Evasion by Crimethinc. Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Evasion
Book Review: A learning experience...
Summary: 5 Stars
Pages away from finishing this book... Great book! Can't put the thing down. I've always wondered what it'd be like to dive thru the trash and pull out a gleaming diamond.
Well, after reading this book (and researching the local laws(I know, I know..., but I'm cautious by nature)) I tried it. I LIKED it!
There truely is NO way a person with legs to walk, arms to reach and hands to grab, could go hungry in this country(unless he's ill, lazy or too prideful). In my observations there's food everywhere. And LOTS more!
People truely are wasteful and the system perpetuates that waste, but their loss is your gain!
You never know what you'll find, but you'll find something interesting.
Despite some of the obviously illegal things the kid in this book does, it's nice to know that one can put down all his/her crud and have a "free" adventure on the bill of a wasteful "civilization".
As a survivalist, this book peaked my interests.
It has alot of valuable info that you might not use(some may be a tad dated and, in todays new age of security, improbable to impossible), but it's still nice to know, if you need it.
Even without all the info, it's still a good story.
Boy meets dumpster, finds love & freedom.
Read this book. (Or steal it, if your so inclined...)
Book Review: Amazing!...
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is fantastic. It was hard for me to put it down. I serioulsly read it in about 48 hours. One of the best books yet. About a straight-edge vegan, who travels across the U.S. by jumping trains, hitch hiking, and ocassionaly riding a bus. He lives off the dumpster and stealing. Any where that this author can sleep he will. He sleeps on top of stores, in abandend cars, and once in a great moon is peoples houses. Another great book by Crimethinc.Book Review: An amazing read
Summary: 5 Stars
recently purchased this book from crimethinc and could not be more content with this piece of literature. This story is very compelling and gives a closer look at what society is able to throw away and what others are able to salvage from their garbage to create an interesting, adventurous lifestyle. Definately worth the price, pick this up for a good read.Book Review: Avoid this garbage
Summary: 1 Stars
I read another book published by this company, and that was great. However, this book is terrible. Honestly, the worst book I've ever read. I actually had to stop reading it halfway through, something I VERY rarely do. The author is a complete moron. There is nothing revolutionary about this book or the author.Book Review: Evasion and Off The Map
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a joint review for Off The Map and Evasion, posted under both. Why? They both have essentially the same issues and same basic (lack of) structure, and I don't want to be redundant. Both books are travel narratives, by punk rockers, and both are written casually and with more personal reflection on what they saw than descriptions of the same. Both were published by Crimethinc in relatively nice packaging. Both have some black and white photos, with and some hand-scribbled notes/drawings. Both are (as far as I can tell) written by healthy, young, middle class white people who are astounded that more people don't just live off the system the way THEY do, because it's just that easy. I'd love to see a single black mother or a guy with a chronic health condition write a book like this. Maybe we'll see that, someday. Of course, there's little reflection on the fact that their role in relationship to this civilization is that of parasites, symbiotes, and/or scavengers, depending on how favorably we view them. That is to say, because more people like me work full time than spend our entire lives backpacking like them, they can live without working really easily. I don't begrudge them their lifestyle, but it would be nice to see some acknowledgement of its practical causes and effects somewhere in these books. They clearly begrudge others their own lifestyles and opinions though--the Evasion author expresses a clear dislike of people who use intoxicants, hold down jobs, don't steal, eat meat, and/or dress differently. He also says that if poverty isn't fun, you're doing it wrong. If you can go back to your mom and dad's house or mooch off a girlfriend (as he seems willing enough to do) then, umm, you're not really living poverty, you're more just having a low-budget vacation. The girls who wrote Off The Map detail some really condescending attitudes towards people who helped them out, and at one point angrily leave a squat they've been allowed to crash at because there was a (possibly) mildly sexist element in a mural on the wall. Dissing your hosts in print is really such a spoiled and fanatical way to act that I wonder if they're leaving some details out about other aspects of the trip. Neither book is without value; both have some very good descriptive writing and admittedly both made me want to get out and travel more. And at heart, I like kids like these when they're thoughtful and not acting like spoiled brats; travel is great, adventure is great, and lord knows living with less material crap would benefit us all. But there's an evangelistic and ugly tone, and refusal to acknowledge reality, in both books, and I just couldn't hang with it. Your mileage may vary. Two and a half stars.