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You'll fall in love with Hong Kong. And why not? Glittering skyscrapers and a world-famous shopping scene. Frenetic wet markets and the best dim sum ever. Spectacular hikes through jungle-covered islands. And don't forget the devil-may-care casino-hop through Macau. This indispensable guidebook is the key to all your Cantonese adventures.
FIND YOUR WAY up winding side streets, navigate through every district - detailed and accurate maps make exploring easy.
UNLEASH the gastronome within - insider reviews of the city's outstanding restaurant scene, from HK$10 noodles to decadent Chinese banquets.
ESCAPE TO MACAU - extensive coverage takes you to historic cathedrals, temples, and the infamous casinos.
SLEEP LIKE AN ANGEL in this city of bustle - the best accommodation options for every budget.
EXPERIENCE a taste of China - shop to your heart's content in Shenzhen, then soak your tired feet in one of Zhuhai's hot springs.
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Pretty good overall but too heavy for travelers.......2007-04-12
If you're looking for a book with good background information and history lessons this is the one for you. It is not the book to take to walk around the city with. It is simply too heavy. Your best bet is to just cut out the walking maps to take with you before leaving your hotel room. I liked the little walking tour of the bird market, flower market and fish market in Kowloon. As far as the restaurant recommendations are concerned...don't bother looking at the book. Most of the listings are somewhat expensive by local standard and don't offer the best food. All you have to do to find a good meal is to walk around and go to one that's packed with locals. Restaurants are everywhere and most of them open until the wee hours of the morning. There's no fear of not getting good food in Hong Kong. Go ahead, try something you can't find at home.
Lonely Planet Hong Kong & Macau .......2007-01-05
This book gives ou a nice overview of the region, and incredible specific tips for visiting HK and Macau.
Good overall guidebook..........2006-04-16
I found this book to be extremely helpful in covering all the bases of transport, taxes, tipping, typical business hours, history, background, and a good overview of what's where, and how to get there. Often times, we'd have questions about things like poverty level, health coverage, average income, quality of water -- and found that the guide pretty much answered all of those, and more.
The maps aren't super, and because of the size of the book, it made it difficult to carry. Besides, if you're asking a local for directions, you'd want a bilingual map, as the English names of cities/stations drive them crazy. (ie, Mandarin romanizations in a Cantonese city) I do give it credit for accurately pointing out the numerous obscure markets in Tsim Sha Tsui, as well as the various shops in Hong Kong City. The walking guides were surprisingly useful.
The reason why I give it 4 stars is because HK is all about food and shopping, and the book came up seriously short on the food portion. (no pun intended) Despite it being only 3 months since publication (12th edition, Jan 2006) literally *every* restaurant this book recommended (of which we attempted to find) turned out to be non-existent, had changed ownership and had turned into some other shop. I attribute some of this to bad luck, but I seriously doubt the restaurants didn't *all* go out of business in the last 3 months, but rather that the information on the guide was a little outdated.
The section on food is one part I really relied upon to book to help me out, and was pretty disappointed when it didn't come through for me, as the alternatives to an English guidebook aren't great. The alternatives are to ask the hotel clerk (who will recommend the hotel restaurant), or a random stranger (who will recommend his friend/family's restaurant), or read a weekly magazine about which eateries are good (which require Chinese reading skills).
Despite my frugal 4 stars, this guide is considerably better than most, and is worth the small change to purchase, especially when compared to the amount of money you spent to book your vacation.
Great Guide!.......2005-09-25
This was the first time I bought a travel book from Lonely Planet. I loved it because it provides a historical as well as a modern background on the cities being visited. The recommendations for dinner, site-seeting, etc were great! The only thing I would've added is a rating of the top sites to see if you are only in the city for a short time.
Injustice!.......2005-01-15
This LP guide is a pretty good guide to HK and Macau. Being a foodie, I think their food guide section does not do HK's gastronomical scene justice! Beautiful food galore on the islands and LP can't even manage to cover half of that wonder. Oh well ;) Otherwise, it is quite a comprehensive guide to what's there to see around HK and Macau.
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Hong Kong cuisine is the world in your mouth. Emperors, colonialists, sailors and stylists have all brought ingredients to this culinary microcosm. And in turn Hong Kong has given the world the flavors of the orient, the occident and all in between. On yum cha trolleys, at chic bars and in this guide you'll taste the invention and innovation of Hong Kong. So whether you crave Peking duck, snake soup or high tea, Hong Kong cuisine will surprise and delight.
- includes a culinary tour of Macau
- the essential guide to the culture of food & drink in Hong Kong
- markets & shopping in Hong Kong's hidden alleyways
- celebrating moon festivals & appeasing hungry ghosts
- the definitive culinary dictionary, a quick reference glossary and useful phrases for every food & drink occasion
- tantalizing photography and recipes
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Eating in Hong Kong.......2006-07-04
Last year when we headed out to Hong Kong, I was surprised to see this food guide. Since I am very familiar with Cantonese food, I was interested to see how Hong Kong might differ from New York City, Los Angeles, or Vancouver. This guide was incredibly helpful in describing not only the different foods available in different areas but the customs of eating and what we would see. Where my husband has often considered hotel food to be surprisingly mediocre, in Hong Kong, we were told to go to hotel restaurants. The rent is so high that the restaurant's in hotels essentially are subsidized for their space and therefore some of the best dining experiences can be found in hotels. But I digress. This is not an expensive guide and definitely worth the money for the amount of familiarization it provides.
a helpful and fun book, even if u dont plan adventure-eating.......2002-09-13
... This is an informative and enjoyable book, and lets you delve into Hong Kong culture and eating culture in a way the other books don't. The inside cover has a quick reference of several Cantonese terms in English and Chinese characters, including counting numbers and the very important "ngoh5 hei6 sou3 xig6 ge3" (I am a vegetarian). The book closes with over 50 pages of Cantonese phrases (including "I am ill", "I am pissed", "I want to throw up", and "Thank you, that was delicious"; a glossary of foods and terms; and a Hong Kong culinary dictionary (explains the main ingredients and cooking method). Each transliterated word is coded with the proper intonation, distilled into 6 basic tones. There are 200 beautifully photographed pages of places to eat (from concept to neon to mobile dai pai dong, to street restaurants); a discussion of the banquet; and analyses of staples, such as soups and noodles, rices and meats, and sauces. There are sections on shopping, picnics, utensils, medicinal foods, and "chinese table rules" (no vertical chopsticks please).
Lonely Planet World Food Hong Kong.......2001-09-14
Back in 1991 I set off for a twelve-month global journey. With me I had a few essentials, money, clothes, my wife and a collection of Lonely Planet Travel Guide Books. After a few weeks in India we found that the books were as essential to our survival as food and water. We went on to use the Lonely Plant Guide Books (or the LP as we termed them) though out Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, North American, Canada and Mexico. Sometimes our travels would be so fast and furious that we would not read about our next destination until we had arrived the town's bus depot. We grew to love and trust the LP - it never let us down. As you might imagine I was therefore thrilled to receive their latest departure in to travel writing "World Food Hong Kong ". Furiously I dived in to its pages. When I saw that pocket size book was written by Richard Sterling a guy who would - quote " go anywhere and court any danger for the sake of a good meal" I new I would be in for an interesting literary adventure.
Richard Sterling's other titles include; Dining With Headhunters; The Fearless Dinner; and the award wining Travelers' Tale. His much-applauded writing has won him praise from The James Beard Foundation and kudos from the Lowell Thomas awards.
The book 's contents are broken down fourteen chapters -
World Food Hong Kong starts with the essential aspect of understanding the domains cuisine culture. Sterling enlightens us on the island's history, flavors and influences. My learning began. It would seem that Hong Kong's cuisine is a melting pot of the nations tastes with the addition European influences; olive oil, ketchup and asparagus all worked themselves in to the fabric of the island's "local" cooking.
Staples and specialties are next; rice, noodles, tofu, meat, sauces flavorings - the list continues as do the lessons. We all know that in 1295 Marco Polo introduced the noodle to Italy but did you know he made his mark on the Chinese too; he introduced the kiss? The content continues with Drinks, Home Cooking, and Celebrating with Food. Food as Medicine is where I must pause to narrate. Sterling reminds us that the Chinese believe that "food, medicine and health are all part of the same continuum. This is derived from the Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang, which applies as much to human health as it does to the cosmos. When all in the universe is in its proper balance, harmony reigns. But in a condition of imbalance, we risk ill health, misfortune violence and destruction. Lesson: Seek balance!" If you are seeking balance try the Yin Yang soup or if you are feeling peaky there is always the Lizard soup chicken and cloud fungus.
Seeking knowledge of unusual foods? Then move to the next chapter "The Bold Palate". These are foods for the brave. How about preserved eggs, snake or baby mouse wine? That is right the wine is made by preserving still-suckling baby mice in rice wine. Apparently this is jolly good for rejuvenating the body's organs. For those who have survived the journey thus far normality is ahead. Shopping and Markets, where to Eat and Drink, Understanding the Menu and a modest Recipe Section are all a great read. The where to eat chapter covers the complete dining gambit from the very upmarket Peninsular to low down street food and must try dim sum.
For the gourmet traveler the book finishes with a handy English to Cantonese culinary dictionary a must have for those who want to appear to know their jellyfish from their junk food.
As I close I am relived to say the Lonely Planet does it again, a captivating unpretentious little book, nit just physically but also financially suited for anyone's pocket. - Written By Jeremy Emmerson GobalChefs
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Lonely Planet's city maps present the travelers' city in one easy view
• Complete street and sight index makes navigating the city a breeze for walkers and drivers alike
• All new, improved mapping styles and fully updated
• Sturdy, laminated, easy-fold format
• Quick-find highlights and reviews of the top city sights
• Includes up-to-date transit maps and essential practical information
• Full color throughout with gorgeous photographs
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Map and We're still lost!.......2007-01-26
First off if you want to know where big roads are in Hong Kong and like to stand out like a sore thumb with a huge map then this is a great map for you.
I found that the map didnt list any of the smaller streets. Was very big length wise and kind of a pain to use.
I picked up a tourist map at the info booth and it had everything that i needed. Even the small streets!!
very disappointing.......2005-12-28
The cover of this map has the nerve to use the word "extensive." Ha! This map is seriously lacking in detail. The fold-out maps inside the "Top 10 Hong Kong" book I ordered were *much* more detailed. I don't think I will even bother taking this with me to HK. A huge waste of money.
nice maps, but get the book instead.......2002-08-09
This is a nice map (actually set of maps of tourist areas and overview), but is is essentially the same as the maps that come inside the Lonely Planet Hong Kong condensed guidebook (inside the front and back covers). As I always had with me the condensed guidebook while in HK, the maps were superfluous.
good tourist map.......2001-07-28
I bought this map expecting a street map for the whole of Hong Kong, as I will be moving there in the near future. The map only shows streets & tourist attractions for Kowloon, Central, Wan Chai & Causeway Bay. It doesnt cover the west, east or south side of Hong Kong Island at all, so is of very little use to me.
The roads, shopping malls & tourist attractions are clearly laid out, and the map is laminated so would be durable (although you can't write on it). It also contains a walking tour and a list of emergency phone numbers. So, a good map for the tourist areas, but not a comprehensive map of Hong Kong.
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Lonely Planet Citiescape Hong Kong (Lonely Planet Hong Kong)
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Hong Kong is a beguiling city- high maintenance yet high reward: constantly changing, without losing touch with its heritage. It's superstitious, but scientific when it wants to be: exotic, yet familiar; a gambler, but one who always knows the odds. It's both a contradiction and a conundrum, but it's always compelling.
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Not a Guidebook.......2006-11-21
As you might have guessed, this isn't a guidebook. It can however serve as a good general guide on the sort of things to do in Hong Kong or the sort of things you might have done while there. Great images!
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- LP's Hong Kong Condensed is Highly Recommended
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Lonely Planet Hong Kong: Condensed (Lonely Planet Hong Kong Condensed)
Patrick Witton
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This informative and savvy guide captures the best that Hong Kong offers in a practical, easy to use format. With opinionated reviews, essential travel tips and detailed fold-out maps, Hong Kong Condensed has all the information the discerning visitor needs - for a day or a week, for business or for pleasure.
- yum cha: expert food reviews from local dim sum specialties to succulent crème brulee
- nightlife options: raver scene, Cantonese Opera extravaganzas & kid-friendly outings
- shopping strips & tips: where to go, how to bargain & how to avoid rip offs
- slim pocket-sized format
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LP's Hong Kong Condensed is Highly Recommended.......2004-03-21
My wife and I spent one week in Hong Kong during March, 2004. We found the 2nd edition (published March, 2003) Lonely Planet Hong Kong Condense pocket guide to be a great reference source.
Because the guide is pocket-sized, it fit conveniently in my jacket and looked inconspicuous when I carried it in my hand. I found the fold-out maps on the covers to be handy and easy to use when I navigated the streets of Kowloon and HK Island.
The guide is well organized and broken into categories such as "Highlights," "Sights and Activities" in addition to the obvious ones such as "Shopping, "Places to Eat," and "Places to Stay."
We found the places to visit recommended under "Highlights" and "Sight & Activities" to be worthwhile. For instance, our son, who is spending his junior year of college studying at the University of Hong Kong, suggested we visit two obscure sights: the Chi Lin Nunnery (which has a beautiful Japanese-style garden) and the Wong Tai Sin Temple (a large colorful Taoist temple and garden bustling with activity). Both sites were listed in the guide.
The huge shopping malls such as Pacific Place (on HK island in Admiralty) and Harbour City (in Tsim Sha Tsui) were fun to wlak through.
If I had a single complaint, it would be that some of the recommended restaurants under "Places to Eat" were duds [such as Luk Yu Tea House (past its prime and overrated) in Central and Peking Restaurant(overrated) in Tsim Sha Tsui]. In other words, take the recommended eating establishments with a grain of salt. On the other hand, some of the eateries such as the "Happy Garden Noodle & Congee Kitchen" (located across from the Harbour City shopping mall in Tsim Sha Tsui) and "Yung Kee" (a famous roast geese restauant located in Central)were great. It should be noted that restaurant meals are quite expensive in Hong Kong. My wife and I found the food courts in shopping centers (where the locals dine) to be good places for inexpensive and delicious Chinese food).
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WHAT WILL YOUR HONG KONG ENCOUNTER BE?
...a romantic evening trip across the harbor on the Star Ferry (p16)
...slipping in to Man Mo Temple to check out the giant incense coils (p47)
...finally finding the perfect black cheongsam (on sale, too) (p50)
...taking a taxi all the way up to the Peak, just to mansion-spot (p18)
...forgetting to count the number of pork buns you eat at yum cha (p14)
...hiking through tropical jungle on Lantau, a short ferry ride from the city (p148)
DISCOVER TWICE THE CITY IN HALF THE TIME...
...full-color pull-out map and detailed neighborhood maps for easy navigation
...our expert author uncovers the city's best sights, restaurants, shops and entertainment
...full coverage of Macau includes shopping secrets, the best Portuguese food, and glitziest casinos
...local experts give the insider's take on Hong Kong's restaurant scene, the gay club world, and day-to-day life in the city
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Lonely Planet Hong Kong MacAu and Canton (Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit)
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Lonely Planet Hong Kong
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In recent years an increasing number of evangelical thinkers have called for a reevaluation of our understanding of God, making a case for what has variously been called "freewill theism" or the "open view" of God. R. K. McGregor Wright sees their efforts not as something radically new, but a contemporary reaffirmation of Arminianism.Concerned that evangelicals may soon find no place for sovereignty in their thinking, Wright sets out to show what's wrong--biblically, theologically and philosophically--with freewill theory in its ancient form. Along the way, he provides a short course in historical theology, making a fresh, powerful case for the Reformed emphasis on God's sovereign grace. Wright also meets challenges head-on with a discussion of the Arminian position and a chapter on the problem of evil. Finally, he subjects to close scrutiny the recent work of Clark Pinnock, a contemporary advocate of freewill theism.Regardless of where readers' sympathies lie, they will want to hear, think through and respond for themselves to the arguments Wright makes on behalf of the Reformed understanding of God.
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Not Convincing.......2007-04-12
I read this book in the hope that it would provide a better understanding of predistination. I came away shaking my head at some of the logic contained therein. It seems that Wright has a lot of personal issues, as well as polarized thinking that leaves him little alternative but to take potshots and lump everyone who disagrees with him (including prominent Calvinists like Francis Shaeffer) into the same boat.
His chapter on supposed Arminian verses is somewhat predictable, in that he makes claims like "all" doesn't mean "all" but merely "some" or "from all types." However, he also claims that all that the Calvinist needs to do is cast doubt on the interpretation of supposed Arminian verses and he "effectively removes them from the Arminian arsenal." Well, turnabout is fair play and the Arminian can cast doubt on the supposedly Calvinist verses and then what are we left with but a Bible filled with holes?
He doesn't give a good answer to the problem of evil, either. His entire argument in the book is that we are all prisoners to causality - either the chain of events begun with the creation of the world or God's interference with that chain. Either way, when we are faced with a "choice", the decision has already been made by all the past events and inputs we've had. When he says that "God is not the author of sin" just as a father is not the author of his son's book, I think he's made a critical error. If the father pushed the son into a stack of books such that they fell, who is really the cause of the books falling? The son who actually struck the books, making them fall or the father who pushed him into the books to begin with? Such is what we're left with in Wright's causality; God has caused all the evil in the world, but he punishes sinners for doing what He caused them to do.
In another chapter, he deals with the definition of Good, and ultimately determines that whatever God does is Good by definition. In other words, Jesus didn't sin because he *couldn't*. Anything he chose to do, including drowning his disciples and burning Jerusalem would have been good because Jesus was God and whatever God does is good. We're left to look at verses that say, "Should we go on sinning that grace may abound" which roughly means, Let's do evil so good will result... and we have to say that it's not okay for us, but that's what God is allowed to do. Wright categorically rejects the idea that we can know what good outside of God's revelation of such.
Frankly, I came away from this book saying, "If this is true, what kind of God is this?" Maybe Wright is correct, and the image he presents of God is correct - that God is basically capricious, random (which is what Wright calles "free will" something he agrees God has), and omnipotent.
Many gold nuggets found.......2007-03-22
I read this book a number of years ago during the "formative" years of my theological understanding. This book helped to strengthen and solidify my views in favor of a reformed anthropology. I have read several other books on this same topic sense that time but I still believe that this is one of the best if not the best I've read (especially among contemporary treatments of this topic). Sure it is technical and challenging throughout, but for the patient reader who is willing to put in the time and effort required to mine the rich gold found here, it will be well worth your endeavor. It is biblically founded and philosophically sophisticated and sound.
Still the best.......2004-10-27
Published in 1996: Eight years later, this is still the best book on the subject, and will continue to be for a very long time.
This book is excellent. Regarding the final two chapters, that some find out of place and rushed, I have to disagree: it is the only place in the literature where I found a meaningful and reasonable explanation of the questions of evil and ultimacy, which are the essential issues where the debate ends up every time.
Of course, anyone opposed to the concept of being under God's sovereignty will find this book abhorrent.
Some Pros and Cons.......2002-07-31
There are both some strong points and weak points to this book. The author excels in reviewing the historic origins of libertarian free. His historic and philosophical overviews are very informative and helpful. Yet, his review of biblical Calvinistic position is lacking and incomplete. He fails to mention some essential points in presenting the 5 points of Calvinism and is not written in a very understandable style. Overall, the author's writing is somewhat choppy and lacking cohesiveness. The last chapter seems out of place and rushed, not giving clear explanations of the issues raised. It appears as if the author was attempting to fit another book into one chapter. If a reader desires a good historic overview of the Armenian/Calvinism debate, this book is a good choice. If the reader is looking for a well written presentation and defense of the 5 points of Calvinism, I recommend "The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination" by Loraine Boettner.
Well Written.......2001-12-23
Wright's book can be misleading by the title. Unfortunately, many people from the Reformed camps run around saying "we have no freewill." Wright's book may lead someone to do just that, but Wright isn't denying all forms of freewill, he is denying libertarian free will specifically. Towards the end of his book, he explains what it is for a Calvinist to say someone freely chooses something; but you have to be alert, it comes up in a sentence or two.
His book is composed from two different styles: philosophy and theology (via scripture). He looks at some of the issues such as prophecy, God's knowledge, character, etc. Keep in mind though, Wright is not a professional philosopher. That is not to say his arguments are no good, but may be countered by molinism. Beyond that, the meat of his book is scriptural, and perhaps what is persuasive about his case. The book chapters are as follows:
1. An Ancient & Continuing Controversy
2. The Incoherence of the Freewill Theory
3. What Makes Us Human? Humanism and Christianity
4. Apostate Autonomism: The Fall & the Autonomist Theoria
5. Salvation as God's Choice to Save: All is of Grace
6. Depravity & Election: Spiritual Incompetence & Divine Sovereignty.
7. Grace & Perserverance: Salvation & Its Security
8. An Effective Atonement
9. Are There Any "Arminian Verses" in the Bible?
10. The Problem of Evil: The Final Stronghold of Unbelief?
11. The Location of Ultimacy & the Attributes of God: A Current Debate.
I highly recommend this book for a beginner-moderate reading level.
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Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688) deserves recognition as one of the most important English seventeenth-century philosophers after Hobbes and Locke. In opposition to Hobbes, Cudworth proposes an innatist theory of knowledge that may be contrasted with the empirical position of his younger contemporary Locke, and in moral philosophy he anticipates the ethical rationalists of the eighteenth century. A Treatise Concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality is his most important work, and this volume makes it available, together with his shorter Treatise of Freewill, in its first modern edition, with a historical introduction, a chronology of his life, and an essay on further reading.
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Freewill
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Chris Lynch has long been one of the most stylistically daring of teen novelists, and in Freewill, his innovative use of language redefines the possibilities of the genre. Strikingly, the story is told in second person. The voice is in the mind of Will, a boy who is moving in stunned bewilderment through a life leeched of meaning by the death of his father and stepmother in what may have been a suicide and murder. This speaker (who is not Will) constantly admonishes, challenges, and questions reality in clipped, enigmatic sentence fragments, and Will only occasionally answers back. The events of the story are dimly seen through this distorting haze of interior dialogue (as the events of Lynch's Gold Dust were seen through the protagonist's obsession with baseball).
Will, in a therapeutic woodworking class at "Hopeless High," has moved beyond furniture and garden gnomes to strange pole sculptures. There he is disconnected from reality and other people, except for occasional brief encounters with a tall black runner named Angela, who remains sarcastic and deliberately distant. When a girl from the school drowns in what is perhaps a suicide, a floral tribute accumulates around the death spot, with one of Will's sculptures as the centerpiece. A second possible suicide, and then two more are all marked with the strange poles, and a cult begins to grow around Will as the "carrier pigeon of death." A reporter forces him to see the connection between the sculptures and his father's ambivalent end, and Will begins to sink into total oblivion, saved, finally, when Angela and his grandparents reach out in "freewill," in this very dark, very odd, but riveting novel. (Ages 14 and older) --Patty Campbell
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Why Are You Here?
Will is supposed to be a pilot, to skim above surfaces. But instead he's in wood shop. He doesn't know why -- or maybe he just doesn't want to admit the truth.
What Are You Doing?
He used to make beautiful things: gnomes, whirligigs, furniture. Now he's making strange wooden totems that seem to serve no purpose.
What Do You Know?
When a series of teen suicides occurs in town, they all have one thing in common: beautifully carved wooden tributes that appear just after or just before the deaths.
What Will You Do?
Will's afraid he knows who's responsible for the deaths. And lurking just behind that knowledge is another secret, so explosive that he might not be able to face it and live....
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Weird Narration Style Sometimes Works.......2007-05-31
Will has had some problems in his life. His parents are dead. Actually, his father drove off of a bridge with his stepmother in the car, and both of them were killed. Will isn't sure it was completely an accident. Will's grandparents take him in and try to help him cope with these deaths, which he doesn't do very well. He eventually is enrolled in a school program mainly consisting of wood shop classes. Instead of working toward his dream of becoming a pilot, Will spends hours making gnomes, furniture, and then, finally, wooden totems with no apparent purpose.
Then, when a student is found dead of what seems like a suicide, one of Will's wooden totems shows up at the scene. Then it happens a second time. Will is confused about who would place his totems at these places. Then a totem shows up before a person is found dead, and Will starts thinking that perhaps he in some strange way is causing these deaths.
Will is suddenly in the middle of turmoil. A newspaper interview in which he tries to explain his thoughts goes all wrong. Will's grandparents are growing increasingly worried about him. Some students at school are thinking Will is some sort of prophet and they want to be his followers--but they get angry when Will doesn't give them what they want. The girl Will likes may be in danger. Can he pull himself out of this mess and put his life back in order?
I liked the character of Angela. I thought she was interesting and mysterious. I also ended up liking the narration style, although at first it was difficult for me to get used to it. It took me awhile to learn when Will was just talking inside of his head and when he was having conversations with other people. Once I got used to it, though, the flow was pretty good. I kept wishing that Will would not be such a jerk to his grandparents, though, and that they could develop a somewhat stable family. I found the whole thing about the suicides and the totems was confusing, and I wished I could have seen some things from a point of view other than Will's. I didn't always trust him as a narrator.
Freewill.......2006-10-24
My book was Freewill by Chris Lynch. It was about a boy named Will whose parents die in an accident. So Will goes to a special school and lives with his grandparent who aren't very nice. It was kind of a depressing book because there are many teen suicides going on and everyone is blaming them on Will. The book was very confusing and hard to follow. You didn't know who was talking or what exactly they were talking about. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. Even if you could figure out what was going on, it wasn't a very appealing story.
Trapped by Style.......2005-05-25
Author Chris Lynch attempting to make a stylistically intriguing story has gotten himself trapped in his own second person narration and "interior dialogue." The story meanders, about and finally arrives to the central character's suicide, which he predictably fails at also. Mr. Lynch is so fascinated by his writing style, he has forgotten to produce, a sensible and readable story. However, we must also blame his editor and publishers, for letting this author's vanity to produce, this pointless exercise in letters.
Very Confusing..........2005-01-04
I picked up this book and even after first page I was like "What? Who said that? Who replied that? What does this have to do with the story? Huh?" after twenty more pages I was totally lost. I never even finished it. Why read a book you can't even understand? Some books are boring, but at least you can understand what's going on. I can't even say that much for this book.
this is the worst.......2004-08-04
oh my god i read this book and i couldnt understand where he was. to me will seemed like a jerk. i also could not follow it , one minit he is in woodshop class the next he is home and then at a bowling ally and then in woodshop class again. never read this book.
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Death Notices from Freewill Baptist Publications, 1811-1851
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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Paper covers (stapled) measure about 6x9". Records begin in 1864 and end around 1891. Neff's records were copied by Carol Willsey Bell for this publication. Dryden is in Tompkins County, New York.
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Can God intervene in this world?If so, to what extent can he intervene?If God intervenes, can we initiate such intervention by prayer?And if God can intervene, why is evil so persistent?Taking up such practical and profound questions, David Basinger (a coauthor of the much-discussed book
The Openness of God) offers a probing philosophical examination of freewill theism. This controversial view, put forward most prominently by Clark Pinnock, Richard Rice, John Sanders, William Hasker and Basinger, argues that the God of Christianity desires "responsive relationship" with his creatures. Freewill theism, or the "open view" of God, rejects process theology, but calls for a reassessment of such classical doctrines as God's immutability, impassibility and foreknowledge.In
The Case for Freewill Theism Basinger continues the debate by focusing attention especially on divine omniscience, theodicy and petitionary prayer from the freewill perspective. His careful, precise and compelling argument contributes to a growing and important discussion among orthodox Christian philosophers and theologians.
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A book that makes you think.......2007-01-22
I purchased this book as a seminary requirement for a class on Theodicy taught by the author. I am not an advocate of Freewill Theism, but enjoy a book that forces me to think through my convictions. A Case for Freewill Theism is a short book but not the easiest read; it is written in "philosophicize." I found the book helped me examine my view of God's attributes. It also helped me recognize how others answer questions about God's response to evil in this world.
BETTER CASE FOR BIBLICAL THEISM:SOLA/TOTA SCRIPTURA.......2001-10-17
This attempt at making a cogent,coherent case for 'freewill' or open theism has some minor areas of logical and philosophical consistency, but they are submerged in a sea of illogic/unbiblical reasoning at the Big Picture level, which ultimately is what counts most in developing a Theological System
Although claiming to be a new and fresh approach, Solomon was right: there is nothing new under the sun.
All the author has succeeded in doing is showing how Freewill/Openness is the misbegotten/birth-defective younger sister of Socinianism a la Process Theism courtesy of Whitehead,
Hartshorne,Peirce,Kierkegaard,Wittgenstein/Heisenberg baptized with some biblical concepts heavily borrowed from Classical theism. The new kid on the block of Theology/Philosophy is in fact the old heresy of denying many of God's essential attributes
such as Omniscience (no longer Exhaustive Definite/Divine Foreknowledge of all free-agent decisions, but the 'new,improved
Extensive Temporal Forecasting', since to free-willers, the future can't be known that does not yet exist even for the Infinite/Eternal Creator!
The author depicts his bondage to rationalism contra clear Scripture passages that debunk any form of Free-Willie-ism:
Psalm 147:5 "His understanding is INFINITE." Unless the Hebrew and English words for INFINITE have changed recently while no one was looking, Free-Willism is internally imploded just with this one Word of God!
The more one looks into Freewill/Open theism, the more one sees the smile of the Cheshire Cast of Processism, cleaned up a bit for an evangelical audience (God is not inherently dependent on His creation, but by choice voluntarily restricts His intervention, much the same as Star Trek's 'prime directive' of non-interference in alien cultures - although ironically, every episode of Capt.Kirk and Mr.Spock has them doing quite a bit of influential,interfering non-interference via phaser,alien interaction,etc.)
Science fiction aside, this book is little more than religious fiction, where it's confusing whether the author is trying to make a case for their position to convince readers or themselves.
Freewill theism denies the foundations of Scripture and Christianity (Gen.1-3):we are stewards,custodians,tenants,lessees
renters of God's property with much but not unilateral latitude
and delegated authority/dominion; we are viceroys answerable to
Le Roi de Rois (King of Kings). We have maneuverability within
vulnerability subject to God's divine right of review,revocation,
intervention,veto,overrule. We are also under a Curse, initiated by God Himself as a result of human sin/rebellion/overstepping bounds of delegated authority and freewill.Thus an omnibenevolent
omnipotent,omniscient,omnipresent God and a sinful/fallen/evil
world coexist with us caught in the middle, fallen/sinful/evil beings ourselves.
Let one of the spokesmen for Openness conclude this review:
"Charles Hartshorne(process theist) has taught me that thinking of God as literally all-powerful divests the finite universe of a degree of power.His point that God,though unchanging in His character,is certainly able to change in response to a changing creation(in process, Di-Polar).In my theology,God has used Process thinkers to compel me to change certain ideas which I had and bring them up to my take on scriptural standards."
(Clark Pinnock)
Jesus had it right: 'ARE YOU NOT IN ERROR BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW THE SCRIPTURES OR THE POWER OF GOD?'
Not Too Impressive.......2000-12-03
Maybe I was expecting too much out of this text, but I simply did find anything here that was either apologetic or even semi-compelling. This book is an assessment, as in an exposition, of certain facets/tenets of freewill theism (open theism). However, Basinger left too much to my imagination. In other words, Basinger covered only a few things that an open theist would have to account for in their overall theology (i.e. the problem of evil, divine omniscience, and petitionary prayer). What was left out was a thorough assessment of the attributes God according to the freewill theists. For instance, is God in time or eternal (immutable or mutable)? If God is temporal how does that affect freewill theism's view of divine omniscience? The notion of God being temporal certainly has significant ramifications on His knowing future contingents. While I already know the answers to these question via reading other freewill theists, had this been the first freewill theist book I had read, these things would not have been answered for me. Why? This is a crucial question, especially since this book totes to be a philosophical assessment of the issues. Furthermore, to what extent does freewill theism limit God? While Basinger briefly covered omniscience, this section left me wanting (it was too empty in content). However, I did think Basinger's criticisms of MK (middle knowledge) were interesting (pp. 43-48). I must point out though that MK was misrepresented on page 89. Basinger claims that "If God possess MK, Hasker informs us, then he intentionally brings about each event that actually occurs." This is not MK as it was espoused by it's originator, namely Luis de Molina (see Freddoso's translation titled "On Divine Foreknowledge.") This book was not so much a case for freewill theism as it was an exposition of certain theological tenets. I wish Basinger would have been a little more direct and detailed for his reader and given a clearer assessment of the whole freewill thought. It almost seemed as if he was afraid to just come out and declared the limitations and changes that freewill theists have place on the God of the Bible.
Not an apologetic.......2000-01-06
I would not recommned this book for anyone who is looking for philosophical reasoning for free-will theism. Futhermore, I would not recommend this book for anyone who is looking for Biblical reasoning for free-will theism. I believe the book is incorrectly titled as it does not present the case for free-will theism, giving no apologetic reasoning for free-will. Rather, this book highlights different philosophical and theological positions concerning free-will theism. Basinger identifies various free-will positions, describing their logical possibilities, and their various interpretations of theological ideas (i.e. God's foreknowledge). I would recommend this book for anyone who is interested in understanding the thinking behind a free-will theist. Basinger finds a way to slither out of orthodoxy by describing logically alternative ways to interpret scripture. Basinger left me with a notion that truth is somewhat arbitrary and can be selected based on your particular bent. I found Basinger to give no direction for truth, only justification that each view is plausible. My interpretation of Basinger is that we choose our position based on its logical appeal, then interpret the Bible under the context of that appeal, each view equal to the next. I would highly recommend Martin Luther's "The Bondage of the Will" for anyone interested in the debate. Luther's style and content is diametrically opposite of Basinger's and should be a good counter to whatever Basinger has to say.
David Basinger Cogently Defends a Viable Variety of Theism.......2000-01-06
David Basinger offers his readers an incisive and well-argued defense of basic freewill theism, generally, and open theism more specifically. He cogently argues that if human beings possess libertarian freedom, then God's providential activity in the world must be risky. He goes on to show that advocates of simple foreknowledge, middle knowledge, and present knowledge all share a common commitment to an understanding of God's relationship to the world that is more dynamic and responsive than what one finds with theological determinism while avoiding the excesses of process theism. But not all varities of freewill theism are equally promising. Basinger shows that advocates of simple foreknowledge must admit that such a view of omniscience is providentially useless. Basinger suggests that a rejection of foreknowledge in favor of present knowledge is more promising for those who want to make adequate room for God's providential activity in the world. No less controversial is his argument to the effect that those who hold to middle knowledge (Molinists) must accept that God does take risks. Against both William Hasker (who is also an open theist) and William Craig (a Molinist) Basinger argues that if God has middle knowledge, then when using it God cannot ensure that a given outcome will occur in a given possible world that God chooses. This follows because of the nature of libertarian freedom. Basinger also has stimulating chapters on the problem of evil, divine benevolence, and petitionary prayer. This is probably the best work on this topic that is accessible to those new to the debate over divine and human action. But it will also be of great interest to intermediate and advanced readers. (For a more detailed review of Basinger's work, see my review of it published in *Philosophia Christi*, vol. 20:2 (Winter 1997)).
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