From Library Journal
A respected UFO authority provides a much-needed update of the field with this new encyclopedia. Although Ronald D. Story's Encyclopedia of UFOs ( LJ 6/1/80) and Margaret Sachs's UFO Encyclopedia ( LJ 1/1/81) are still useful for historical background, Clark's is the most thorough treatment yet on this puzzling phenomenon. Entries vary in length: biographies of noted investigators and debunkers are relatively brief, as are those on UFO magazines and societies; longer survey articles cover such topics as the abduction phenomenon, purported crashes of UFOs, famous contactees, and UFOlogy in Australia, Canada, France, and Great Britain; the major hypotheses about UFOs are also outlined. Source listings appear with most entries; all 84 articles are listed in the table of contents; and there is also a subject index. While the lack of illustration is disappointing, the volume's informational content makes it worth the price. Perhaps not a priority purchase, but the projected three-volume set should be considered by larger public and academic libraries.
- Gary D. Barber, SUNY at Fredonia Lib.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Gary D. Barber, SUNY at Fredonia Lib.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
