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Our Unicorn Book is Officially Accused of Being Too Esoteric, Like a Book of Spells! Huzzah!
This review of our Field Guide to Identifying Unicorns by Sound is a must-read, even if the critic (who didn't buy the book and who self-identifies as mentally ill) rated the book with a single star. We've identified that single star as the one Sappho called "the fairest of all the stars":
I have rented this book from my local library, and attempted to read it. I was expecting some semblance of argument for the reality of Unicorns as a species, or at the very least salient information on Unicorns. Instead, it should be said that this book is a work of esoterica, and could be classified alongside books of spells or psychic channeling. The entire book consists of instructions of various places and ways to sit down in the quiet of nature, and listen. According to the author, the reader is supposed to be listening for singing unicorns, anyone availed of folkloric or mythological knowledge, will find a distinct absence of singing unicorns from the works of Pliny, the Bible, and other books considered primary sources on unicorns (unless one counts the Shadavar, which undoubtedly sings, but whose nature as a true unicorn is tenuous). I'll give you an example of my own, one night in bed, I was convinced that my tinnitus was actually the result of me hearing radio waves, needless to say I was actually mentally ill at the time. I am not accusing the author of being crazy, but I will willingly accuse him of being very separated from skepticism and reality. If you obey this book, you would be sitting out in nature meditating, which is fine, but I doubt you will hear any singing unicorns unless you mistakenly convince yourself that you are hearing them. What is wrong with communing with nature via meditation, to simply experience nature and commune with it? You need no new age or esoteric beliefs to do THAT, in fact, even Atheists often admit a reverence for nature. In the words of Carl Sagan, the garden is just as wonderful, even if it does not have fairies at the bottom of it.
Yes, we're reframed this negativity into something positive, as part of our personal museum of coping mechanisms. Indeed, the writing life is full of foul challenges. See this video, in which we reveal our secrets for landing a major book deal, even if you don't have a best-selling idea, weren't born into the right families, and don't work very hard: https://youtu.be/GuvJpPTawGs
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Adam writres:
I found A Field Guide to Identifying Unicorns by Sound to be a delightful excursion into my own mind and spirit. An exercise in thinking for myself and better understanding the world and my place in it. A journey that cannot end because I will never stop finding new questions to ask or roads to travel… I would suggest that this reader is like far too much of our society. Incapable of thinking for themselves. They expect to be told what to think and believe in then blindly follow the masses to do the bidding of the few in power. I believe these people should just stay confined in their Church of Facebook and leave reading books to those of us who still use our brain cells…
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