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Summary: The best book written in the past half century. . .
Review: "James Joyce turned inside out," "This generation's _Moby Dick_." These are just some of the comments I've heard about _The Boomer Bible_. Find out more about this volume at its new web site: http://www.voicenet.com/~rjdavey/Boomer_Bible
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Summary: Great Fun for everyone
Review: As a history major, I truly believe that the "Book of Yanks" is the funniest and one of the most revealing versions of American History that I have ever come across in my readings. Not only does it reveal our shortcomings as a nation in a satirical way, it shows us how we came by our defects and our misadventures. I also have to mention the Book of Dave as one of the greates treatments of American Pop Culture that I have ever seen. I would rate the Book of Dave right up there with the films of John Waters and David Lynch inasmuch as what they do to try and explain American Pop Culture. Anyone who has a healthy sense of humor, believes that everyone is basically too full of themselves, and knows peope who take themselves too seriously, need to read this book. However, if YOU take yourself too seriously, or think that there can only be one bible, take a sedative and skip this book.
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Summary: Great Fun for everyone
Review: As a history major, I truly believe that the "Book of Yanks" is the funniest and one of the most revealing versions of American History that I have ever come across in my readings. Not only does it reveal our shortcomings as a nation in a satirical way, it shows us how we came by our defects and our misadventures. I also have to mention the Book of Dave as one of the greates treatments of American Pop Culture that I have ever seen. I would rate the Book of Dave right up there with the films of John Waters and David Lynch inasmuch as what they do to try and explain American Pop Culture. Anyone who has a healthy sense of humor, believes that everyone is basically too full of themselves, and knows peope who take themselves too seriously, need to read this book. However, if YOU take yourself too seriously, or think that there can only be one bible, take a sedative and skip this book.
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Summary: A massively intriguing review of history
Review: Being quite Harrier-ish myself, I was intimidated by the size of this thing. But I didn't really appreciate the content of it until I dove in. In six or seven hundred pages, Laird has jammed in thousands of volumes of history, philosophy, political commentary, and every other conceivable subject under the sun. And bravo to Laird for making it all stunningly readable, even for a Harrier...
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Summary: Funny sad and true all at the same time.(but mostly funny)
Review: For anyone with an open mind, a sense of humor and an interest in what makes americans who we are- this book is great. I recommend reading it from front to back in order despite the suggestion in the intro that you skip around. I laughd so hard at points that I had to stop because my eyes were watering too much. The Boomer Bible has more funny lines than you can " shake a pointed stick at." It offends just about everyone you can think of- but at least it does so evenly, across the board. What makes it so funny is the way that it looks objectively at all the stupid things we do and calls them out for what they are-( not politically correct at all.)
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Summary: Extremely insightful and satirical
Review: For those of you who think you know history, think again; the past testament is a delightful read for those who can figure out what twisted wording describes which actual event. Parodies on all professions and walks of life make it an appropriate read for all adults.
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Summary: Life changed
Review: I first came across this book in juvenile detention. I was kept in there for truancy charges, and one boring day I hastened over to a not commonly visited area, the bookshelf. The fact it was thick stood out, any thick book must be important, so I thought at the time, and saw the front cover, not like any other book I'd seen, sat down, and read the introduction, which at the time I almost believed. I went on to read the histories, one of the most offensive, I'd ever read in a long time, full of racial stereotypes that I almost wanted to believe were untrue, but I could not find any evidence against the well established/proven statements. Then came the punk testament, Ways 34.5 We want to be more, not less than the dead. Ways 7.7-8 And they must've known something, More than a lie. Us 1 Are we all alone out here? Are we crazy and hopeless and doomed? We don't think so, And if you don't think so either, You are welcome to come with us. I stayed awake almost the entire night reading it, I resolved to make my life a lot more meaningful, I wrote a note on the inside cover to the next person that picked up the book: and then passed it onto someone who needed it when I was released. I went out and bought it, despite the fact I had no income. (Yes it's that good) I then followed the message of the punks of South Street (Yes, its still that good) and studied classical works, even going back and the Holy Bible normally collected dust at home. This book will change the way you think almost as much as the Holy bible would. But only 'If you can manage to live up to it.' (Psayings 5A.45) In closing, this book is a satire, it lifts you up on your toes putting others down, then swiftly kicks your un-guarded rear by putting YOU down. One of the greatest books of all time, you don't have to agree with it or disagree, you don't have to hate or like it, just don't be apathetic towards it.
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Summary: A Truly Monumental Achievement
Review: I first read this book back in '94. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard for so long. I've been reading it off and on ever since. Over the years I've bought at least 5 copies for friends. They've all loved it too. In a nutshell it's just plain great. Buy it! Read it! Laugh a lot! Then give it to a friend! So there!
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Summary: A Truly Monumental Achievement
Review: I first read this book back in '94. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard for so long. I've been reading it off and on ever since. Over the years I've bought at least 5 copies for friends. They've all loved it too. In a nutshell it's just plain great. Buy it! Read it! Laugh a lot! Then give it to a friend! So there!
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Summary: Meet a brand-new day.
Review: I imagine many people have lifted "The Boomer Bible" off a bookstore shelf, given it a cursory flip-through, thought "weird", and put it right back. That's what I did -- but fortunately, a couple months later my mom saw it in the store while Christmas shopping and decided it would be a good gift for a weird kid. That was over a decade ago, and I still return to it regularly... sometimes for entertainment, sometimes for inspiration, and sometimes to dig for hidden treasure. TBB can be read linearly, from front to back, just like any other book, and that alone is worth the price of admission for its immense variety of jokes, memorable turns of phrase, and observations about the often-unacknowledged dogma that permeates the modern mind. The "Past Testament" takes us through the history of the world and the bases of the "Baby Boomer" worldview; the "Present Testament" relates the story of Harry, a man of wealth and taste who inspires the Boomers to do all kinds of fun things; the "Book of Harrier Brayer" codifies the Boomer Way into a secular religion; and finally, a "Punk Testament" tells the story of some nobodies who react to the Boomer Way with crazy ideas. When you've finished reading "The Boomer Bible", though, you've only finished reading it one way. There's a lot more to it, and if you enjoy puzzles, "The Boomer Bible" has countless hours of brain-teasers in store. (I should emphasize, though, that the book stands just fine on the merits of linear reading alone -- in my case, I had hardly any idea of the iceberg under the surface until I found discussions of TBB on the Internet, long after it had become my favorite book.) The only reservation I have about recommending "The Boomer Bible" is that it might give some readers dangerous ideas. If you apply the Boomer Way properly this shouldn't be a problem, but if you fail to do so, don't blame me.
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