[MD] Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...In 15 Minutes

[Horse]

Hi All

I had a read of the book Dan mentions below and, while there are a few 
good points to it, I think overall it's not something I'd recommend.
I think the biggest disappointment is the last section which is a 
summary of Chapters 20 to 33 where the author (whoever he is!!) says 
"Chapters 20 to 33 begin to act a a drag on the entire storyline..... 
Throughout this lecture, the issue of Quality and it's importance is 
expounded. This digression (!!) arguably adds no tangible value to the book"
I disagree strongly with this and think that the last part of the book 
is immensely enjoyable and very important to the overall narrative that 
Pirsig has been developing.
I would also say that the previous sections are a bit lightweight in 
their summaries.
I'm not sure what sort of audience the author was targeting but I'd 
doubt if anyone on this list would find it particularly useful.

Cheers

Horse


On 05/07/2015 13:59, Horse wrote:
> Cheers Dan
> Just downloaded it to my kindle so I shall go sit in the garden with 
> coffee and cigarettes (breakfast) and have a read.
> Let you know later :)
>
> Horse
>
>
> On 05/07/2015 04:31, Dan Glover wrote:
>> I happened to be placing an ad on Amazon for one of my books when
>> quite by accident I came across this :
>>
>> Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...In 15 Minutes - The
>> Philosopher's Summary of Robert M. Pirsig's Best Selling Book
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Zen-The-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Minutes-ebook/dp/B00ODM8DM8/ref=pd_sim_sbs_351_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1K58AP1CGKJ9RN7C4E1Q 
>>
>>
>> 44 pages. No author name attributed. Has anyone here read it? I don't
>> remember it being mentioned before. Some of the reviews aren't very
>> flattering. Some are. Students looking for a shortcut. I see it just
>> came out last October. Is it even worthwhile attempting a summary of
>> ZMM? To me, the fun is getting lost in the story, not discovering all
>> the highlights in 15 minutes.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Dan
>>
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