5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Like a 50s short fiction by a teenager, July 24, 2010
This review is from: Hercolubus or Red Planet (Hardcover)
Very short, and free (including delivery) if you search for it. Even so, not worth reading. A giant planet is heading our way and will wipe us out. Our governments know, and figure their weapons will stop it, but they are wrong. That's OK, because we deserve to be wiped out. The Martians and Venusians know about it, and the author has been to both planets via astral travel. The Venusians only work 2 hour days and do not fornicate. The Martians do not fornicate either, they come into being via will. They do not sweat, machines do all the work. Follow the 4 page guide on astral traveling, do not fornicate, and you will be fine. Otherwise, the Red Planet will get you. Written by an elderly Colombian shortly before his death.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fact or fiction?, March 11, 2009
This review is from: Hercolubus or Red Planet (Hardcover)
The author brings up one truthful point--that scientists are destroying the planet and that most people are ignorant of it. There is also some interested advice about how to lose our ego, something we all should do. That being said, the book seemed to stray from facts pretty often.
It claims that all scientists are liars, and I'm not going to say that some of them don't cover up the truth, but there was no evidence, or proof given to show what they were lying about. Declaring "I know this to be true" isn't much of a source of reassurance.
The planet in question is named "Barnard 1" and it is true that it is a huge gas giant, but it is also 5 light years away. There is no way that it could ever get close enough to Earth to cause damage without going completly out of it's solar system by loss of orbit. The author would argue that scientists are lying about this. But they at least have photographs, figures, and factual proof, which admitidly might all be foreged (not likley), but even so is more credable than a long rant of "this is what is."
The problem that books like this seem to have, besides the fact that they aren't rooted in fact, is that they subscribe to the theory that somehow all scientists are in on this project to keep the truth hidden from humanity. That would be like saying all doctors want to hide the cure, or all police want to put you in jail. Scientists are a very large group, I know some personally, and I can tell you that while some would hide facts for grant money, others are very passionate about their work and give their heart and soul to it and would not take part in a conspiracy to hide the truth. Many go into the field to find the truth at all costs.
The book also seems to be intended for those who believe that the planet is only in the thousands of years old...because anyone who has anthropologic information about the age of humanity would know that the cycle they seem to be talking about has come and gone over and over again in the course of our existance, and we are still here. Not only that, but alligators and turtles have been around since before the dinosaurs.
However, nuclear testing in our oceans is not a smart thing, and yes the water level will rise, and there will probably be an economic crash that will bring humanity into a second middle-ages. This is however, mostly our own doing, because of ego and selfishness, which the author does correctly point out. One of the few lessons one should take from this book, is we do need to do SOMETHING different. If not wait for a blue race to take the good ones off our planet and save us, perhaps we should start worrying about saving ourselves.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Entertainment for the drug crowd, October 1, 2008
This review is from: Hercolubus or Red Planet (Hardcover)
I received this book in the mail, why I have no idea. I think this book is serious - seriously funny to any person even partially grounded in reality. Who knew Venusians where physically identical - if only we had their secret to all being same size and weight! Maybe it's the lack of fornication?? It's a good thing only Venusians can order their food without moving their lips - you thought Americans were obese now? But if nothing else, practitioners of his astral projection skills will get lots of exercise jumping up and down to see if they are in their astral bodies or not. I suspect the true believers never land on solid earth...
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