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Hercolubus or Red Planet

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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.

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.

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...

This book was both enlightening and hope-giving. I now have the confidence and certainty to continue on in this journey called life and I eagerly await the day I will get to live on Mars and meet the people that live there. I hear everybody wears a uniform of armour there and I look forward to the chance of a wardrobe change. I also hear no one has sex there because it is just so last year and also babies magically appear. Like, wow.
It is going to be the best ever, bring on that interplanetary spaceship! Bring on the gnostic church and my inner father! And bring on my mother who will disintegrate my defects with her lance.
I gave this book 5 stars because that is the level of entertainment I reached while reading it.

This could be the most important book you will ever read. Then again, it may not, it may only be the funniest rant ever printed. In short, our intrepid author offers his dark view of our planet's future as it faces destruction from a rogue planet Herculobus. But the fun doesn't stop there. Just wait for V's 'visions' of Venusians and Martians, their sexual proclivities and a continuing assertion that human fornicators are unworthy 'beasts' by comparison. All of this based on nothing more than the author's frustrations. At a mere 54 pages, this tiny hardcover is a revelation, if only for the author, but in another sense for the reader as this tome starkly but unintentionally lampoons the 'sky is falling' zeitgeist. Global warming? Global terrorism? Nuclear proliferation? Feh. That ain't nothin' compared to Herculobus and the Venusian 'one seed theory' laid out here. Great stocking stuffer for the Onion reader in your life. Or if you give it to some chucklehead who buys into books like 'The Secret', Mr. Rabolu may have a new myrmidon.

I was deeply offended by a comment made in this book, it went something like, 'Unlike the sexual degeneration on Earth there is no homosexuality on the red planet'! What? Sexual degeneration?? The guy who dropped it off at my door soon got it thrown back in his face. A mindless, rambling fantasy! Good if you like cheesy 50s sci-fi pulp! Yet another End of the World story! If the planet ever does come to an end it wont be from some giant planet hurtling through space but from our own carelessness and ignorance. Please don't waste your time reading this crap!

...and you can get it for free online. I ordered a copy from a freebie web site just out of curiosity and for laughs. It was much funnier than I imagined! Do not pay for it; it is tiny (actually only 41 pages, not 55) and a mere 20 minute read, at best. The fun is over all too soon!
5 stars for entertainment value.

Other reviewers have gone into some detail, especially the aliens. My favorite part, though, was the nuclear disaster idiocy. I mean, were you aware that "prideful" scientists, who "bray like donkeys," have been conducting nuclear tests in the oceans? And that these bombs have cracked the ocean floor? Honest! I mean, Mr. Rabolu says, "I know it!"

The author states with certainty that escaping steam cause by this will bring an end to life on earth. Then he says the end will come because the land masses all sank slowly due to these cracks. Wait, I thought we were doomed because Hercolubus was coming right towards our planet! Which is it? All three? One at a time? (This Rabolu is one mixed up dude. Mentally ill, perhaps.)

And before all that, "every costal town and city" will be destroyed by El Nino, which is actually due to the ocean floor's cracks. And huge "atomic" monsters, "wild beasts...on the seabed, which have been feeding on nuclear energy" are going to eat up people and property everywhere!

Add to that the aliens, the red planet, and the astral travel fun, and this is one good read! Other reviewers have stressed the importance and usefulness of those astral travel mantras, so I will be a nice person and tell you one right now. Obviously, it's something really special, right? This is exactly what the book says:

Mantra LA RA S:
Lllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Rrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaa (rolling the "r")
Sssssssssssssssssssss (like a hiss)

The author barely talks about the red planet, gives no evidence for it, and mainly talks about how there's life on Venus and Mars, and how much better the inhabitants there are compared to us.

Venusians and Martians are apparently awesome because they don't have sex, don't own anything, and can take a spaceship ride without filling out any paperwork.

He clearly doesn't like humans or our society. Very negative.

The only way to "survive" the disaster is to stop fornicating and be astral projecting while everything is being destroyed.

I believe that the world is inherently good. The author apparently does not.

I am an astronomer, and also well versed in metaphysics; there is no truth to any of the facts about the "red planet", and the metaphysics is so introductory, obviously lifted from theosophical material. a waste of money, paper and time.

I direct a public library, and a free copy of this arrived in the mail today. It's one of the funniest things I've ever read--the descriptions of the Vesuvians made me laugh out loud.

But I'm also filled with a sense of pathos, that anyone could take this seriously...