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Summary: He is a great philosopher, I believe.
Review: "Mark Twain? He is not a philosopher.
His writings are not seriously accepted as a Philosophy!
...P>I dislike this words. I accept him as the serious philosopher.
In "Letters from the Earth", he opens his doubt freely.
He do not believe God is merciful, thoughtful.He picked up Medians in the old testament,
and there he saw God's cruel attitude towards men. ....
I respect him. I adore him as he did for Jeanne d'Arc.
Twain saw mercy only in the death. ...
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Summary: For the militant skeptic and the Twain follower...
Review: Much of this book deals with concepts of God, Heaven, and the Bible which were popular during Mark Twain's time. I thought that parts of the book were excellent, and others were far less so.
"Letters from the Earth" are written by Satan to Michael and Gabriel, and report on his Earthly investigations into the human-race experiment. There are other such writings, e.g., "Letter to the Earth," "Something about Repentance," and "The Damned Human Race," which are intelligent and entertaining.
Also entertaining is "Cooper's Prose Style," a sequel to MT's "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses," and "From an Unfinished Burlesque of Books on Etiquette."
The rest of the pieces I wouldn't miss had they been omitted. "Papers of the Adam Family," wherein Adam and Eve write about Eden and each other, deals with themes that MT treats better in other writings. "Official Report to the I.I.A.S." merely states that something is hard to prove under the rules for proving facts, and easy to prove under the rules for establishing miracles.
Like most of MT's writings, half is beautiful genius, and the other half is merely tedious.
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Summary: mr. twain was a bold impudent heretic...
Review: and for that i love him. the sheer daring of writing such in such an atmosphere that existed atthe time. the sheer disregard and dislike for silly wide-spread customs and destructively vile beliefs. i won't go on, but will merely state that i'm very fond of this collection of essays.
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Summary: Excellent debunking of christian mythology!
Review: As an atheist, I have often pondered the absurdities about which Twain writes. Pure hilarity, genius, and acerbic wit. He exposes the sarcasms of piety in such a clever way - I love the essay entitled "Letters TO the earth", wherein the hypocrisy of the prayers of the 'meanest white man alive' are exposed by the wish-granting angel. Hilarious. A must-have for any freethinker!
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Summary: Way ahead of his time
Review: As much as I enjoyed his more famous books, it is actually this work that makes him even more genius to me. I was totally taken aback. His opinions on religion and the hypocrosy of it all were almost exactly as mine as I read along. I thought that no one was like that... let alone back then... but indeed he was. To know that such a great man felt the same way as I did regarding the Bible and human behavior brings me great comfort. I only wish he were alive so I could personally thank him.
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Summary: Way ahead of his time
Review: As much as I enjoyed his more famous books, it is actually this work that makes him even more genius to me. I was totally taken aback. His opinions on religion and the hypocrosy of it all were almost exactly as mine as I read along. I thought that no one was like that... let alone back then... but indeed he was. To know that such a great man felt the same way as I did regarding the Bible and human behavior brings me great comfort. I only wish he were alive so I could personally thank him.
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Summary: An enthusiastically recommended listening experience
Review: Carl Reiner is as gifted a comedic narrator as Mark Twain was an author. In this 6 hour, 4 cassette, aptly abridged rendition of Twain's uncensored satire of the Genesis story of Adam and Eve, the listener will be introduced to a "freethinker" side of Mark Twain's thought and humor that at the time of his death was thought to be so disrespectful of established Christianity as to have been suppressed by his own daughter. Letters From The Earth is superbly performed, flawless produced, and an enthusiastically recommended listening experience that is both wildly funny and deeply thoughtful.
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Summary: Turn of the Century Heresy
Review: For those who know anything about Mark Twain, this writing will not surprise you. His sardonic sense of humor is prevalent through the entire collection. It does not surprise me that this writing was not published until well after his death. This book shows a most certain disdain for the human race and is quite enjoyable if you are not a starch creationist.
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Summary: Typical Mark Twain wit in small, unrelated bite-sized pieces
Review: I bought this book expecting it to be entirely filled with letters from Adam and Eve. Though this is only one-third of the book, it is great to see Twain's true blasphemous side for once. He was well known for his anger at God and disbelief in religion, and this book is a great testament to that fact in classical Twain wit. The remainder of the book is just random stories he told his children and comments on authors and such, of which some are definitely worth the read and others could be skipped. If you are interested in seeing the author in his true form, though not in a cohesive format, you should buy this book. He did not intend to submit it for publication in his lifetime, so his honesty about what he thinks of the world and religion finally comes out.
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Summary: Typical Mark Twain wit in small, unrelated bite-sized pieces
Review: I bought this book expecting it to be entirely filled with letters from Adam and Eve. Though this is only one-third of the book, it is great to see Twain's true blasphemous side for once. He was well known for his anger at God and disbelief in religion, and this book is a great testament to that fact in classical Twain wit. The remainder of the book is just random stories he told his children and comments on authors and such, of which some are definitely worth the read and others could be skipped. If you are interested in seeing the author in his true form, though not in a cohesive format, you should buy this book. He did not intend to submit it for publication in his lifetime, so his honesty about what he thinks of the world and religion finally comes out.
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