glad I did! One reason I'd stayed away from fantasy is the tendency for the cliched "frilly, all about unicorns and heaving bosoms" writing that one can sometimes encounter. Not my style. I tore through all 3 books in less than a week, and promptly bought Flewelling's other triad right after. (Read those in less than a week too!)

The characters are easy to warm to, and there is a complex story to keep interest. Basically? Seregil, Alec, Nysander (and myriad others) are well-fleshed out, and I just kind of...love 'em.

I've been raving to my friends about Flewelling's whole catalogue. Now, I'd BETTER get my loaned books back!

A very good debut fantasy novel.......2007-08-16

To be quite honest, I've strayed away from the fantasy novels for a long time, reading only the Lord of the Rings trilogy and naturally, the Harry Potter series.

Although I've always been interested in the genre, few books could hold my attention past the first chapters and I had given up on finding a book that suited my tastes. That is, until a dear friend of mine recommended Luck in the Shadows to me, and told me I absolutely had to read it. Albeit reluctant in the beginning, I ordered the three books because I trusted her in her judgment and was completely swept away.

The entire introduction was simply amazing. Alec's situation was horrible and I immediately felt sorry for him, so when Seregil was brought into the story (mind you, I had some doubts about a lisping main character) and then helped Alec escape in an amazingly well described manner, I was hooked. Especially because it started out fast-paced from the first chapter on and kept going at a steady tempo. The characters get time to get used to each other, Seregil informs the readers (and Alec) about the history of the world in a very informative and likeable way and the descriptions have been wonderfully done, giving a very clear view of what the scenery or the characters look like.

It takes some time to get used to the world and especially the names of the nobility, but the history is explained quite well during Seregil's tales, the politics of war are quite intriguing and the overall plot is strong enough to keep you on your toes and eagerly await what will happen to Seregil and Alec, and everyone surrounding them.

The two main characters are excellently done, Seregil as the more experienced person of the two of them, Alec as the more naive boy who was plucked out of the wilderness and dropped in the lap of a nightrunner. The other characters that play a large part in the story (Micum, Nysander & Thero) have been done beautifully as well. All of them are distinct, with their own pasts and quirks. Seregil's rivalry with Thero had me laughing throughout the book, Nysander's guiding was done fantastically and Micum's friendship was presented as strong throughout the book.

Then again, after all the praise, there are some flaws if you ask me. Alec, although a very likeable character seems almost too perfect at times. He's too perfect when it comes to learning things, except how to use a sword but the blame apparently lies with Seregil, as he masters it quite easily under Micum's tutelage. As the book goes on, he seems to turn into more of a Seregil clone, throwing away his modesty after some time (which I always loved since it set him apart from Seregil who just stripped immediately at the sight of a bath in front of other people and servant). The flaw when it comes to Alec is that he (seemingly) has no flaws.

But that's basically the only criticism I can give when it comes to the book.

Now, for the homosexual relationship that brews between Seregil and Alec. I've read some other reviews that complained that it was too slow or that it was typical that master-thief falls in love with apprentice.

I don't agree with those comments.

The relationship isn't quite there yet during Luck in the Shadows. It comes up more during the second book, and although there are some more intimate moments, first and foremost, they're only friends during this book. They're together for a few months, get used to each other, learn more about each other and start to develop feelings. In my honest opinion, it was a great way to start a romance, because not everything is 'love at first sight.' In fact, the first time Alec understood that Seregil was bisexual was more than halfway into the book, when Beka Cavish casually mentions he fell in love with her father a long time ago.

It's slow-paced but believable.

Is this a book you have to read? If you like fantasy novels, with magic, fights with bows and swords, wizards, rivalries, love, intrigues and the politics of war, yes, you absolutely have to read this book.

Intense, Intriguing, and Inspiring.......2007-05-14

There is so much to say about this incredible book that I am at a loss of where to begin.

Flewelling's Nightrunner series has done naught but truly amaze me. This book (which is the first of this amazing series) starts with a kick and ends with a punch...with no small amount of flavor to hold it together in the middle.

Perhaps the most notable aspect of this book are the deeply three-dimensional characters Mrs. Flewelling builds in the course of her story. Alec, young and trusting, will captivate you with his sweet ingenuousness. Seregil, playful and darkly enigmatic, will immure you with his mystery. And as you read this story and the stories which follow, you will come to laugh with them, cry with them, and, eventually, love with.

The only thing that might leave something to be desired is that you can get lost in the complexity of the world and the characters within. However, this is one of the things I personally find makes this story so marvelously compelling.

So if you want to enter into a delicately rich world filled with wonders and moments that will leave your heart a-flutter, then snuggle up in a chair next to a fireplace and prepare to steep your mind in this masterwork of fantasy.

Party On!!!.......2007-04-25

I grew up on Tolkien and Shakespeare, theatre and honors classes. Not everything has to be "epic", and it's nice to loose yourself in something that's fun. The "Nightrunner series" (how I wish there were more) are those kinds of books. Like a favorite movie you watch over and over until you have the entire dialogue memorized, "Luck in the Shadows" is a book that is always a fun adventure.

Now, there are some parts that can drag a little, but most of those are histories that you need to know anyway... skip that part the second time. There are some places where the plot seems to stop and suddenly shift directions, but remember: it's a series! Read the other books!

I won't go into the plot; there are plenty of other reviews that do that. The "Nightrunner" books are interesting, multi-purpose adventures that DON'T strut about putting on aires with overly-complicated characters. It's the characters that I love, whatever their current adventure. They aren't the kind of characters you swoon over; they're the kind you'd like to go out drinking with!

My copies of these books are well-worn, the audio CDs bearing many scratches from use.

Seregil and Alec, PARTY ON!

p.s. sorry for the ramble, but I love these guys!

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7 Kismet Titles by Dancer - Baby Makes Five - Diamond On Ice - Forever Joy - Flight of the Swan - Lightning Strikes Twice - Sunlight on Shadows - 13 Days of Luck
Lacey Dancer
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La Suerte De Los Ladrones/ Luck In the Shadows (Puzzle)

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La Suerte De Los Ladrones/ Luck In the Shadows (Puzzle)
Lynn Flewelling
Manufacturer: Puzzle
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Luck in the Shadows (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

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Luck in the Shadows (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

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ASIN: 1599125374

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This Audiofy audiobook chip packs Raymond Todd's full 18 hour reading of "Luck in the Shadows" on a tiny memory card. A single Audiofy audiobook chip, hardly larger than a stamp, holds a complete digital audiobook, and saves the last listening position automatically, unlike CDs. With an SD memory card slot or low-cost adapter - like those for digital cameras - this Audiofy audiobook chip can be played on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh desktop computers or laptops (Microsoft Windows XP/2000/Me/98, or Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above) or transferred to Apple iPod media players. Audiobook chips also move seamlessly to most Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld PDAs with SD expansion slots, as well as Treo and Windows Mobile "smartphones" (Palm OS 5.2 or Windows Mobile 2002 and above)... When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn't commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But the thing he hadn't counted on was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things-none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec's new mentor.

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Excellent fantasy adventure!
Enjoyable Read
Truly Heroic Effort by the Reader

Luck in the Shadows: Library Edition
Lynn Flewelling , and Raymond Todd
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Excellent fantasy adventure!.......2006-07-12

I discovered Lynn Flewelling quite by chance when I was looking for something new to read. I took a gamble on luck in the shadows and it was more than worth it.
From the moment I began it I couldn't put it down.
Though Lynn Flewelling has quite a masculine style of writing, the book is extremely well written, pacey and gripping. She combines fantasy brilliantly with adventure, intrigue, and even a little romance, making sure that her books appeal to a wider audience than other fantasy writers. What struck me the most, however, were the characters. They are deep and complex and vividly portrayed. The two main heroes, Seregil and Alec are the strongest I've come across in a while. Seregil in particular stole my heart completely. He's impossible not to love, despite his dubious life style.
Alec is an excellent support for Seregil, being opposite in every respect. He comes a very close second in my affections. The two characters balance each other perfectly, and in no way over shadow each other.
An excellent book.

Enjoyable Read.......2005-01-05

I really enjoyed the book. And the second & third in the series only got better. I disagree that there was too much prose. Her work gets better with later books in the series but I still thoroughly enjoyed the first (so much so that I bought all of her books).

Truly Heroic Effort by the Reader.......2005-01-02

This was the author's first published novel and has a whole lot of flaws that range from too much swearing (and I don't mean from a moral standpoint but a prose standpoint, I got really tired of hearing about some diety's "balls") to huge chunks of exposition thinly disguised as conversation. Then there is the ultimate sin, being told that the action in a long section of the story was unnecessary, just sort of a character building exercise. Oh, someone or other's balls! It wasn't even an interesting long section of the story for the most part.

However, I just bought another book read by Raymond Todd because he gave this one such a heroic effort. Really. Faced with a made up language, long tongue twisting names and some embassassing prose he soldiered on valiantly. This man is a professional.

So if you like pseudo medieval fantasy with a bit of cross dressing and in need of some pruning shears give this one a shot.

Nightrunner Series: Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness & Traitor's Moon

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Nightrunner Series: Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness & Traitor's Moon
Lynn Flewelling
Manufacturer: Bantam
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ASIN: B000RZ01I4

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Twentieth (20th) Century Detective Stories; Queen's Quorum; (Vampire of the Village; Tom, Dick or Harry; The Double Clue; The Shadow; Greedy Night; The Coin of Dionysius; Cabin B-13; Some Kinds of Bad Luck; The Inner Circle; The Stripper ...
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Binding: Hardcover
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Luck in the Shadows: Nightrunner Volume I (Unabridged)

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Luck in the Shadows: Nightrunner Volume I (Unabridged)
Lynn Flewelling
Manufacturer: audible.com
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ASIN: B0002P0D00

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Kim Stanley Robinson has long been known for his excellent science fiction novels such as Red Mars, Blue Mars, and Green Mars. Here he turns his hand toward editing, with a collection of stories by writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, Pat Murphy, and Terry Bisson. These are stories of a future where "wet" technology has replaced "hard": silicon chips have given way to DNA strands, and the industrial high tech has been subsumed by environmental high tech. While all of these fine stories have been printed elsewhere, collected together they comprise a formidable and fascinating look at a future full of ectopias.

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Ernest Callenbach's classic novel Ecotopia sparked a movement that is growing rapidly around the world. Ecotopians embrace high technology as a a tool for preserving and living gently within the natural environment of Planet Earth.Kim Stanley Robinson has gathered here in this volume bright tales of Ecotopian futures, as well as a few cautionary ones. Writers and poets, from Gary Snyder to Ursula K. LeGuin to Ernest Callenbach himself have contributed their visions, along with Pat Murphy, Paul Park, R.A. Lafferty, Rachel Pollack, Garry Kilworth, Robert Silverberg, Gene Wolfe, Howard Waldrop, Carol Emshwiller, Frederick Turner, and Robinson Jeffers.

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Rich, challenging, literary anthology that demands re-reading.......2007-01-28

At first I was a bit disappointed in this collection, because the earliest stories didn't seem ecotopian, utopian, or even SF in character. After I discovered the editor's endnotes, though, the intention behind the collection and its total vision became apparent, and the inclusion of the early stories made perfect sense.

As Dr. Robinson himself notes, the stories don't tend toward standard utopian themes---namely the planned, perfect, permanent society---but they instead reflect the dirty, earthy, organic, fertile concerns of the ecotopian. The "stories reveal everywhere their writers' belief that the societies they depict are preferable to the boxed existences of modern, urban life" (p. 346) through embodied engagement with the world of physical nature and the re-infusion of meaning into everyday life. "What these stories ask us to reconsider is what is really important in life, and thus new definitions of utopia must be reconsidered as well" (ibid).
"It's not that [these stories] advocate a simple return to nature, or a rejection of technology, which given our current situation would be nothing than another kind of ecological impossibility." Instead, these stories, "reject ther inevitability of a machine future" (p. 11).

Not all of the stories are immediately accessible, and many, if not most, demand re-reading in order to get a full appreciation of both the ideas and the writing in which those ideas are expressed. Most of the stories in the anthology really impressed me, but my favorites (at least right now) would have to be "Hogfoot Right and Bird-hands," "House of Bones," "Chocco," and "Newton's Sleep," all of which explored essential themes about what it means to be human in communion with (or separation from) the world of biological nature.

All in all this is a superb science fiction anthology that belongs on the bookshelves of anyone interested in utopian and ecotopian fiction, about the current state of humanity, and about our possible futures.

sort of excellent.......2000-03-28

By the far the two best stories in this collection are Terry Bisson's "Bears Discover Fire" and Pat Murphy's powerful and eloquently written "In the Abode of Snows." After that, the other stories didn't seem to stir me quite as much .They were well written yes, but still... The extensive reading list at the end of the book is especially helpful to those interested in the ideas behind the variuos themes in the story. For that and the 2 stories, i gave it the above score.

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Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias
Kim Stanley Robinson
Manufacturer: Tor Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTKKUM

Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach (4th Edition)
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Great, but too expensive

Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach (4th Edition)
William A. Lessa , and Evon Z. Vogt
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
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Great, but too expensive.......2004-02-15

If it weren't for the price, this would be the single best introduction to the anthropology of religion yet composed. In fact, even with the price, it's the best. Too bad about the price....

In essence, the volume is a compendium of classic works on the anthropology of religion, from across the twentieth century. Everybody's here, jammed in hugger-mugger. The organization is thematic, and you can certainly argue that the particular themes are weak or that the works chosen don't always fit them, but really it's the sheer breadth of the articles that makes the volume so useful.

If you are interested in the anthropology of religion, the table of contents will stun you. You already have some of these articles xeroxed somewhere -- but where? You may have made copies for your students, or put them on reserve. But then you have to do it again, because chances are the reserve desk has lost them, or some stinker student has taken the copies away so only he can study for the exam.

If this book cost, let's say, $50, you could simply assign it and save the trouble. You'd probably require the students to read half the articles, and the rest would serve admirably for additional background reading or alternative viewpoints. Leach, Levi-Strauss, Malinowski, Frazer, Radcliffe-Brown, Homans, Turner, Ortner, Geertz, etc. etc.

If you are a professional and don't own this, go buy it: you'll thank me later, when the bills are paid. Try reading it cover to cover: I promise you will learn something, however expert you are, simply by being confronted with this mass of great work in the field.

My only criticism, really, is that it's so exclusively anthropolgical in a strictly disciplinary sense. Eliade and his ilk simply don't show up on the horizon, nor the developments that arose from his influence (e.g. Jonathan Z. Smith). Beyond that, I have nothing but praise for the book.

Pity it's so damn expensive!

Reader in Comparative Religion - An Anthropological Approach
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Reader in Comparative Religion - An Anthropological Approach
William A. (et al) Lessa
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READER IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION an Anthropological Approach Third Edition
WILLIAM A. LESSA
Manufacturer: Harper & Row
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Reader in Comparative Religion, an Anthropological Approach
Lessa and Evon Z. Vogt William A
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Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach
William; Evon Vogt Lessa
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Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach
William A, Evon Z. Vogt, Lessa
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Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach

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Reader in comparative religion;: An anthropological approach
William Armand Lessa
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OECN98

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