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Editorial Review:
The popular actor and comedian shares his observations on why things are the way they are while sharing his offbeat opinions about the meaning of life and his personal role in it. Reprint."
Description of I'm Not Really Here:
Tim Allen, star of the hit sitcom Home Improvement, takes on quantum philosophy, intergender relationships, and the male midlife crisis in a joke-filled (but ultimately serious) "weekend in the life" narrative. It's an odd combination, shifting from enthusiastic gushing over restored sports cars to earnest elaborations upon Deepak Chopra and Fritjof Capra, but Allen manages to pull it off. If you're expecting a standard unchallenging celebrity-penned "book," or a fluff-filled "memoir," you're going to be quite surprised.
I'm Not Really Here Reviews:
I'm Not Really Here by Tim Allen 
2007-06-02 - I Love the book. It arrived in good condition. Thanks
WOAH...
2007-02-03 - If you are counting on a funny guy like we all know tim allen from home improvement, um... read another book. it's amazing... on home improvement, jill, his wife, seems to know alot of psycology and tim tries to learn it, but in the book, it's amazing what words he uses... you'll be amazed.
Not Really Here, not really good 
2005-05-20 - Hi. I think Not Really Here has a brilliant book inside it waiting to be written. How many of the [i]sincere[/i] reviews on Amazon found the flow of consciousness idea boring and never got to the last two chapters, which were gold, but not even written by Mr. Allen? Too many. If only Mr. Allen had started with his friends letter, then elaborated on his ideas and understandings of the physics texts he'd read. Maybe he could have trotted the globe and actually talked to philosophers and scientists. Maybe he could have used the book as an excuse to actually go on a journey of discovery. Perhaps when Mr.Allen is older he can revamp the book completely and spend less time on mundane life and more on sharing (from his own voice) the excitement of discovery and wonder his new found ideas had given him. Then he'd have a book as worthy as a Brief History of Time that people who purchased it would actually read. Maybe host a PBS segment on NOVA too. -just my 2 cents
Quantum Mechanics and Tim Allen, who could ask for more?
2004-06-18 - My father believes that this book must be ghost-written, but I think that Tim Allen's actually a pretty smart guy and he probably knows Quantum at the level that he's writing about it. This was really my first intro to QM and it's the most entertaining book on the subject I've ever read. Also, the monotony is constantly broken by Tim's search for a car ornament and descriptions of his family. It's a fun read and a lot more "intelligent" than Don't Stand Too Close to a Nake Man.
A Very Deep Book by a Very Deep Man
2004-01-11 - This book is not as humourous as his first book, Don't Stand to Close to a Naked Man, but it shows a new side of the toolman. A side that is not shown in his show, any of his stand up comedy or in his first book. To show this side of himself, Tim Allen had to take a large step, and in doing so, he shows that he is more than a man's man. He shows that he's also a thinking man, and his world does not completely revolve around tools and cars, though they are a large part of his life. This book still has its humourous points, but has a much more serious tone overall. It is much more philosophical and deals with Quantum Mechanics, and it brings up some very large questions that we rarely deal with on a day to day basis. This book will not only make you laugh, it will also make you think.
