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| Original Title: | The Anarchist Cookbook |
| ISBN: | 0974458902 (ISBN13: 9780974458908) |
| Edition Language: | English |
William Powell
Paperback | Pages: 160 pages Rating: 3.46 | 1966 Users | 157 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Anarchist Cookbook |
| Author | : | William Powell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 1971 by Ozark Press, LLC (first published 1971) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Politics. Reference. Science. Literature. Banned Books. Classics. How To |
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I love this book because of its commentary on America. By that I don't mean to say that the rambling bs of the author is valid or insightful. I don't think the nutmeg or banana trippin is real or warrants a read. I do not believe the bomb making tutorials are the best to be found.No what I love about this book is how blatantly useless it is, while somehow managing to be so feared and despised. I've heard a lot of people over the years say that ownership of this book is just cause for outrageous searches and punishments, that anybody with this book has a severe predilection to violence and that the book should be banned. Obviously those people haven't actually looked at this book.
But, it seems to my eye that that is a succinct observation about modern America. We don't care about substance, we care about hype. We don't need to see proof, we just need to hear scary background music.
We don't need to read a book to see if it is really the devil's best attempt to destroy humanity, we just need to believe as we're told.
At least we're the home of the brave in our songs.
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Ratings: 3.46 From 1966 Users | 157 ReviewsCritique Containing Books The Anarchist Cookbook
Hilariously broken and outdated, but an interesting read about subversive arts. If you are looking for the real deal information, skip this one and pick up the Poor Man's James Bond series. Oh, and don't kill yourself doing something stupid ;)So my brother gave me this as a joke a long time ago and it sat in a drawer and I didn't think much of it. I can remember when we were in high school that this was something that people passed around or talked about. Somehow the topic of the book came up with my son who is now in eighth grade, so I got it out and looked through it with him. From the forward on "Anarchism Today" through the sections on telephone sabotage, it is an anachronism, and if it is possible, verging on quaint. The
Hey, let's make bombs and shit! ;)
Largely obsolete and the author's ramblings are mostly obnoxious. There are better resources out there. It has some merit as a historical document though, as a quick look into the social environment of the Anarchist-Left during the 70s.
The book in whole was full of a lot of information, much of which is illegal and shouldn't be replicated at home. It has a lot of illustrations, and does go into decent depth into many topics. The introduction was an interesting read, and a good addition to the book. However, it falls short of its goal to provided people with "at-home" experiments. Many ideas that come up in the book use extremely regulated materials, and the tools required can reach into the hundreds in terms of glassware,
I've always been curious about this book, so when I heard it mentioned on Rachel Maddow's show a few days ago I searched for it on Google. The PDF was one of the first hits. (No way I was going to pay the publisher any money, especially after the author has disavowed the book and asked that it not be published any more.)This book works best as an artifact of the 70's, in particular the bummery part of the 70's. There is a lot of talk about revolution, freeing one's mind, and standing up to the
The last paragraph is spot on.
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