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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Atlantic Books (1 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843545748
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843545743
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (163 customer reviews)
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"'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan 'Do yourself a favor and skip the Dawkins and Harris; they're smug, turgid, and boring, with all the human feeling of a tax return. Read Hitchens instead... A tendentious delight, a caustic and even brilliant book... Thank God for Christopher Hitchens.' - Mark Warren, Esquire 'Dazzling... A campaign to put this glittering anti-theist tract on the national curriculum for "religious education" should begin here.' - Johann Hari, Independent 'Hitchens is a grand rhetorician, and his double-barrelled shotgun of a book is high entertainment... As with Voltaire, his scornful laughter is a powerful weapon.' - Christopher Hart, Sunday Times 'The anti-religion case has never been put so well, so comprehensively or so definitively as in this razor-sharp book... Hitchens accumulates a devastating case... Outstanding.' - A.C. Grayling, Independent on Sunday 'Christopher Hitchens is a master craftsman of argument... God is not Great is undoubtedly the most boisterously entertaining contribution to the [atheism] debate.' - Siobhan Murphy, Metro 'God is not Great is easily the most brilliant and fascinating contemplation upon the role of religion in human society in recent times, the Das Kapital of a tolerant, if exasperated, atheism.' - Kevin Myers, Irish Independent"

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'Thank God for Christopher Hitchens. For he has written the finest
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86 of 90 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's exactly what it claims to be, 13 May 2009
By Simon Hall (Dublin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Paperback)
This book is EXTREMELY well written. Witty, informative, and determined.

Many one-star-ers have noted that this book is one of two things:

1. The Atheist Camp claim that this book is not as 'good' as the God Delusion by Richard Dawkins - the arguments are difficult to follow, it's not as scientific or academic as it might be.

Well, Christopher is not a scientist. The book is a fantastic diatribe against the parties of God - it doesn't claim to be anything more. It's a wonderful contribution to atheistic literature. It's funny, clever and well-researched. It's not supposed to be an academic thesis.

2. The God Camp claim that Hitchens succeed in attacking religion, but doesn't manage to prove that God himself does not exist.

While he outlines his reasons for not believing in God, Hitchens does not set out to prove that God does not exist. He sets out to do what it says underneath his main title - to demonstrate how religion poisons everything - and he does a fantastic job.

This book is highly recommended to those who want to laugh and cry at the same time.
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259 of 281 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Clever, Very Readable and Pretty Convincing Too, 2 Jun 2007
By Mr. C. S. Smith "VladtheImpala" (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: God is Not Great: The Case Against Religion (Hardcover)
Firstly - I've read the US version of this book, "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything", this is why I can write a review.
If you just want to comment on Hitchens/Atheism in general (either for or against) then please do it somewhere else!

I wasn't the greatest Hitchens fan but I have to admit that this book is something special. It's well written with lots of entertaining anecdotes and is easily more readable than Dawkins "The God Delusion". The pages fly by and his points are interesting and well made.

Obviously I was expecting a rabid attack on all things godly yet Hitchens turns out to be cleverer than that. He insists that people should be free to believe what they want - they just shouldn't try to force their beliefs on others. There's the expected examination of the Abrahamic religions here (yes, including Islam) but also critiques of other faiths too. Intelligent and inventive, this was far far better than the book that I was expecting.

Overall it's a great read with a convincing message that has convinced me to look at Hitchens back catalogue to see what other gems are hidden there...

I dare you to read this!
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars another 5 star for the count, 25 May 2009
This review is from: God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Paperback)
I thought I would come to this site to write a rave review for Hitchens's book, but found that so many others have already summed it up so well. The eloquent style, the vast intellectual scope, the sheer fascination from cover to cover. So I would just like to get into the count of those who found this book worthy of five stars.
I do not see the need to compare it with Dawkins's book; I agree with the reviewer who said it is an excellent companion to The God Dilusion. Both books left me feeling like there is finally a mainstream of sanity arising in the world. Although I was raised in an atheist home and did not have a religion to shake off, I have always been uncomfortable about having to explain my non-belief, the irrelevance it all held for me. Hitchens has shown me that irrelevance is a timid stance to take in a world where so much damage is being done through religion, and that there is plenty that needs to be said and done. And thus informed, I will procede more assertively and assuredly. A life changing book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Penetrating observations and assessments, with some humour.
Hitchens has provided an excellent and very readable summary of the God issues and should be read by anyone who has an open mind on religion. Read more
Published 2 days ago by C. Parkinson

1.0 out of 5 stars Come on broaden your visions you who support this diatribe!
This is a review I wrote on Dennett's book: 'Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon' but it equally applies to Hitchens' book upon reading it too, which says how... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars preaching to the converted
i am a devout atheist but i wish that the tone of this book could have been more palatable to "moderate" theists, not so aggressive and adversarial. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sock it to 'em, Chris!
As good as it gets from the New Atheists - if you only read one of their books, read this one. The more serious arguments you can find in the other tomes - and pick earnestly over... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Over to you 'GOD'
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Anti-religion book I have read so far
Much easier to read than God Delusion, I have bought several copies to give to friends and family. Definitely one of my favourite books.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Well Said U.S!!!
The U.S. reporter has said it all....."Thank God", blah blah blah for Mr.Hitchens...
There is a God! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Matt&Katy Colman

4.0 out of 5 stars Should be required reading in ALL schools
The author is clearly well read and informed and is able to succinctly place facts in a pleasantly readable form. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars God indeed, is not great
As one of the converted I looked forward to reading this book. Yes, I agreed with it but it seemed to me a pity that at times the author indulged in as good a rant as did those of... Read more
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