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I have removed a section of this article:"On his website, Quinn states that author Derrick Jensen, who was also involved with the same publisher, was in large part responsible for the difficulty of the bankruptcy proceedings (which delayed publication of Tales of Adam by about 2 years)."

I fail to see how Quinns libelous claims about Derrick Jensen relate to Quinns biography. If this is supposed to be non-biased then it should not only represent Daniel Quinns version of events. Perhaps Derrick disagreed with the company that was going to purchase Context books. Who knows? Who cares? What I do know is that as I have perused wikipedia I have noticed that there are many people here who wish to tear down Derrick Jensens reputation in any way they can. I can only assume that Quinn's own libelous website articles have fueled this misconception of Derrick.

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[edit] Does Quinn have source material?

Since much of Daniel Quinn's work is fiction, he doesn't cite sources, and my cursory investigation yielded no evidence that he even has source material. While I certainly don't believe that his work can only be valuable if there are "legitimate" scholarly sources for his interesting theories, I do think that for the sake of academic or artistic integrity, we should be clear about it. Daniel Quinn's books present themselves with an air of authority that seems to imply that though they are technically fiction, they are actually non-fiction wrapped in a narrative story. Perhaps the articles on the books themselves would be more appropriate places for this sort of exploration or "disclaimer".

To provide a "for example" from "Ishmael" Daniel Quinn presents an intriguing theory on the origin of the story of the Fall as portrayed in Genesis. Is his theory supported by scholarly research, or are the story's origins established deeper in antiquity? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BenGreen (talk • contribs) 02:56, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I modified the first sentence of his biography to clarify that he attended those three Universities in sequence as part of his work on his bachelor's degree. He did not earn three separate degrees from those institutions. I obtained the information from www.ishmael.org. I also wonder if it may be important to mention the nature and breadth of his professional work prior to his writing career since it provides more context to explain how he came by all the information he has at his disposal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BenGreen (talk • contribs) 03:01, 20 February 2008 (UTC)