Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
 

Did anyone ever read Lila ?

Was it worth it or an obvious milk of the concepts set forth in ZATAOMM?

Thinking of picking it up.

Perhaps this is the female version?

Fuck Quality. Quality Sucks.

With that said, you should think about it like this:

Zen... is an introduction, more of a story, touching upon the concepts of Metaphysics of Quality and how Pirsig came to them through his madness...

Lila takes that beginning and expands it into a more fleshed-out philosophy, almost a formal philosophy.

So: If you like where the philosophy in Zen is headed, then go ahead and read Lila. If you want a much better dose of philosophy, though, read Allan Bloom's Closing of the American Mind if you haven't already.

You can also read this interview where Pirsig himself discusses the difference between the two books and then discusses the concepts of MOQ:

http://www.philosophersnet.com/magaz...transcript.htm

Thanks man, and thank for the book ref, I hadn't heard of that one.