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 “Beginner’s Luke is a welcome start to what promises to be a mind-bending journey through the mind of the ultimate iconoclast.”
—Apex Reviews
“A modern-day Alice in Wonderland, where anything can come alive when you start with a blank page … [Luckman] shows the reader that as individuals, we, too, have choices and potentials. There are no boundaries or rules to limit us.”
—Reader Views
“Beginner’s Luke is a truly an experience that cannot adequately be described except to say that it is extraordinary and grabs one from the first word of the first chapter and never lets one go. Definitely a spiritual journey that you do not want to put down.”
—Niama Williams, Ph.D., “Poetry & Prose & Anything Goes”
“Sol Luckman’s writing makes Beginner’s Luke a rewarding romp from start to finish. This is the sort of book that could easily have self-destructed in a lesser author’s hands, but Luckman makes it sing.”
—Burt Kempner, Sarasota, Florida
“Beginner’s Luke is an inspirational and darkly fun novel that is a ‘cannot put down’ book and definite movie material. I loved every minute of it.” “If you’re willing to bust a gut laughing, mostly at yourself, distinguish between what you are and what you can be, and in the process fire up your belief in your ability to create the life you desire and deserve, do yourself a favor and give yourself the gift of Luke.”
—Alyce Mooreland, Los Angeles, California
“Luke’s story has a mighty moral: we’re making it all up! Our imagination is both seed and soil, water and sun. It’s how we cultivate our circumstances and fashion our future. Luke takes us on a tour of time and quaintly confuses the quantity and quality of something we’ve all come to take for granted, the timeline that creates cause and effect.”
—Roseann Gabrys, Wyandotte, Michigan
“Some
theories say we only use a small portion of our minds, that we have
come as far (or as short) as we have while utilizing a relatively tiny
amount of our intellect. If this is true, what could possibly be a
catalyst to inspire further use of our untapped potential? One possible
avenue for further expansion is the melding of what we perceive to be
‘real’ or ‘truthful’ and what we perceive to be ‘fantasy’ or ‘fallacy.’
Beginner’s Luke weaves these two poles together to help the reader see the cage of conformity that we all, to some degree, dwell in.”
—M. E. Bradley, Grand Rapids, Michigan
“Provocatively rich with vivid characters and descriptive emotion, Beginner’s Luke is a flavorful page-turner that not only satisfies the hunger for poetic intellectual stimulation, but also introspective humor.”
—Michelle Lawrence, Tempe, Arizona
“The Toy Buddha is an enriching sequel to Beginner’s Luke, helping to further define the original tome, as well as make its mission that much more clear. Luckman’s writing continues to be emboldened by his charged plunges into the abstract, and his playful, yet sincere, treatment of the ethereal continues to make for an enlightening read.”
—Reader Views
“The Toy Buddha serves up a trenchant critique of the alarming tendency most people have to look outside themselves for meaning, be it spiritual or political—whether they’re giving away their power to a religion, a guru, an elected official, a savior, or the Buddha himself now back on the loose in these unprecedented pages.”
—Alyce Mooreland, Los Angeles, California
“You’ll want to read The Toy Buddha
because of the possibly guilty pleasures it will provide. Things you’ve
done, things you’ve never done, things you wish you had done and, of
course, all those things you wish you’d never done.”
—Roseann Gabrys, Wyandotte, Michigan
“During Luke’s extended stay with Malcolm [in Portraits of an Imaginary Young Man], Soloman gains a wealth of knowledge and experience that helps him greatly in his quest. His eyes are opened to an alternate way of viewing his own life, and his heart is opened to a better way of managing his own feelings. He even meets quite the interesting character at a Halloween party one night, who quickly reveals to him two astonishing truths about himself that change him forever.”
—Reader Views
“The self-seeking Adventure of Luke, a man groping his way around the confusingly metaphorical ‘New Age,’ is, in a way, the story of every enlightened soul finding their way around these confounding metaphysical times.”
—Yael Lewis, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Portraits of an Imaginary Young Man is truly Joycean in its savagely relentless interface with Experience.” |
