Debby <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Lots of good Ishmael-type material in the posts already :) Ardeith writes: Yeah, I'm an Ishmael-ite.......and I got the "B" too. I haven't been lurking on this List very long, and wasn't sure how Quinn's work was received. But Jared Diamond and James Lovelock have had a powerful effect on my thinking too.......