A New Earth 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.

First of all, I can't express enough to you how happy your post in this group has made me. Thank you.

I have not read it, but when I looked it up, it looks like something I would enjoy. Another thank you.

I'm so glad! Please let me know if you have any recommendations for novels of this type as well.