Zusatztext "A who's who! where to go! and what to expect guide to the next world." -- The Times-Picayune! New Orleans Informationen zum Autor Daniel Quinn grew up in Omaha! Nebraska! and studied at St. Louis University! the University of Vienna! and Loyola University of Chicago. He worked in Chicago-area publishing for twenty years before beginning work on the book for which he is best known! Ishmael . In 1991! this book was chosen from among some 2!500 international entrants in the Turner Tomorrow competition to win the half-million dollar prize for a novel offering creative and positive solutions to global problems. It has subsequently sold more than a million copies in English! is available in some thirty languages! and has been used in high schools and colleges worldwide in courses as varied as philosophy! geography! ecology! archaeology! history! biology! zoology! anthropology! political science! economics! and sociology. Subsequent works include Providence! The Story of B! My Ishmael: A Sequel! Beyond Civilization! After Dachau! The Holy! At Woomeroo! The Invisibility of Success! and The Teachings. Daniel Quinn died in 2018. Klappentext The guide of choice for anyone who plans to die someday--are YOU ready for the AFTERLIFE? To find out! take this simple quiz: 1. Like Earth! the Afterlife has celebrities! outcasts! deadheads! losers! and busybodies. True False 2. Is there an Afterlife after the Afterlife? Yes No 3. When you first arrive on "the Other Side!" you will be given: a) a set of wings b) a toaster c) a copy of A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife Don't worry if you're not sure how to respond. A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife has answers to these questions and more--and if you're lucky! some of them may turn out to be right! An irreverent! one-of-a-kind compendium from the award-winning author of Ishmael! A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife can be read as a parable! an allegory! a work of fiction--or exactly what it claims to be: a helpful handbook for the recently deceased. It is filled with uncommon wisdom! bizarre imaginings! uncanny perceptions! and unexpected humor. Is it fantastic escapism or a seminal event in human history? Read it and find out.... Face it. The Afterlife is the ultimate test. You might as well study. Q. What am I doing here? I feel totally disoriented and helpless. A. This is normal for the newly dead and will pass. Your circumstances have changed as drastically as it is possible for circumstances to change. Every single one of us felt this way initially. Every single one of us eventually learned the ropes and regained our sense of balance and self-possession. The Little Book is designed to serve as a ready first aid to this objective. Q. What's wrong with my legs? It's as though they were made of rubber. A. You have what is popularly known as the staggers, which we all have when we arrive in the Afterlife. You'll be back to normal in a few days. Q. Exactly where am I? A. In life, it seemed to you that you inhabited a universe of stars, galaxies, and so on, and you located yourself as an individual on the planet Earth, on one of its continents or islands, perhaps in one of its cities. In your stay in that universe, this seemed "normal." A quick look round will convince you that you no longer inhabit that universe. It's said that we inhabit "another dimension" or "a parallel universe," but these phrases have no precise meaning. Basically, you're somewhere else, and this somewhere else will soon seem completely normal to you. Q. But everything already looks completely normal. A. Our environment is locally psycho-reactive, which is to say that it responds to our ind...

"A who's who, where to go, and what to expect guide to the next world."
--The Times-Picayune, New Orleans

Autorentext
Daniel Quinn grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and studied at St. Louis University, the University of Vienna, and Loyola University of Chicago. He worked in Chicago-area publishing for twenty years before beginning work on the book for which he is best known, Ishmael. In 1991, this book was chosen from among some 2,500 international entrants in the Turner Tomorrow competition to win the half-million dollar prize for a novel offering “creative and positive solutions to global problems.” It has subsequently sold more than a million copies in English, is available in some thirty languages, and has been used in high schools and colleges worldwide in courses as varied as philosophy, geography, ecology, archaeology, history, biology, zoology, anthropology, political science, economics, and sociology. Subsequent works include Providence, The Story of B, My Ishmael: A Sequel, Beyond Civilization, After Dachau, The Holy, At Woomeroo, The Invisibility of Success, and The Teachings. Daniel Quinn died in 2018.

Klappentext

The guide of choice for anyone who plans to die someday--are YOU ready for the AFTERLIFE?

To find out, take this simple quiz:

1. Like Earth, the Afterlife has celebrities, outcasts, deadheads, losers, and busybodies.

True
False

2. Is there an Afterlife after the Afterlife?

Yes
No

3. When you first arrive on "the Other Side," you will be given:

a) a set of wings
b) a toaster
c) a copy of A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife

Don't worry if you're not sure how to respond. A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife has answers to these questions and more--and if you're lucky, some of them may turn out to be right!

An irreverent, one-of-a-kind compendium from the award-winning author of Ishmael, A Newcomer's Guide to the Afterlife can be read as a parable, an allegory, a work of fiction--or exactly what it claims to be: a helpful handbook for the recently deceased. It is filled with uncommon wisdom, bizarre imaginings, uncanny perceptions, and unexpected humor. Is it fantastic escapism or a seminal event in human history? Read it and find out....

Face it. The Afterlife is the ultimate test. You might as well study.

Leseprobe
Q. What am I doing here? I feel totally  disoriented and helpless.

A. This is normal for the newly dead and will  pass. Your circumstances have changed as drastically as it is possible for  circumstances to change. Every single one of us felt this way initially. Every  single one of us eventually learned the ropes and regained our sense of  balance and self-possession. The Little Book is designed to serve as a  ready first aid to this objective.

Q. What's wrong with my legs? It's as though they  were made of rubber.

A. You have what is popularly known as the staggers, which we all have when  we arrive in the Afterlife. You'll be back to  normal in a few days.

Q. Exactly where am I?

A. In life, it seemed to you that you inhabited  a universe of stars, galaxies, and so on, and you located yourself as an  individual on the planet Earth, on one of its continents or islands, perhaps  in one of its cities. In your stay in that universe, this seemed "normal." A  quick look round will convince you that you no longer inhabit that universe.  It's said that we inhabit "another dimension" or "a parallel universe," but  these phrases have no precise meaning. Basically, you're somewhere  else, and this somewhere else will soon seem completely normal to  you.

Q. But everything already looks completely  normal.

A. Our environment is locally psycho-reactive,  which is to say that it responds to our individual expectations in ways that  are not explainable in ordinary causal terms. If you are, let us say, an  American urbanite of the 1990s, your surroundings will almost certainly look  and function like a …