Patty T. (GalaxyJane) reviewed on
Reading books by Lon Milo Duquette is like having conversations with friends so interesting and intelligent, that they can explain even complex things in clever, simple ways, without struggling or reaching, so at the end of the book, you feel intelligent, too.
Ordinary Oracles does just what it says, it gives a plausible explanation for why oracles would work at all, in the first place, and then goes on to suppose that if oracles do work, then ANYTHING can be made to be an oracle.
He gives some artistic suggestions for oracles, some mad-science suggestions for oracles, and some truly silly but still plausible suggestions for oracles. He includes amusing personal stories from his life about oracles, and fortune telling.
In the end, if you can't expand your own personal oracle repertoire, you aren't really trying. At the very least, from this book, you will have had the equivalent of a very pleasant conversation with a very interesting man.
Ordinary Oracles does just what it says, it gives a plausible explanation for why oracles would work at all, in the first place, and then goes on to suppose that if oracles do work, then ANYTHING can be made to be an oracle.
He gives some artistic suggestions for oracles, some mad-science suggestions for oracles, and some truly silly but still plausible suggestions for oracles. He includes amusing personal stories from his life about oracles, and fortune telling.
In the end, if you can't expand your own personal oracle repertoire, you aren't really trying. At the very least, from this book, you will have had the equivalent of a very pleasant conversation with a very interesting man.
