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You could do with more material for World Tales. Maybe try googling "world tales" "idries shah" and looking for reviews?

For example this at Uncommon Knowledge.

This Amazon result may provide you with leads, too.

Maybe have a look at The Sufis and Idries Shah by Doris Lessing, who always has good things to say about Shah.

If you're still in need, try a yahoo! search -- it sometimes brings up items missed by google. It may not be appropriate in this article, but there's also the google book search and the google scholar search.

Regards, EricT (talk) 10:37, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Esowteric.

The amazon.com reviews are just the sort of reviews you'd want for a book like this - people who had them all as bed time stories, who read and re-read the tales who learnt to read with the book... I haven't used amazon though, partly because the book seems important and evidently important enough to not need it, partly because amazon seems to have a doubtful status as source on WP.

It goes without saying that if you want to add anything in yourself...

I am wondering though - should the 'Examples of Stories' section be extended to include all the stories?

Also, what about the illustrated version (which I have a copy of)? Is it worth adding a subsection on that?

Regards, --Annielogue (talk) 22:20, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I'm pretty new to this and not very good with articles on books. You could ask if Jayen466 could offer you any advice or pointers, as he has an interest in the works of the Sufis and of Idries Shah and he's an experienced editor. EricT (talk) 10:03, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I mentioned the links above, because it's important to establish notability: WP:NOTE. EricT (talk) 11:28, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]