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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Jim Brandon knows God ...um gods,
By toadfuss (the Sargasso Sea Of the Sky) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weird America (Paperback)
After reading many titles and authors dealing with strange phenonema Jim Brandon is one of the rare authors who actually makes sense of all these strange goings on - on this planet. This book is a detailed, state by state listing of some of the weirdest places and occurances in North America. Jim Brandon writes with hunour and with an open mind. If you've read the reviews above they mention that copies are stolen frequently from libraries. There is a reason for that. It a rare and wonderful book. Its strange that it hasn't been reprinted. Used copies go for over [$]US. Maybe there's a conspiracy afoot. This book should be required reading for school kids except that it might create a generation with open minds. If you can afford the money to buy a used copy, follow it up with "The Rebirth Of Pan" if you can find it. That book tells more about specific sites. If you've done a search for this book and want more try: Loren Coleman, John A Keel, or Salvatore M Trento. But do a search for Sourcebook Project on the web first. You'll thank me later. There is an alternative to this reality and you'll find that it overlaps at many of the points Brandon sites in this beautiful book. Good luck.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific: Original, eye-opening, and above all, fun to read,
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This review is from: Weird America (Paperback)
This collection of the unexplained (and perhaps unexplainable) phenomena called Forteana is not the most exhaustive or scholarly I've ever seen, but it makes, hands down, the best introduction to the subject. Sea monsters, ghosts, poltergeists, freakish weather phenomena, UFOs, lake monsters -- they're all here, documented with just enough thoroughness to be convincing. Brandon is neither a blinkered rationalist nor a wide-eyed, credulous dope, and the book is leavened with a sense of humor throughout which makes it especially fun to read. The author never loses sight of Fort's basic insight -- that the "explanations" offered by conventional science for many of these mysteries are often more ludicrous, far-fetched, and interesting than the phenomena themselves. The book is organized geographically -- it goes state by state, city by city, so you can readily find the stuff that's happened nearest you. My favorite incident? The nylon cord that hung from the sky over Caldwell, New Jersey, in the 1970's, for several weeks. Get hold of this book no matter how hard it is to find and read all about it -- you'll be glad you did.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing Book,
By Don Eccles (CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weird America (Paperback)
If you ever get a chance to read this book, you will find it amazing. I went on a trek in 1993 to follow up on some of the listings and I had a great time across three states. Some things have changed, of course, in the intervening years. The strange beehive structures that used to sit on public land in Arizona are no longer available to the public because someone bought that parcel and named it "Beehive Ranch." Still, the photos alone are worth the cost of the book...
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