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Richard Bach

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    (June 23, 1936- )
    Born in Oak Park, Illinois
    Best known for the novella 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' (1970)
    Also wrote 'Stranger to the Ground' (1963), 'Nothing to Chance' (1969), 'A Gift of Wings' (1974), 'There's No Such Place as Far Away' (1976), 'Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah' (1977), 'One' (1988), 'Running from Safety' (1995), 'Out of My Mind' (2000), 'Air Ferrets Aloft' (2002), 'Rescue Ferrets at Sea' (2002), 'Writer Ferrets: Chasing the Muse' (2002), 'Rancher Ferrets on the Range' (2003), 'The Last War: Detective Ferrets and the Case of the Golden Deed' (2003) and 'Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advanced Soul' (2004)

Why he might be annoying:

    Roger Ebert called Jonathan Livingston Seagull 'a book so banal that it had to be sold to adults: kids would have seen through it.'
    He sued the producers of the movie version of 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull,' claiming they had distorted the book and demanded that they add another 40 minutes to an already slow-moving film.
    He espouses New Age ideas.
    He left the mother of his six kids, saying he did not believe in marriage, then got married two more times.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He has pursued flying as a hobby since age 17.
    'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' was one of the best sellers of the 1970s.
    His daughter Bethany died at age 15 in an accident (1985).
    During the 1990s, he would appear on Compuserve and answer fan emails personally.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 76.92% Annoying