Lo! [Paperback]

Charles Fort (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 15, 2004

Charles Fort's parade of scientific anomalies frames the larger anomaly that is human existence. "Lo!" is a book with the capacity to rewire brains and sculpt new lenses for seeing the unexpected, the unexplained--and perhaps for glimpsing our own role in Fort's mystifying cosmic scheme.

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Charles Fort's parade of scientific anomalies frames the larger anomaly that is human existence. "Lo!" is a book with the capacity to rewire brains and sculpt new lenses for seeing the unexpected, the unexplained--and perhaps for glimpsing our own role in Fort's mystifying cosmic scheme. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Cosimo (May 15, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596050284
• ISBN-13: 978-1596050280
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #939,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, perhaps a little dense., April 27, 2000

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Carrie Laben (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LO! (The Garland library of science fiction) (Hardcover)

Charles Fort is considered the venerable grandfather of anomalistic literature, and with good reason - his works are a fantastical Sears-Roebuck of frogs falling from the sky, rocks thrown by invisible hands, spontaneous human combustion, and people who disappear and reappear at random. If you're going to be in the field at all, you should read your Fort.

Of course, that's not to say that he's perfect. Fort's tongue-in-cheek message about science and the nature of reality is easy to misunderstand, and he doesn't do anything to help the situation with a dense, run-on prone style of prose. For the researcher, his occasional lack of documentation is also frustrating.

All in all, though, this is definitely a book worth checking out if you can find it.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book, January 26, 2002

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rickey l. esteves sr (san francisco, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LO! (The Garland library of science fiction) (Hardcover)

Being an avid reader of John Keel,Ivan Sanderson,Colin Wilson,etc.for the last 30 years I only recently began reading Mr.Fort himself.My first book that I read by him "the book of the damned" was interesting but quite disappointing when compared to people like Keel and such.However,"Lo!" on the other hand is just what I was looking for.A vast collection of Forteana.Weird rains,vampire attacks,ghosts,sea monsters and other creatures,disappearances,ufos-whatever you want,it's in there.This is a book that should keep you focused for hours on end as it is great reading.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lo!, March 18, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Lo! (Paperback)

It seems that many people's complaints about this book is that Mr. Fort never explains his exact view. However, this is what is so wonderful; he doesn't crowd out your own thoughts with his own dogmatic beliefs. He leaves room for you to draw your own conclusions. I'm 12 and I understand this book perfectly. Maybe it is that you need to open your mind to accept the unexplained, to have imagination. "We will pick up an existence by its frogs."