Many of these sites are great, enthusiastic, and informative, though I don't necessarily endorse or agree with their viewpoints. Please check them out, especially The Ishmael Community. For more resources, see my books and resources list.

Ishmael-Related Sites

I've added a note after each site's decription telling how much intro it contains -- that is, material that introduces Quinn's concepts to the uninformed reader. Some sites and pages that are helpful and amusing to those who have read Quinn's books are unhelpful and even mystifying to people who haven't.

#The Ishmael Community website (or Ishmael.com) contains quotes from Daniel Quinn's books, the texts of his speeches, parables, and other such things, plus a question and answer database -- resources that contain lots of intro and will help you learn about his ideas in greater detail. He also has a guestbook that's being used as a bulletin board by friends of Ishmael everywhere.

#The Ishmael Community Forum is a nice message board that, unfortunately, isn't as widely known as the official guestbook. Another forum is #Beyond Salvation (formerly "Animism Explored"), which is about animism. Dylan's Ishmael Discussion and Links page has a nice message board as well, plus links. The content of most of the posts doesn't contain much intro, but people there may be willing to answer questions and explain things.

#The Ishmael Forum Archival Vault contains old messages from the #The Ishmael Community Forum, as far as I can tell. Some intro for the curious.

The Ishmael Web Ring currently includes 13 sites; the sites listed here that belong to the ring are marked with bold pound signs (#).

The New Tribal Ventures website (or NewTribalVentures.com ) is about Quinn's tribal business, which sells some of his books, tapes, T-shirts, and caps. It includes old columns from Notes from Beyond Civilization, a column written by Michael Time when he was living "on the road". Not much intro.

The Beyond Civilization website (or BeyondCivilization.com ) is mainly about the book, and is not as extensive as the other two sites; not much intro.

(By the way, BNetwork.com or Ishmael.com will normally take you directly to the "intersection" between Quinn's three sites.)

The Community of Life Resources website is a fine Quinn-inspired site; some intro.

The #Friends of Ishmael page on Moonwatcher's Phoenix Rising site includes imaginative pages on the false myths of our culture, with some intro.

The Liedloff Continuum Network website (though not related to Quinn) is for readers of Jean Liedloff's book The Continuum Concept, and is very informative on her ideas about childraising, which she developed by observing the Yequana Indians. The book has been called practically the companion book to Ishmael.

Moon Shadow Visions is a well-designed site about philosophy and vision, and has an email newsletter. Daniel Quinn's influence is apparent.

SecondGuess.net: Cultural Critiques for a New Millenium is an interesting and beautifully designed personal site by a Quinn-influenced writer.

The Global Ecovillage Network, (not related to Quinn) is dedicated to sustainable human life on Earth, apparently through communal and tribal living.

Coalition Against Civilization and its publication Species Traitor strive to make their anti-civilization message known in the tradition of anarcho-primitivism (apparently not related to Quinn).

#The Ishmael Resource is a good site with insightful material, including a fine introductory essay.

Primitivism (unrelated to Quinn) is a site dedicated to the political philosophy of primitivism.

The Universal Pantheism Society site (unrelated to Quinn) is a nice site all about pantheism, or worship of nature.

A Cypher in Stone is an interesting philosophical Ishmael site with some introduction to the ideas.

#Phil's Wanderings records the wanderings and thoughts of Phil on the road. It's interesting, but unfortunately, it's very short and the stories haven't been updated in a very long time. It's not clear what happened to Phil.

Robin's Page is a nice site with pages on ecology and Ishmael.

Leavers.Organizing is an Ishmael-inspired page about efforts to become Leavers out of a Taker society, such as communal living and sustainable farming.

#The Cathexis Newsletter is apparently an online magazine; I had difficulty telling how often it is updated. Not much intro, but some food for thought.

The Ishmael Homepage is a nice site dedicated to summarizing the book Ishmael. #J. Fowler's site is basically a page of links to anarchist, vegan, Ishmael, and other subversive sites.

The Ishmael-inspired #Neo-Tribal Vision Network doesn't seem to be up yet, and it's been a while. But it looks nice so far.

Brian's Online B Site, though promising, does not appear to contain much significant content, links, or updates. My email to him failed to get through.

IshCon is going to be an Ishmael site for "[h]elping people who are in search of a new vision to find each other."

#Alistair's Homepage, once an Ishmael-related page, now appears to be missing.

Ishmael Reviews, Essays, and Articles

Some of the following pieces may be a good introduction to Quinn's ideas.

The Ishmael Resource includes an introductory essay.

On David Christopher Swanson's Page (which includes some stuff on philosophy and Nader) is a book review/essay by Swanson.

The Universal Pantheism Society site includes a very favorable review of Ishmael.

On the RAVENSUN PRODUCTIONS site, a teacher wrote an essay called Teaching 'Ishmael' about her experiences with Ishmael as an educational material.

CyberZomba has a section on a zine called je ne sais quoi that includes the column "Want Ad for a Revolution", by B, clearly inspired by Quinn.

The Ishmael Group includes some nice essays by people coming to terms with Quinn's ideas.

Some essays by Philip does not seem to be in existence.

If your website has a review of or essay about Quinn's books or a related topic, email me and I'll add it to my list.

Sites on Anthropology and Human Culture

Some wonderful information about the Nacirema (or Asu) culture can be found at Nacirema Web: Resources on the Nacirema People. The Nacirema culture is fascinating and sheds a great deal of light on our own. (Some links are broken, including one to the excellent essay The Sacred Rac; here is a different location.)

Environmental and Indigenous People Protection Sites

The Envirolink Network, part of the Network for Change, offers links to environmentalist sites.

EcologyFund.com, SaveRainforest.net, Care2.com's Race for the Rainforest , Care2.com's Race for the Big Cats , The Environment Site, I want Clean Air, PollutionCharity.com, www.WebReleaf.com, The Rainforest Site, and many others listed at ENN's Click to Donate page are sites where you can click on buttons and view advertisements in order to protect tiny amounts of land, free. (EcologyFund.com, though it has a slightly confusing layout, offers the most options and even informs you when you've "donated" to all of the projects.) If you ever have spare time on the web, be sure to visit one or more of these sites.

The Nature Conservancy actually buys and protects land for the future using the greater part of its funds.

Earth First! is one of the more radical environmentalist groups.

At the Rainforest Action Network website you can learn about their projects to make energy and wood use sustainable.

Amazon Watch fights for Amazon-related issues.

Project Underground is a group that tries to stop environmental degradation caused by mining and drilling for oil.

Cultural Survival is an organization specifically recommended by Daniel Quinn that tries to give traditional cultures more control over their own futures.

Miscellaneous Sites of Interest

epiCenter Magazine prides itself as an anti-apathy magazine.

The Ralph Nader for President site (or VoteNader.org) and The Greens/Green Party USA site (or GreenParty.org ) are websites promoting Ralph Nader, the Green Party presidential candidate, in the interests of the consumer, the environment, and other good stuff.

The Music Can Change the World site is about drawing attention to ecological issues through music. Interesting lyrics!

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement site is both a disturbing example of our cultural myths and an intelligent and humorous look at our world situation.

A world population counter page keeps track of the approximate world population.