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PERSONAL NOTE: It is crystal clear to anyone, Left, Right, or Center, who has been paying attention, that the United States has been plunging on a self-destructive course for at least several decades. Who or what is the cause remains the question. The Left has their nutcase conspiracy theories, mostly blaming the Right--which are pretty convincing. The Right has their nutcase conspiracy theories, mostly blaming the Left--which are pretty convincing. Could it be that we all have a common enemy? Could it be that the erosion of freedom, and the growth of corporate government is the problem?

Glenn Beck presents a preposterous "conspiracy theory", which is not intended to be taken literally. His purpose is to stimulate thought, to shift the window. The problem is that he doesn't know where to center his window as a starting point. Glenn Beck's genius is in proposing a common solution--whatever the true cause of our problems is.

THE TEASER: The novel starts with a teaser, a loathsome device which is intended to catch bookstore readers with up-front action. Although short, the teaser is irrelevant to the story, and other than "setting the mood", only serves to potentially confuse the reader.

THE SETUP: Noah Gardener is the vice president of the most influential public relations company in the country, ran by his father Arthur, who is the eminence grise behind a conspiracy behind a "new world order", to turn the U.S. into a "benevolent dictatorship". Noah observes a new minor employee, Molly, tacking up a notice for a "restoration of the U.S." rally. Molly's mother, Beverly Emerson, of course, is the leader of the patriotic "Founders Keepers". Noah is immediate smitten with Molly, and decides to attend the rally--where they are both arrested, and somehow as a result fall in love.

CRITIQUE: There are numerous technical flaws and artistic shortcomings in "The Overton Window"---but no worse than some of the lesser novels of the most popular current novelists. Besides, no-one will judge "The Overton Window" by those standards---so I won't dwell those flaws. "Atlas Shrugged"--to which "The Overton Window" is often compared---has similar flaws, but has remained the second largest seller, worldwide, in all history, second only to the Bible for over 50 years. Unfortunately, "The Overton Window" will be forgotten while "Atlas Shrugged" is still selling strong, because Rand's events are generic, reoccuring in various forms almost daily, while Beck's are specific real events which will get stale quickly. Although Beck fans (like myself) will love "The Overton Window", the fact is, Beck fails to make his case in a convincing way (other than to those of us already in the choir). Beck only succeeds in convincingly demonstrating that "something is terribly wrong". Beck cites a few examples of inexplicable events and frightening trends, but his fails to convincingly explain "how and why" these are happening. A few "real" events can be dismissed as freak occurances. Rand's genius was in abstracting the essense of the real events she observed.

Rand brilliantly and thoroughtly portrays the nature of institutional incompetence, willful ignorance, and greed. Not only does Ayn Rand clearly identify and portray the nature of evil, as she understoond it, she spends over a thousand pages with dozens of examples and variations on her theme to get her point across. Beck fails to perceive that a the most important feature of the actual application of "the overton window" is repetition, and more repetition, and more repetition. Most people complain about "Atlas Shrugged" 1000+ pages, but Rand needed every page. Rand doesn't provide a shifting view through a single window---she provides dozens of veiws from every concievable angle.

Note on the audiobook version: Many fans could hope that Glenn Beck would narrate the novel himself. Fortunately, the narrator sounds like Beck, and does a superb job. Unfortunately, if you only have the audio-version, you'll miss the end-notes at the back of the printed version which identify which events have really happened.

THE VERDICT: As a first novel, the "Overton Window" is very good. As a political novel, like "1984", "The Overton Window" falls short of its goals.


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The Overton Window Glenn Beck James Daniels Books Reviews

This is the first Glenn Beck novel I have read-- it is the first GB book I have read. In my circles among my liberal friends, Beck is a four letter word. OK, I get that, but he still tells a good story with satisfying twists and turns in the plot and characters that are good and evil (depending on your definition of good and evil!) that creates a meaningful conflict.

Beck draws from current events to tell his story and includes those events (or facimiles of them) into the plot. But unlike many authors, Beck, in the afterward, admits that he uses the events to tell a story and does not claim that any of the events in the story actually happened in the ways that are described in the novel. (I hope I have that right Mr. Beck). It is a NOVEL! It is is FICTION! With just enough creepy scary to stimulate the gray matter into asking, "What if...?"

I enjoyed the novel and I am eagerly waiting to get the chance to read The Eye of Molach.
Hmmm - a good read, but it scared the pants off me.

Well, that sounds simplistic, but after a lot of thought, it's true. I happened to watch Beck on Fox when he was talking about the concept of the overton window & how it works (an actual technique of changing group attitudes). Scared me then & it scares me now.

So, the story is just the vehicle Beck uses to show his perspective of what's happening in today's world. There are 40 pages of documentation of source material - honestly overwhelming. He says repeatedly 'do your own research', but I'm not sure how many casual readers will do just that. Maybe they feel as I do - what would I do if I found even half of this stuff true? Well, it's more than I can handle & just reading the list of sources is difficult.

I think we, the people of the United States, are probably heading down the same path traveled numerous times before us by other great nations (Romans, Greeks). And unless we make huge changes - that many won't do - we'll probably continue down the path to ruin. Wouldn't have thought these things 20 years ago, but now it seems almost a given.
I have to admit, I was not expecting this book to be as good as it was. Glenn Beck has a very fluid writing style and tells this story through the eyes of a surprisingly relatable and somewhat endearing main character.

This story does not focus on politics at all. Does it have political themes? Of course it does, but it presents a surprisingly common sense, human, approach to the concepts and doesn't try to shove any one agenda down your throat.

Whether you like Glenn Beck's views or not, I strongly advise reading this book before you dismiss it. The book does not disappoint. I can't wait for the next installment.
This was an enjoyable book.

Pros
- All the necessary elements of a good action-adventure dystopia suspense, some (clean) romance, nukes, abuse of modern technology, government tyranny.
- Easy writing style. Flows well.
- Uses the classic and enjoyable writing technique where multiple storylines coalesce at the end.
- Enough reach to be fictional, but enough incorporation of modern day politics, culture and technology to be chilling.
- Kind of like a cross between Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising and Huxley's Brave New World.

Cons
- It's a cliffhanger book, which left me wanting. (That was probably the point.) Plan on reading the sequel The Eye of Moloch to feel satisfied.
- The (clean) romance between the two main characters proceeds far too fast to feel realistic.
PERSONAL NOTE It is crystal clear to anyone, Left, Right, or Center, who has been paying attention, that the United States has been plunging on a self-destructive course for at least several decades. Who or what is the cause remains the question. The Left has their nutcase conspiracy theories, mostly blaming the Right--which are pretty convincing. The Right has their nutcase conspiracy theories, mostly blaming the Left--which are pretty convincing. Could it be that we all have a common enemy? Could it be that the erosion of freedom, and the growth of corporate government is the problem?

Glenn Beck presents a preposterous "conspiracy theory", which is not intended to be taken literally. His purpose is to stimulate thought, to shift the window. The problem is that he doesn't know where to center his window as a starting point. Glenn Beck's genius is in proposing a common solution--whatever the true cause of our problems is.

THE TEASER The novel starts with a teaser, a loathsome device which is intended to catch bookstore readers with up-front action. Although short, the teaser is irrelevant to the story, and other than "setting the mood", only serves to potentially confuse the reader.

THE SETUP Noah Gardener is the vice president of the most influential public relations company in the country, ran by his father Arthur, who is the eminence grise behind a conspiracy behind a "new world order", to turn the U.S. into a "benevolent dictatorship". Noah observes a new minor employee, Molly, tacking up a notice for a "restoration of the U.S." rally. Molly's mother, Beverly Emerson, of course, is the leader of the patriotic "Founders Keepers". Noah is immediate smitten with Molly, and decides to attend the rally--where they are both arrested, and somehow as a result fall in love.

CRITIQUE There are numerous technical flaws and artistic shortcomings in "The Overton Window"---but no worse than some of the lesser novels of the most popular current novelists. Besides, no-one will judge "The Overton Window" by those standards---so I won't dwell those flaws. "Atlas Shrugged"--to which "The Overton Window" is often compared---has similar flaws, but has remained the second largest seller, worldwide, in all history, second only to the Bible for over 50 years. Unfortunately, "The Overton Window" will be forgotten while "Atlas Shrugged" is still selling strong, because Rand's events are generic, reoccuring in various forms almost daily, while Beck's are specific real events which will get stale quickly. Although Beck fans (like myself) will love "The Overton Window", the fact is, Beck fails to make his case in a convincing way (other than to those of us already in the choir). Beck only succeeds in convincingly demonstrating that "something is terribly wrong". Beck cites a few examples of inexplicable events and frightening trends, but his fails to convincingly explain "how and why" these are happening. A few "real" events can be dismissed as freak occurances. Rand's genius was in abstracting the essense of the real events she observed.

Rand brilliantly and thoroughtly portrays the nature of institutional incompetence, willful ignorance, and greed. Not only does Ayn Rand clearly identify and portray the nature of evil, as she understoond it, she spends over a thousand pages with dozens of examples and variations on her theme to get her point across. Beck fails to perceive that a the most important feature of the actual application of "the overton window" is repetition, and more repetition, and more repetition. Most people complain about "Atlas Shrugged" 1000+ pages, but Rand needed every page. Rand doesn't provide a shifting view through a single window---she provides dozens of veiws from every concievable angle.

Note on the audiobook version Many fans could hope that Glenn Beck would narrate the novel himself. Fortunately, the narrator sounds like Beck, and does a superb job. Unfortunately, if you only have the audio-version, you'll miss the end-notes at the back of the printed version which identify which events have really happened.

THE VERDICT As a first novel, the "Overton Window" is very good. As a political novel, like "1984", "The Overton Window" falls short of its goals.