King in Orange Audiobook Released

[ecosophia]

I'm pleased to announce that the audiobook version of my book The King in Orange: the Magical and Occult Roots of Political Power is now available for purchase. You can find it at the following links: 

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-King-in-Orange/John-Michael-Greer/9781644114810

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=9781644114810&c=books

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781644114810

https://www.chirpbooks.com/audiobooks/the-king-in-orange-by-john-michael-greer

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/the-king-in-orange-1

...and other audiobook sites should have it within a few days if they haven't gotten it yet. 

I'm very pleased, and frankly rather startled, by the mostly positive response this book has fielded, even among those who might be expected to have less charitable views.  Here's another thoughtful positive review from a Neopagan site; the author thinks that I was too hard on Hillary Clinton, which is quite possibly true, but otherwise had very good things to say about the book. 

Comments

Audio book

[(Anonymous)]

Synchronicity! Somewhat... I was looking at the Simon and Schuster site to check out if I could download the book... Listening to your conversation with Miguel Conner right now...

[brenainn]

I can't wait to get a copy of the audiobook. "The King in Orange" has been one of the most informative books that I've ever read, and it continues to have an impact as I incorporate its insights. This is true politically, spiritually, socially, magically, etc. I can see why so many have reacted so positively to it. I also hope that this positive reception is a good sign that the magic of the elites is finally failing to provide them even an ounce of cover for their abuses and neglect.

Thank you Mr Greer

[(Anonymous)]

What a relief to see that a good book can still bridge the gap between reasonable people, and there is such a thing in the new age social sciences side! Thank you for writing that book!

Re: Thank you Mr Greer

[ecosophia]

You're most welcome.

Congrats!

[deng]

Awesome!!! Very Happy for you JMG. You are a tireless worker for a long time and your message is badly needed by many. After a long incubation period now seems to be your time. I pray this keeps up. DenG

[(Anonymous)]

I worked for Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2016; and whenever I got through to her, things went great. She'd listen and take the necessary steps to address the problems. The issues occurred whenever I was unable to speak to her directly, because the people she trusted filtered things far too much. Which she was aware of and tried to address, but quite clearly not well enough.

So I think your critiques are fair of the Clinton Campaign, but they are not reflective of Hillary Clinton. A lot of those of us who worked in the campaign think Bill Clinton probably pulled a lot of the strings, and oh dear gods he is utterly delusional; but she trusts him way more than she really should....

[ecosophia]

Thank you for this. Like most Americans, I didn't get to see her private face, only her public presence, which generally is about as appealing (at least to me) as fingernails on a blackboard; the stunning tone-deafness of her "basket of deplorables" comment is a good example. If she'd gotten rid of Robby Mook et al. and spent some time listening to ordinary Americans I think she might have achieved something...

[(Anonymous)]

Like most politicians, her public image is closely managed, and unfortunately for her the people managing it are totally out of touch with reality. My direct boss actually thought the "basket of deplorables" comment was a good one and encouraged the media to run with it; I can't believe how many people in the privileged classes thought it was a good phrase.

I think it is fair to say she is out of touch with the reality of American life, but in my experience she had more of an idea of what was really happening than most members of the political elite, and far, far more so than Bill Clinton. I worked in political campaigns for around 40 years and while there are some spectacular cases of people not knowing what's going on, I've never met anyone so clueless and out of touch with reality as him; but he pulls a lot of the strings where their public image is concerned.

[ecosophia]

That's really surprising. Bill did an extremely good job of managing his image during his two campaigns, which is of course a large part of why he won them. When Hillary launched her 2008 run with the notorious "I am so ready to lead!" speech -- another bit of stunning tone-deafness, which appealed enormously to upper middle class women who shared her sense of entitlement but made everyone else go "Okay, but you haven't given us any reasons to agree" -- my first thought was that Bill must have been doing a facepalm, thinking, "Oh my God, no."

[(Anonymous)]

Then again maybe it was his idea. -- sabotage? :-)

Coop Janitor

[(Anonymous)]

Bill Clinton does seem like the kind of man who'd feel threatened by a powerful woman...

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks I really love audiobooks! If I was rich I would pay for production for the entire Weird of Hali set.

[ecosophia]

If I was rich, so would I!

[(Anonymous)]

Same here, so it looks like a lot of people are interested. Maybe we should see about pooling our resources to make it happen?

[kayr]

Perhaps a crowd funding effort that appeals to those, like me, who like audio books? I know, just what you would need, another project. However, I hope there is someone out there (no my plate is very full at the moment) who would like to manage such a project. I know I would make a donation.

[ecosophia]

Let me talk to the guy who did the audiobook of Innsmouth and see if he's up for doing a crowdfunding project to make the other volumes happen.

[kayr]

Thanks so much.

[mo_drui_mac_de]

I'd absolutely contribute to that. Most of my fiction reading has to be done via audiobook these days, and I was equal parts enthralled by Innsmouth and heartbroken when you said it would probably be the only installation produced in that way. It was an excellent narration and I'd really like to be able to continue the story, if it's ever possible.

Required

[(Anonymous)]

This is required reading/listening - if you want to have a better contextual understanding of the last 6 to 7 years (probably longer, though).

William

[(Anonymous)]

I would like to say that the title was a stroke of sheer genius. Celadon

[ecosophia]

It came to me very suddenly right after the 2016 election, when I watched people who had apparently been capable of reasoned thought falling into a trance of weirdly disconnected hatred every time they thought of Trump. Of course I was in the middle of writing The Weird of Hali and so Cthulhu-mythos metaphors were slithering all through my brain just then!

[cutekitten]

More tentacles!

The most aerodynamic book ever written

[vitranc]

A lot of positive responses and a load of podcast appearances.
I am not American, so this is just political theater for me. Still your writing has been enlightening and has helped me develop my own thought processes.

I am very glad of your success and the positive way it has worked out.

Still I remember it years ago you wrote somewhere, or said it on a podcast, that you expect the book you were working on to be thrown across the room more often then any of your books to date.
JMG
„this might turn out to be my most aerodynamic book to date“

That comment stuck.
:-D

Re: The most aerodynamic book ever written

[hearthspirit]

Ha, can't help it...

"But you gotta remember the smarter it gets, the further it's gonna go/
When you blow at high dough" - Tragically Hip 😉

Can't wait

[(Anonymous)]

Look forward to hearing this one.
I was wondering if there will be any more Weird of Hali audio books? The first one was well done and I really enjoy listening to audio books on commutes. They keep me calmer than listening to music while driving. I think it is because I focus less on the insanity of other drivers and more on the story.

Re: Can't wait

[ecosophia]

I'll be talking to the person involved about that quite soon.