Kooks: A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief [Paperback]

Donna Kossy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 10, 2001

A rich compendium of looniness!

Product Details

• Paperback: 287 pages
• Publisher: Feral House; 2 edition (May 10, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0922915679
• ISBN-13: 978-0922915675
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,320,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Human Belief is more diverse than you'd think, December 23, 2001

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Steven Savage "Steve Savage" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kooks: A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief (Paperback)

Donna Kossy is a sensitive, well-educated writer who can explain even the most unusual-seeming beliefs intelligibly - and without being judgemental or acting superior.

In this book you'll discover religious movements, political movements, racism, health, art, and more. Are you aware of the Anti-Mucus diet? Did you hear about The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millenium General Assembly? Probably not - but Ms. Kossy has.

If there's a flaw here, it's that some of the summaries are unfortunately brief - the book could easily be twice as large. But it's a small complaint for a great product.

17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beware fake reviews, December 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Kooks: A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief (Paperback)

The "Reader from Cape Cod MA" is George Hammond himself. Which is why he's so specific--even citing the page number--about his own little "theory." And his comment about "peer reviewed literature" is particularly funny since his "theory" is "cited" all over the Internet as a classic example of crank, kook psuedo-science. Apparently he thinks being pointed out as a nutcase is the same thing as being cited in "peer reviewed literature."

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fair and honest look at kookdom, December 12, 1999

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Modemac (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kooks, A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief (Paperback)

If Ivan Stang's "High Weirdness By Mail" offered a glimpse into the world of kooks, crackpots, and the fringe, then Donna Koosy's "Kooks" is a five-star luxury cruise through the uncharted fringes of human belief. Miss Kossy takes the best and most outrageous parts of her "Kooks" zine and puts them together to give us an in-depth look at people so far out there, you'll have trouble believing that this stuff really exists at all...except that it's right here, in front of your own eyes. There are racist publications galore, UFO kooks, misunderstood pseudo-scientists, and other visionaries -- all of whom are given a fair, understanding, and honest look by Miss Kossy. Many of the most famous kooks are given in-depth presentations, including the Raelians, Wilhelm Reich, the trepanation folks, and lots lots more. Kossy believes in letting their words and their deeds speak for themselves, and this gives her more respect in both the eyes of the kooks, and in the eyes of the readers; besides, nothing she could ever write could possibly top the ranting of "Christian Technocracy." She's just too *sane.* Your brain will never be the same after this.