- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Paper Tiger (27 Nov 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1850280436
- ISBN-13: 978-1850280439
- Product Dimensions: 29 x 20.8 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 881,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book gives a symbolic prehistory of humanity, originating on another world (the "second earth" of the title is the one where we live now.) It is copiously and sumptuously illustrated with mostly full-colour paintings, and it is for those that I bought it. The story of the human race which accompanies them is, for me, less of a success. It is strongly coloured by what I imagine are the author's personal tastes (in the future it describes everyone is "green", that is, environmentalist, despite keeping up a very non-green policy of space exploration, and everyone is a vegetarian), and the attitude to women is decidedly unpleasant. At first only men are created: only after women appear is there Sin and Evil. Even carnivorous animals, we are told, took to eating meat only after Woman entered the world. While it might be argued this is no worse than the temptation of Adam by Eve in Genesis, a work written in the 20th century has to be judged by different standards from one written some time before 500BC. The text goes on to explain how humanity went on to face Doom on its original world before leaving to settle ours, and the obvious implication is that unless we mend our ways we will face the same Doom here. If that means getting rid of women, though, Doom will come within a generation. Having read the book thoroughly once, I can only approach it again by looking at the pictures and ignoring the text.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Sorry - But a 4 STAR MINUS
24 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Album art is better
The Book Designers, Editors should be sent to Guantanamo for a scolding
The Format should have matched the LP 12"x12"
For those who never saw the Album "You have been shortchanged"
Images are clipped, reduced and cropped. The binding hides images
The Printer should also be on the list of convicts - the colors are washed by comparison to the original.
The larger format I suggest would have cost more for the cover and binding but would have used less paper and few pages. The design time would have been less. The Album would have been copied - with the new pages inserted or appended.
The additional material is negligible if viewed apart from the original.
By the way - I did compare the 2 after viewing the book for a week
The Book Designers, Editors should be sent to Guantanamo for a scolding
The Format should have matched the LP 12"x12"
For those who never saw the Album "You have been shortchanged"
Images are clipped, reduced and cropped. The binding hides images
The Printer should also be on the list of convicts - the colors are washed by comparison to the original.
The larger format I suggest would have cost more for the cover and binding but would have used less paper and few pages. The design time would have been less. The Album would have been copied - with the new pages inserted or appended.
The additional material is negligible if viewed apart from the original.
By the way - I did compare the 2 after viewing the book for a week
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Each picture is worth the purchase price.
13 Dec 2000
Format:Paperback
A fantastic collection of the artists work compiled into a retelling of the pentateuch (the first five books of The Bible). Lushly illistrated in Woodroffe's unique style. Don't let the biblical angle throw you; fundamentalists may not enjoy this (anymore than they might enjoy, say, Last Temptation (Scorsese)).
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