New Thought discussion

I gave "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" another read after 20 years, and it still gripped me--although the spiritual part seems muted and understated compared to more contemporary agnostic spiritual fiction.

Was Pirsig one of the first novelists in the 20th century to popularize spiritual/new age fiction? I can't think of any other novels that made such an immediate and listing impact on the reading public as he did. Can you?

BTW, I'm starting a blog dedicated to finding and sharing current new age fiction. Check it out if you're interested. And please let me know of any books that you can recommend--thanks, all. http:// pjswanwick. wordpress. com.

I read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" long ago...changed the way I thought about everything. ReRead years later. Became even stranger.

Phillip