I really wanted to love this book. I agree with many of Penn's opinions, but I just don't dig his literary 'voice'. I don't think I've ever been as annoyed by, while completely agreeing with, anything else I've ever read. If you enjoy Penn's style (and I kinda' thought I did prior to reading this book), then you may enjoy this book. Unfortunately, I grew less amused by it with every page. I wish I could run it through Babelfish or something to filter out his imagined cleverness and insecure self...

I wasn't expecting the pure reason of Richard Dawkins or the elegant, staggeringly beautiful prose of Christopher Hitchens when I picked up this book. That was kind of the initial attraction, actually. I was hoping for a discussion of atheism and religion that was a bit more earthy and geared toward the layman than either of those two gentlemen are known for, and Penn Jillette seemed to fit the bill. God, No! is not an imposing book as it comes in a a modest 230 pages, so I figured it for some f...

I laughed so hard my sides hurt, but I still think Penn Jillette is a pig. I agree with a lot, and disagree with less, but he is still a pig. This was one of the most offensive and obscene books I have ever read. My sides still hurt.

As funny as this Penn & Teller fan expected, and more thoughtful. Penn Jillette certainly doesn't take himself seriously, and he has no problem with telling embarrassing (and hilarious) stories on himself; sometimes it's touching, too, as when he talks about his family.I only have one real beef with this book, and that's the author's riff on agnosticism. He sees it as pusillanimous, and says that if a person is unwilling to form a judgment on the existence or non-existence of a God without tangi...

I really don't know what to say about this book! I'm going to go see Penn & Teller next week (I hope) and I find Penn very entertaining, even though we don't see eye-to-eye on everything.I was definitely entertained by reading this book.As a warning, every other word is the *F* word and there is a lot of sex in this book. Just sayin'. I knew that when I picked it up. I think this book would offend some readers. Not much offends me, although I personally couldn't write a book like this. Apparentl...

I picked this up because I love Penn and Tellers Bullshit, and feel very strongly about skepticism and atheism. Penn Jillette gets high praise from artists and skeptic bloggers alike, and doesn't hide his skeptical agenda. I was very excited to read this. That's what makes this book such a shame. While there are parts that are genuinely hilarious or poignant, the vast, vast majority is Penn bragging about all his money or all the pussy he gets (understandable, I suppose, but uninteresting and gr...

I'm already an atheist, so I knew Jillette would be preaching to the choir in my case. I agree with a lot of what he says here. He made me laugh and nod on every page. There were parts I read out loud, they were that good. I totally buy his arguments. The chapter on climate change (and more importantly, about how saying "I don't know" can be misinterpreted) was wonderful. The memoir-ish bits were interesting, and I really enjoyed his transparent, epic love for his family. The chapter about his s...

I found this book very funny, but Penn somewhat full of s***. He starts it off trying to soft sell atheism, saying that it’s ok, don’t be afraid, if you have any doubt about the existence of god at all then you’re an atheist and that’s ok. And it is ok. But towards the end of the book he falls back on speaking in absolutes, as the vast majority of atheists I know always do. They KNOW for sure that there is no god. Anyone who believes otherwise, or has that doubt that Penn was so slavishly appeal...

I came across this book after watching every episode of Penn and Teller's 'Bull Shit.' I would have watched each episode at least twice or even thrice. In any case I had high expectations for this book. I was looking forward to reading about Penn's journey into atheism and learn more about how his skeptical mind worked.Instead I was met with an at times ugly mastubatory celebration of some of Penn's nastier traits. Traits which I was unaware of as he had always been self packaged quite well. He

God, No! By Penn Jillette "God, No!" is the irreverent, unfiltered reinterpretation of the Ten Commandments. The "Penn" Commandments takes you through Penn's personal life's experiences through the eyes of an atheist. This 256 page-book is composed of an introduction, the Ten Commandments and an afterword. Positives: 1. Be ready to be entertained. Penn's irreverent unfiltered humor is exposed for all to see. 2. Well written, fascinating and even uncomfortable to read at times, but Penn is never

There were a few parts of this book I really enjoyed, but there was a lot more of the book that I didn't like. I'm certainly not a big fan of Penn's crude sense of humor. There were parts of this book that had nothing to do with where the book was going, but he included them because they were funny, or just extremely vulgar. Meh. Just not my cup of tea.

I enjoyed this rumination on atheism and other topics by Penn Jillette.

I'm going to leave this unrated...First, I feel I should express my opinion of Penn Jillette. He's a brilliant thinker, a gifted speaker, and a touching storyteller. I love listening to him talk because he is captivating, entertaining, intelligent, and hilarious.Unfortunately, this book didn't give me any of that. I first heard about this book from a YouTube interview Reason.tv (my go-to libertarian news source) did with Penn. His interview made it sound like it would be just that - a touching,

Let me start by saying I was a more of a fan then hater before the book, now I'm about even. Did you know Penn is friends with Joe Rogan? You'd think this book would be about atheism and penn's thought on it along with some stories from penn. I hope you realize that Penn and Howard Stern have a good background together, they have sleepovers! It's mostly outlandish and questionable stories about his sexual life that you have to challenge (he makes himself seem like an '80 tommy lee), his non-stop...

There are three things Penn Jillette really likes talking about: Atheism, libertarianism and Penn Jillette.He has some interesting ideas and is such an attention whore, that he has collected a 1,000 stories, mostly involving other famous people.Unfortunately, he also has the attention span of a puppy with a Red Bull and a fake 'but, I may just be full of shit', humble attitude, that he uses to try and hide the fact that he thinks he is really very funny, smart and radical.This means you are cons...

I first started out not liking this book at all. However, I just liked it more and more as it went on. At parts I even laughed out loud, literally, which is rare for me in a book. On one hand it is clear that this man respects women and respects them sexually (I'm not just talking about family, here). But he uses very crass language a lot of the time and says very inappropriate things a lot of the time. I think a big part of it is living and working in Vegas and show business for so long. But it...

It's hard to see and hear Penn Jillette without forming some sort of opinion. Jillette, the large (nearly 6 foot, 7 inches tall and approximately 300 pounds) half of the illusionist-magician-comic duo Penn & Teller, is talented, brash and unabashed. He's never been loath to express his views. And his new book, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales , is likely to reinforce that what you see is what you get.One of Jillette's core principles is that there is no Go...

I posted this review simultaneously to Goodreads and my blog.I loved approximately 60% of God, No!, so I need to explain my low star rating. Jillette writes with humor, wit, and compassion when sharing stories about his relationships with family and friends. He handles that part so well that I often found myself either chuckling at or getting choked up over his biographical anecdotes. He also has a flair for the dramatic when narrating the often hilarious adventures, misdeeds, and peccadilloes

This really isn't a book about atheism. Which is fine, but it's really more of a memoir and I sort of came away not liking him very much, while at the same time appreciating his occasional frailty.I found it interesting that he gave no empirical reasons for atheism (other than the standard he can't see God with his own eyes) yet was SO ADAMANTLY AND FORECEFULLY for it, while at the same time commenting often that the louder he protests something, the more he's hoping for someone to prove him wro...

Penn Jillette is a funny fucker! I ripped through this hysterical book in just a day or so mostly because I couldn't put it down. Admittedly, I just had a heart attack so I'm home with lots of time on my hands, but I probably would have burned through it regardless.The book is going to be pigeon-holed as the rantings of an atheist, but it is so much more than that. It is full of some of the funniest damn stories I've ever heard. There's one about a bet he made about whether or not he could ejacu...