Advantages: Magical, inspirational and uplifting
Disadvantages: none really; though too many seagulls for some people's taste

...Seagulls are not my favourite animals - too much noise and too much sh*t. There's just one exception to my no-seagull rule. It's Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull, one of my favourite books of all time. It's available from Amazon at £4.79 new and £2.29 used. ***And so to the plot*** Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a seagull who wants to do more than squawk and grub around on the beach. He wants to soar above the clouds in a quest for perfection and excellence. He spends his days learning about speed and flight, ignoring occasional hunger pangs and stiff opposition from the traditionalists in the flock. But eventually these powerful traditionalists make him Outcast and he is forced to leave the flock and live on the Far Cliffs. He continues to practice and at what appears to be the end of his life he is whisked off (into what may... Read review

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Advantages: Good price for sound, playability and workmanship.
Disadvantages: Frightened of dropping it!

...The wife and I decided it was time to replace our old £25 nylon strung guitar. We both wanted a 12 string guitar but on a budget. We trecked to the music shop and tried a couple in our price range (cheap!), we then tried the Seagull for camparison and fell in love. Not being able to afford the £369 price tag, we began to feel dejected, then up popped the salesman with all the info on interest- free-credit, we left with the Seagull and a Yamaha 6 string. This Canadian made guitar is constructed of solid wood - cedar for the body and hard woods for the neck and fretboard. The workmanship is outstanding, a lot of care has been put into this guitar and the action is very low making it easy to play (no forearms like popeye's needed here). The sound quality for the price range (the high end of the budget guitars) has to be heard... Read review

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Advantages: you can read as much into as you like
Disadvantages: erm - none.It is what it is.

...Jonathan Livingston Seagull is simultaneously simple and profound. Only 90 - odd pages long, yet Bach has managed to create a powerful message. He opens up doors to his readers, which they are able to walk through long after they have finished reading. This book is about life and wonderment, questions and revelations, curiosity and stiving for knowledge. Also important to the overall 'atmosphere' is the question of physical and imaginary barriers...philosophy which everyone can (if they are willing) apply to their own lives. Bach is successful in making each one of his readers feel as though he has written this especially for THEM, the individual. J L Seagull is a bird who does not fit in with the rest of his flock. He breaks the mould and is shunned for his alternativism...which ultimately drives him to discover the secret... Read review

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Advantages: Always being able to rely on your neighbor for inspiration...
Disadvantages: Always having your neighbor next door to remind you about it... (Thanks, TallTone.)

...I. WOULD YOU BELIEVE... ? "Utah's designated "state bird" is the 'California Seagull.'" ...I'm going to say that again, so that your brain has an opportunity to soak in the full measure of absurdity that radiates from this fact-conveying arrangement of words: "Utah's state bird is the 'California Seagull.'" II. "ENVISIONING THE SELECTION PROCESS" The residual saturation left by a spontaneous, mouth-generated "Budweiser™-shower" trickled down Steve's shoulder; his dubious reward for remaining in the line of fire of my lager-enhanced laughter as he regaled me with the details of this gut