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    I'm Not Really Here
    I'm Not Really Here

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    Author: Tim Allen
    Publisher: Hyperion
    Category: Book

    List Price: $6.99
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    Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 53 reviews
    Sales Rank: 448901

    Media: Mass Market Paperback
    Number Of Items: 1
    Pages: 304
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
    Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1

    ISBN: 0786889322
    Dewey Decimal Number: 305.2440207
    EAN: 9780786889327
    ASIN: 0786889322

    Publication Date: September 1, 1997
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    Editorial Reviews:

    Amazon.com Review
    Tim Allen, star of the hit sitcom Home Improvement, takes on quantum philosophy, intergender relationships, and the male midlife crisis in a joke-filled (but ultimately serious) "weekend in the life" narrative. It's an odd combination, shifting from enthusiastic gushing over restored sports cars to earnest elaborations upon Deepak Chopra and Fritjof Capra, but Allen manages to pull it off. If you're expecting a standard unchallenging celebrity-penned "book," or a fluff-filled "memoir," you're going to be quite surprised.

    Product Description
    The popular actor and comedian shares his observations on why things are the way they are while sharing his offbeat opinions about the meaning of life and his personal role in it. Reprint."


    Customer Reviews:   Read 48 more reviews...

    3 out of 5 stars Can Tim Allen (The ToolMan) define the Meaning of Life?   November 23, 2008
    Like others have said, you get a peak into the thoughts of a comedian spending a weekend without the wife (who is now his ex in real life) and the kid. Story line is held together by his search for an object that he needs to find before Monday comes around. Tim's underlying question is now that he is over 40, what does life really mean and are we really here. To answer his question he refers to text written by scientists and philosophers throwing in some of his previous / current life moments along with some humor. At the end we go over a long letter written by a buddy and to be honest I ended up wishing for the letter section to finish as it was like listening to a conversation on life by 2 people that could not come to a decision. On reflection, if this book had not been written by Tim Allen would people be buying it. For me the answer would be no as I can go to the local bar and here similar conversations. So if you are in the process of writing a biography on Tim Allen or a devoted fan, I would recommend this book otherwise save your pennies and move on to something else.


    5 out of 5 stars I'm Not Really Here by Tim Allen   June 2, 2007
    I Love the book. It arrived in good condition. Thanks


    5 out of 5 stars WOAH...   February 3, 2007
    If you are counting on a funny guy like we all know tim allen from home improvement, um... read another book. it's amazing... on home improvement, jill, his wife, seems to know alot of psycology and tim tries to learn it, but in the book, it's amazing what words he uses... you'll be amazed.


    1 out of 5 stars Not Really Here, not really good   May 20, 2005
     1 out of 4 found this review helpful

    Hi. I think Not Really Here has a brilliant book inside it waiting to be written. How many of the [i]sincere[/i] reviews on Amazon found the flow of consciousness idea boring and never got to the last two chapters, which were gold, but not even written by Mr. Allen? Too many. If only Mr. Allen had started with his friends letter, then elaborated on his ideas and understandings of the physics texts he'd read. Maybe he could have trotted the globe and actually talked to philosophers and scientists. Maybe he could have used the book as an excuse to actually go on a journey of discovery. Perhaps when Mr.Allen is older he can revamp the book completely and spend less time on mundane life and more on sharing (from his own voice) the excitement of discovery and wonder his new found ideas had given him. Then he'd have a book as worthy as a Brief History of Time that people who purchased it would actually read. Maybe host a PBS segment on NOVA too. -just my 2 cents


    5 out of 5 stars Quantum Mechanics and Tim Allen, who could ask for more?   June 18, 2004
     2 out of 3 found this review helpful

    My father believes that this book must be ghost-written, but I think that Tim Allen's actually a pretty smart guy and he probably knows Quantum at the level that he's writing about it. This was really my first intro to QM and it's the most entertaining book on the subject I've ever read. Also, the monotony is constantly broken by Tim's search for a car ornament and descriptions of his family. It's a fun read and a lot more "intelligent" than Don't Stand Too Close to a Nake Man.


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