The Source [Hardcover]

Art Bell (Author), Brad Steiger (Author), Jennifer Osborn (Preface)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999

Steiger, a famous author specializing in the paranormal, UFOs, and other mysterious occurrences, joins forces with popular nighttime radio talk show host Art Bell to provide this distillation of their unique views and opinions about the paranormal and the supernatural.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Nighttime radio talk show host Art Bell and bestselling author Brad Steiger address topics as varied as ghosts, ancient civilizations, and psychic powers in The Source, a tribute to unexplained phenomena. The authors are heavily biased toward UFOs, aliens, and abduction-related material, and other topics such as crop circles and human origins are slanted in this direction as well. The problem with The Source is that it takes on too much, only hinting at the vast realm of unexplained phenomena currently under scrutiny. A deeper exploration in a multi-volume collection would have proven more satisfying. However, The Source remains an easily digestible introduction to the world of high strangeness, and offers multiple starting points for the reader just striking out on an exploration of these fascinating subjects. --Brian Patterson

About the Author

Art Bell speaks over the airwaves to more than 15 million listeners. He covers topics far and wide, including the mysteries of the unknown. The Source is his third book.

Brad Steiger has spent a lifetime exploring the strange, unusual and unknown. He has written over 140 books, distributed worldwide, with over 15 million copies in print. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 267 pages
• Publisher: Paper Chase (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879706504
• ISBN-13: 978-1879706507
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,133,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The very basics, April 25, 2005

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Moongirl2001 "moongirl2001" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Source: Journey Through the Unexplained (Mass Market Paperback)

A really truly boring book. This book would be interesting to those who know nothing about UFO's, the occult or any paranormal subject. It is a collection of different stories ranging from Roswell to crop circles but it is all very basic. For anyone who has already read anything on any esoteric subject, this book will be very boring. It would make a good gift for someone who finds the paranormal interesting but knows nothing about anything paranormal.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A surprizing new hypothesis from two leaders in their field-, February 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Source (Hardcover)

I've been an Art Bell listener for over a year and despite the criticism he receives from the media and general populace, I have to say that he is the most (and perhaps only) honest man in the media -- One who does not let his mind be shaped by the restricted views of the masses. He provides for us an open forum through which we can present our experiences without having to worry about being shunned and degraded. He feeds us the news that secretly shapes (and will continue to shape) our lives while the rest of the media dwells for many months on stories about the personal lives of politicians and celebrities; information best portrayed in soap-operas and which has no hope of advancing humanity. With the help of Brad Steiger (author of more than 60 books discussing related issues), Art presents in this book (as he does on his radio program) a detailed overview of a wide variety of odd occurrences that are now growing in frequency and hypothesizes that all of these can be traced to a single source: 'The Source'. Thank you Art and Brad for all of your contributions over the years!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Ideas, October 4, 2002

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TheHighlander (Richfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Source: Journey Through the Unexplained (Mass Market Paperback)

This book covers a lot of ground including the mysteries of human origins. Was man actually around with the dinosours? If not, why are their paintings of such found in caves? Could earth actually be a giant prison colony? Were humans genetically engineered as a "worker" race for extra terrestrials? Has there actually been more than one species of human beings on earth? Although this book offers a lot of ideas that should warrant thought it offers little proof behind them. But ideas should always be considered. Most statements that are offered as fact can not be followed up and verified easily. The authors offer no dates, towns, or books of reference on many of the things they present. But again, give them fair contemplation.

What of the Apkallu? or Oannes? Teachers of the ancient mesopotamian civilization, who were they, where did they come from? Were there prehistoric nuclear blasts? Some evidence is offered, or deduced is a better word.

Were Eisenhour & Churchill worried about an alien invasion of earth? Are alien races at conflict over the control of the future of earth? Are aliens demonic in nature? Will calling for the help of Jesus thwart an alien abduction? Are we experiencing the battle of good and evil? Demons and angels battling for our soul? The list of ideas in this book range far and wide.

Could alien sightings be caused by electromagnetic field variations and their perceptions by the temporal lobes of the human brain? Are their alien bases on the moon? How do some major religions compare in their beliefs of the end times? See many, many faulty predictions. And the age old question of what is time?

This book is very interesting but I don't feel really "teaches" you much. But it is thought provoking and it does force you to "think". It encourages you to contemplate the possibilities of what is being presented. You should read this book among many other books on the subject/subjects presented. This book can be a good starting place for many paranormal thoughts and ideas of the unexplained that we face today. The more we know, the less we understand. This book address's what we think we may know and what we probably don't understand.