She commented in the book's introduction: " Mention the name ' Moonies ' to anyone in the West today, and the chances are that you will receive an immediate reaction which falls somewhere between a delicate shudder and an indignant outburst of fury.

King noted in the book's introduction that he does not use cell phones.

According to the first book's introduction Allen devised the New Laws in discussion with Asimov himself.

The book's introduction concerns the origin of the Weirdstone.

He furthermore noted that there was a " disconcerting randomness about the introduction of the supernatural " into the book's plot, with the supernatural elements simply appearing without having been worked into a wider world universe.

The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given ( and recorded ) a vision from Jesus.

The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given ( and recorded ) a vision from Jesus.

Examples include the book's introduction ( which explains why the four men went on a canoe trip instead of playing golf ) and epilogue.

As a result the book is perhaps not the best introduction to Gurdjieff's ideas since part of the book's intention is to frustrate and usurp the normal patterns of thought.

" The letter includes a detailed summary of the book's key themes and how the author intended each of the 12 chapters to work, and has been included as an introduction in some editions.

Though Stevenson reassures an anxious Theodora that only he and his secretary know her identity, his wife Ethel ( Nana Bryant ) pressures him into an introduction, which the book's illustrator, Michael Grant ( Melvyn Douglas ), overhears.

Admitting that he was " immensely proud " of Divine and the cause which he " strived for ", Jay noted in the book's introduction that he wrote the work because he felt that Divine deserved a " memorial " that would act as a " record for posterity ".

Editor Richard Crossman said in the book's introduction: " The Kronstadt rebels called for Soviet power free from Bolshevik dominance " ( p. x ).

According to the book's own introduction, it was produced in emulation of an old Zen painting exercise called " one hundred demons.

Moore has said that the character of " the Glyph ", introduced in Book Two, clinched book's success ( according to his comments in the introduction to the collected edition ( Titan Books ) in 1986 ).

In the book's introduction, Lowell explained that his idiosyncratic translations should be thought of as " imitations " rather than strict translations since he took many liberties with the originals, trying to " do what authors might have done if they were writing their poems now and in America.

Goldhagen noted in an interview with The Atlantic, as well as in the book's introduction, that the title and the first page of the book reveal its purpose as a moral, rather than historical analysis, asserting that he has invited European Church representatives to present their own historical account in discussing morality and reparation.

The book's introduction was by Eugene McCarthy.

In the book's introduction, he mused: " Already engaged in other duties, it has been with some effort that I have found time to adjust my own mantle ; and I now willingly retire to more quiet labors, which, if less exciting, are more certain to be acknowledged as useful and received with gratitude ".

" He set to work writing his memoirs, The Story of an American Communist, tapping fellow ex-Communist pariah Earl Browder to write the book's introduction.

However, on the book's jacket and in a tongue-in-cheek introduction by the book's editor, it was alleged that this 1996 work was written by Bachman years earlier, but the manuscript had only recently been discovered by his widow in a trunk.

Although it is labeled " Unauthorized " for humor, the book is in fact official and considered a Beginning with a multi-layered introduction by Daniel Handler that encompasses twelve of the book's thirteen chapters.

However, Agatha Christie first described a village of that name prior to the introduction of Jane Marple, in the Hercule Poirot novel The Mystery of the Blue Train, in which it was home to that book's protagonist Katherine Grey.

Also prior to the book's publication, Delmore Schwartz read the manuscript and claimed to be so offended by the controversial anti-war stance in the book that he persuaded Patchen's publisher, New Directions, against publishing it.

Post-publication, the book's supporters included Miller, Robert Duncan, and James Laughlin ; its detractors included Schwartz, Edmund Wilson, and Anais Nin.

" Such a view finds general critical consensus, viewing the vignettes as allegorical appropriations of the book's characters and themes ; for example, Schwartz argues that " The Willingdone Museyroom " episode represents the book's " archetypal family drama in military-historical terms.

( In a nod to Gamma Worlds reputation for being repeatedly revised, the book's back cover states " That's right, it's the return of the Gamma World ".

Although the subtitle states that the book comprises " 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates ", the book's preface mentions that originally four dates were planned, but last-minute research revealed that two of them were not memorable.

In his autobiographical work Ecce Homo, Nietzsche states that the book's underlying concept is discussed within " the penultimate section of the fourth book " of ' The Gay Science ' ( Ecce Homo, Kaufmann ).

A 2004 article in Skeptic Magazine states that Däniken took many of the book's concepts from The Morning of the Magicians, that this book in turn was heavily influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, and that the core of the ancient astronaut theory originates in H. P. Lovecraft's short stories " The Call of Cthulhu " written in 1926, and " At the Mountains of Madness " written in 1931.

A 2004 article in Skeptic magazine states that von Däniken plagiarized many of the book's concepts from The Morning of the Magicians, that this book in turn was heavily influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, and that the core of the ancient astronaut theory originates in H. P. Lovecraft's short stories " The Call of Cthulhu " and " At the Mountains of Madness ".

One of the book's primary arguments is that many ostensible " manifestations of the Spirit " in charismatic, Pentecostal, and third wave affiliated churches are caused by psychological manipulation of parishioners, and that many of the " signs and wonders " claimed by these churches are fraudulent or result from manipulation, peer pressure, subtle suggestions, altered states of consciousness from repetitive chanting or singing, and expectations of supernatural events.

In the book's introduction, Neil Gaiman states that he had originally planned to write twenty-five " Portraits of Despair ".

In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to " attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to believe it.

Anderson states in the book's preface, " So, any of the local residents who can read, and do read this novel, and take offense at the descriptions or content, instead of sucker-punching me while I'm in town trying to buy groceries with my wife and son, let me just buy you a drink and we'll call it even.

The title character states that Jon Stewart " tried to deceive people into thinking " that the book's phony Fillmore was a real one by putting a past date ( October 1, 1998 ) next to the fake strip.

Feminist scholar Maria Lauret states that the " formation of female cultural identity " is woven into the book's narrative, setting Maya up as " a role model for Black women ".

The book's cover states that the book is " the true story of the secret mission that blasted Hitler's dream of an atomic bomb.

The subtitle boldly states the book's theme: " The curious theories of modern pseudoscientist and the strange, amusing and alarming cults that surround them.

Information about Amos Tutuola, recounted in the book's introduction, states that his grandfather was an odafin, the spiritual leader of a clan, and Tutuola was the given name of the author's father ; Odafin literally means " the establisher of laws " or " lawmaker " in the Yoruba language of southwestern Nigeria.

In the accompanying book's information box about the animal, it states that the Indricothere is called Paraceratherium.

The book's forward states that this is a true story handed down from Trudy's descendants ( Trudy became widely known as an expert spinner, having been taught by her mother who, because of her crippled shoulder, could no longer perform the task ).

In a prefatory note addressed to the book's child readers, Neill states that he and his family live in Flanders, New Jersey, which he describes as " on top of the Schooley Mountains and the Jenny Jump Mountains are really truly mountains right next to us.

The book's narration states that he possessed all of the traits of leadership, and had he been born in another time, he very likely may have become a great naval hero instead of a pirate.