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Jonathan Livingston SeagullJonathan Livingston Seagull is a novel by Richard Bach. It is a simple animal fable about a seagull learning how to become the greatest flyer of all time and a homiletic about self-perfection and self-sacrifice. In 1970, Richard Bach, a distant relative of composer Johann Sebastian Bach, published Jonathan Livingston Seagull -- a story. It first became a favourite on American university campuses and from this base, the book rapidly gained in popularity. By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, Reader's Digest had published a condensed version and the book reached the top of the New York Times bestseller list, where it remained for 38 weeks. It is currently still in print. Quotes from the book: '' - Most gulls dont bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight how to get from shore to food and back again.
- We can lift ourselves out of ignorance, we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill.
- Jonathan Seagull discovered that boredom and fear and anger are the reasons that a gulls life is so short, and with these gone from his thoughts, he lived a long fine life indeed.
- The gull who sees farthest flies highest.
- Dont believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.
The book has inspired the production of a motion picture of the same name (about which the consensus is that the best part of it was Neil Diamond's soundtrack), a ballet, and a popular poster of flying gulls. The film was made by Hall-Bartlett Productions many years before computer generated effects were available. In order to make seagulls act on cue and perform aerobatics Mark Smith, of Escondido, California built radio-controlled gliders that looked remarkably like real seagulls from a few feet away. External links
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