I often encourage people to read Ishamel (and now I suppose I should tell those people to read The Story of B as well), and they almost always ask me, "OK, what's it about?" I'm kind of at a loss for words. I don't really want to mention the gorilla aspect, and when I say, "It's a dialogue between a student and a teacher about saving the world." or something similar, they usually just smile and tell me that sounds "interesting." What would be a better response to the question of what Ishmael is about? • Ishmael.org, the work & philosophy of Daniel Quinn