While the basic idea is good, and what drew me to read it in the first place, it gets lost under a lot of pseudointellectual nonsense blathered by the singularly unconvincing characters. Rich shapero is an author, writer, and musician whose work is available as books on amazon as well as an interactive app on ios apple, android, and amazon. The best promo story of all, a box of wild animus books was. A novel by rich shapero 2004, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay.
He is the founder of toofar media and the recipient of the 2015 digital book. He is pursued by a pack of wolves through a northern wilderness, and ascends an icecovered mountain to meet a presence he calls animus. Someone handed me a free copy of this book they were giving away tons, im not special. The book follows his attempts in the literal world and the world of print to break thru to the furry side. Wild shaperos wild animus with harry potter books ranked number 2,3,4,5.
The toofar media app combines the fiction, music, art and video of rich shaperos works balcony of fog, rin, tongue and dorner, arms from the sea, the hope we seek, too far, and wild animus. Wild animus is likely the worst book i have ever read. He is the founder of toofar media and the recipient of the 2015 digital book world award for best adult fiction app. Lets face it, with ransom, no one was really sure as to what to expect. Feb 14, 2019 she handed me four free copies of a very wellbound hardcover novel, wild animus. The wild animus box set by rich shapero, which contains a 300page novel and three cds of accompanying music, has been recently distributed about the pomona college campus, but you may or may not be a. Oct 01, 2004 first off, wild animus is a weird book. Its easy to see why many readers might not enjoy the book one single bit. Wild animus by rich shapero 2005, cd, unabridged for sale. The book is about a berkley college student who decides that he no longer wishes to be a human, but a dall ram by the name of ransom. Wild animus a fetid adjective bomb that was handed out for free at several colleges book fairs. For me it was a form of rebellion against conformity, which i think is a point that rich shapero wanted to bring out here.
She handed me four free copies of a very wellbound hardcover novel, wild animus. Wild animus is a storytelling experiment that takes you inside the world of a young man, ransom altman, who transforms himself into a wild ram. Wild animus is a search for the primordial, a test of human foundations and a journey to the breaking point. When the national guard uses tear gas on students, sam aids a.
The wild animus box set by rich shapero, which contains a 300page novel and three cds of accompanying music, has been recently distributed about the pomona college campus, but you may or may not be aware of that fact. Rich shapero, author of wild animus, on librarything. Book shows normal signs of use including small creases and scuffs on dust jacket. I have both taught and worked with bill plotkin, and believe that wild mind is the most mature synthesis of his excellent and much needed vision. I got my copy handed to me outside of warped tour in chicago in 2007. An enormous ego and a million bucks is all you need to crap out a book like wild animus. Rin, tongue and dorner, arms from the sea, the hope we seek, too far, and wild animus. The ram wild animus by rich shapero album, american. Wild animus by rich shapero wild animus book app official. Apr 18, 2005 ive never read anything remotely like rick shaperos wild animus. Wild animus does go against the grain as a story and this is a good thing as it challenges the reader to try to guess the next move of the main character. I received this book for free while leaving the state fair and my.
All that time, and 2,290 ratings later, richard shaperos wild animus, part one. If that describes you, i would highly recommend this book. This interactive app is available for ios apple, android, and amazon. I easily downloaded and selected one of rich shaperos fictional works, wild animus, on the toofar media app. Wild animus by rich shapero 2005, cd, unabridged for. Foo wild animus 5 you check the goodreads page of wild animus and discover almost nobody has ever acquired the book through normal means. Toofar media explore rich shaperos toofar media app of. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Is it just a matter of getting the good work into peoples hands. Shapero has been selfpublishing since 2004, starting with wild animus. Wild animus is a colorful and brilliant complex description of one mans journey to self discovery by living and evolving into a primal form in the wilderness of alaska. His previous titles, rin, tongue and dorner, arms from the sea, the hope we seek, too far and wild animus, combine book, music and visual art and are also available as multimedia tablet apps and ebooks. Wild animus by rich shapero book advance reading copy.
Fortunately for us, the book is vastly more profound and a most rewarding read for those who enjoy being challenged by new ideas. Wild animus a fetid adjective bomb that was handed out for. Ebooks are available directly on the site, without drm. Buy a cheap copy of wild animus book by rich shapero. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The question, the big question behind what the hell is wild animus. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Eve has no idea shes the oldest soul on earth, with a pre. Then we remembered we had to sit through 10 hours of nonsensical, acid washed audiobook. Wild mind provides a compelling agenda for reintegration of these sundered worlds in service to wholeness. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Wild animus a fetid adjective bomb that was handed out.
Wild animus by rich shapero book advance reading copy after graduating from college, sam altman finds himself subject to an urge he doesnt understand, an urge drawing him away from civilization. Jan 01, 2004 sarcasm alert i dont actually think this book deserves five stars all you people whove been trashing wild animus, the fine and revealing work by mr. Altmans unleashed and increasingly unhinged imagination takes him first to seattle and then farther north, to the remote alaskan wilderness. Not an unpopular opinion, but i have a feeling this is a lifechanging listen for me.
Ive never read anything remotely like rick shaperos wild animus. For the first time, a book was so bad, we actually felt bad for the author. Click the appropriate button to start searching the book to get it in the format you are interested in. Rich shapero born 1948 is an american venture capitalist, selfpublished novelist, and musician. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Over time, hes added cds and other media to create a sort of immersive literary experience an experience someone recently decided princeton students needed to have. Toofar media publishes awardwinning immersive stories by author rich shapero. Following that, he masterminded a guerilla marketing campaign to hype the book, wild animus, and has initiated numerous stunts and book giveaways in anticipation of. A novel 9780971880108 by shapero, rich and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
To ask other readers questions about wild animus, please sign up. Shapero unwisely uses the prologue of his debut novel to divulge the ending, so the remaining 300 pages do little more than track one mans. Rich shaperos stories strike flashes of insight into realms unseen. After graduating from college, sam altman finds himself subject to an urge he doesnt understand, an urge drawing him away from civilization. Venture capitalist rewrites the starvingauthor story sfgate. Rich shapero had distributed the book, for free, everywhere someone handed me a free copy. Rick shapero, have been looking at everything the wrong way. A novel by rich shapero and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Use this website to learn more about wild animus in both book and app format including the music and art of the book as well as musicians and artist collaborators. People all over the globe have been handed this book at music. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. Wild animus is a book written by rich shapero, who distributed tens of thousands of free copies of the book all over the world in the mid2000s. The elibrary service executes searching for the e book wild animus to provide you with the opportunity to download it for free.