I just finished The Story of B and was blown away. I consider myself an experimental writer and would be interested in playing with the possibility of re-writing it into a screenplay. Is this against any laws and would it be something that DQ would approve of? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Story Of B| Read More
Why did you single out the Roman Catholic church as B’s antagonist in The Story of B? Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Antichrist, Christian, Ecumenism, Quinn's Motivations, Religion, Story Of B| Read More
Have you ever asked your publisher to release the entire Ishmael trilogy as a single volume? I hope it doesn’t violate your contract. (I saw from someone else’s question that you can’t release mass paperback editions.) Because I was having this huge fight with someone who had just read Ishmael and none of the other books and had completely misunderstood things. In arguing with this guy, I was struck by how many times I said, “Quinn CLEARLY said in My Ishmael…” or “It’s written right there, in The Story of B…” One volume of the whole trilogy would be cheap, handy, and pretty gosh darned cool. Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Ishmael, My Ishmael, Story Of B, Writing and Publishing| Read More
I recently read an interview on Booksense.com in which you stated that you would be working on a screenplay for The story of B. Is this true? If so, will the movie (or whatever it becomes) be a teaching movie with all the speeches intact? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Story Of B, Writing and Publishing| Read More
In The Story of B, I got the impression that the Antichrist is going to be responsible for “The Great Remembering.” Wouldn’t that make Christ responsible for “The Great Forgetting”? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Agriculture, Quinn's Motivations, Story Of B| Read More
I feel like I’ve been lulled back to sleep, and I’m absolutely terrified. Maybe it was meeting so much apathy in so many people; as the school year ended, I found I no longer had the ability to be B. I have never suffered such a loss of identity, and I simply do not know what to do. Mother Culture has convinced me that there’s no point—that nothing can be done. She screams it at me so loudly that I can’t even get through a chapter of your books anymore—and when I try to make myself believe again, terror and shame overwhelm me and I go back to sleep. Categories: I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Beyond Civilization, Evolution, Revolution, Story Of B| Read More
I want to use some of Daniel’s writings on my website/posters/flyers. Is it okay to use parts of the books? Who do I get permission from? The publisher? Daniel? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification, I'd Like Some Advice|Tags: Beyond Civilization, Ishmael, Story Of B, Website, Writing and Publishing| Read More
I wonder if the recent school massacre in Colorado strikes you as yet another manifestation of the phenomenon of “the Boiling Frog,” which you described in The Story Of B. Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Evolution, Prophets, Revolution, Story Of B| Read More
I am making a web page with some chapters of your books. This is ok, right? I have given credit to you, of course. I was also wondering about a summary of Ishmael (like the summaries on the backs of The Story of B and My Ishmael) and also about excerpts from all three books I could use for the page. Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Ishmael, My Ishmael, Story Of B, Writing and Publishing| Read More
My question is, when does a person become B? Is there a fundamental amount of knowledge one must have? Or can one be a B with any amount of knowledge as long as the ‘spirit’ (an admittedly inaccurate word) of the message is understood? …of course being perhaps less effective than those with more knowledge to provide more complete answers? Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Education, Story Of B| Read More