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Nine chains to the moon (A Doubleday anchor book) Paperback – January 1, 1971

by R. Buckminster Fuller (Author)
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  • JESUIS LE CAHIER
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fuller : PRESCIENT GENIUS
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2020
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    THIS MAN saw the natural world in a systemic cybernetic way and we still don't have enough people subscribing hence our planet is melting and we are destroying life on spaceship earth at a catastrophic rate every single day. This is one of many of his works. PLEASE WILL SOMEONE PLEASE READ HIS WORK AND TAKE ACTION?? LET IT BE SOMEONE WHO HAS MONEY AND ENOUGH POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
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  • Stanley Campbell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Having a first edition of this is like having a first edition of a breakthrough science book
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2016
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    Having a first edition of this is like having a first edition of a breakthrough science book. I can see why the hippies and the geniuses like Fuller.
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  • Mark S. Nowotarski
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2010
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    Incredibly relevant for today considering it was written in the 1930's.

    Be forewarned, though. It's a tough read.
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  • paullloydsargent
    4.0 out of 5 stars Nice going, internet
    Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2015
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    lol, generic rubric to rate a book by Bucky Fuller. Nice going, internet. No, seriously, the "plot" of this book is like 'Twilight' meets '50 Shades of Grey' meets 'Furious 7.' You should totally buy it.

    So...if you know who Fuller is, you likely know how important this text is within the historical development of a concept of "ecology" as an interplay between technology and the "natural," alongside Norbert Wiener's cybernetics, a "media ecology" as developed through McLuhan, Postman, Mumford, Mead, etc, the "ecology of mind," the "ecosophy" of Guattari, and much more. It's an early text in Fuller's output and far from perfect. But it's a classic and worthy of its place in history, as is the quirky geodesic dome-building Fuller.
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  • Amanda Mackey
    2.0 out of 5 stars Idk
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2024
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    I expected copyright to be old since the book was and I know the author passed in 80s. Mf
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  • AnnieB
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing - from 1938 in a new edition by Dover
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2020
    Nine Chains to the Moon is a reformatted and re-released new edition of Buckminster Fuller's 1938 collection of thoughts, essays, and observations. Released in a new edition 16th Sept. 2020 by Dover, it's 384 pages and is available in paperback format (in this edition).
    Buckminster Fuller was a brilliant thinker, inventor, and philosopher. This is a wide ranging book containing treatises on such disparate subjects as population, living standards (and how they can be improved), money and monetary concepts, housing (always a big subject with him), scientific thought and exploration, and so many more. The 43 included essays vary in length from snippets to 10-15 pages each.

    Fuller's style runs the gamut from cajoling to humorous, to (at least to me) nigh impenetrable. Some of the things he says are bigger-than-life, some are awe inspiring, and it amazed me how relevant-to-right-this-minute so much of the content really is. For having been written in 1938, he was preternaturally gifted at forward thinking and extrapolation.

    It's worth noting that much of the book contains words which he coined himself when there wasn't an extant word for what he wanted (vacuumizing, earthians, dymaxion, and many more). This can render the text a little more difficult, but pretty much everything was clear from context where neologisms are used.

    This is a classic book from a brilliant mind and still quite relevant today. Five stars. This would be a good selection for the reader's personal library, gift giving, or similar.

    Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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  • victor marcucci
    4.0 out of 5 stars review of nine chains
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2002
    This was Bucky's first book. The reader will find it clever and imaginative, though rough going due to the technical and philosophical format. The sentences are lengthy and I suggest keeping a dictionary along side.
    This work is an eye opener which makes up for its difficulty. If you're looking for a new and convincing perspective of the real forces behind history and evolution, this book is for you.
    The main theme is scientific housing and its potential importance in solving many socioeconomic ills as opposed to relying on status quo politics and the legal-financial, money making system.
    This book, written during The Great Depression, is STILL way ahead its time and well worth the reader's effort.
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