It's hard to call My Ishmael a novel in any sort of traditional sense, though I suppose there are characters and some small bit of plot. Really it's more of an essay in conversation form about what humanity could do to not completely destroy this planet. It's a sequel of sorts to Ishmael but could stand on its own since it doesn't rely on you knowing anything from the first book. I haven't read the 2nd in the series The Story of B but probably will at some point. I have doubts that humanity as a whole would be able to implement most of his suggestions without perhaps making things even worse than they are now in the process, but he raises some very good ideas to think about.
posted by Kristin Buxton at 11:50 AM