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by Mark Twain (Author), Frederick Pohl (Introduction)
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  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc; New ed of 1909 ed edition (1 Dec 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 019510157X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195101577
  • Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 16.5 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Combining science fiction with a satirical look at conventional views of the afterlife, Twain delivers a trenchant commentary on human vanity.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Genius unfettered by time, 16 July 2006
This review is from: Extract From Captain Stormfield's Visit To Heaven (Paperback)
More philosophical wit and wisdom from the master storyteller, as Captain Stormfield lays waste to the more traditional views of the hereafter. In very much the same vein as "The Diary Of Adam And Eve", Twain deals organised religion body blows from left and right with hilarious portrayals of such cherished figures as Moses, and some pitch-perfect dissections of the lamentable human animal.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An ounce of Twain is worth a pound of Handbook of the Soul, 13 Jan 1997
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Tired of tedious, if earnest, pseudo-philosophizers who will give you all the secrets of universal happiness in ten minutes a day? Tired of smug pulpit-pounders who somehow, while still human, seem to "know" as much as any divinity you can think of? Then it's time to spend an hour with Mark Twain. Come on: you haven't given the old guy a minute since you had to read "Huckleberry Finn" in high school or college, and it's about time you did. Captain Stormfield's "Extract" is just the tonic your overburdened soul needs. Stormfield's heaven seems to let everybody in, and to do its best to fulfill every one of their dreams, until-- you guessed it--their expectations conflict. How can Moses, for example, be expected to greet every faithful Jew, Christian and Muslim, with hugs and kisses without 1] getting soaked with slobber, and 2] getting disgusted with his lack of free time? "[The patriarchs] are kind and gentle old Jews, but they ain't any fonder of kissing the emotional highlights of Brooklyn than you be." Enough said.
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