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Eccentric Lives and Peculiar Notions (Paperback)

by John F. Michell (Author), John Michell (Author)
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Everyone who has ever wondered what the druids were really like or what the early UFOlogists thought they saw in the sky will enjoy this wild ride of a book.

About the Author
John Michell was a Russian interpreter and Chartered Surveyor before publishing his first book, The Flying Saucer Vision, in 1967. This and its successor, The View Over Atlantis (1969), helped to change the attitudes of a whole generation to the culture, wisdom and science of ancient societies. His other books include The Earth Spirit, A Little History of Astro Archaeology, Simulacra, Megalithomania, The New View Over Atlantis, and, with Robert Rickard, Phenomena and Living Wonders. He lives in London.

Laurence Urdang is a professional lexicographer whose interest in words and language is undiminished after almost 40 years' exposure to dictionaries of all kinds. His magnum opus was the unabridged edition of the Random House Dictionary of the English Language. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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  • Paperback: 248 pages
  • Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press (July 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0932813674
  • ISBN-13: 978-0932813671
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #477,706 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars great reading, April 26, 2000
By "arliverton" (Stratford - upon - Avon) - See all my reviews
I read this book after reading another by the author as I liked him so much and I was not dissapointed! The book provides detailed, fasinating accounts of people with eccentric hobbies that they have devoted their lives to. For example, Mrs Elizabeth Wells Gallup, the baconian cipherer. A great read. enjoy.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, Interesting & Peculiar, August 9, 2004
An enjoyable compilation of interesting stories.

Each chapter is self contained, making this book ideal bathtub/bedtime reader.

I was thouroughly entertained by this book. It is a quick and fun read. The bibliography and index lets you conduct any further investigations on those subjects that particularily interested you.

Try it, you'll like it.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Proof that some gene pools don't have any deep end., June 14, 2006
By J. Guild (Toronto,Canada) - See all my reviews
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Not a bad read for this type of book. There are some really weird people and ideas covered in this book. Too bad the author didn't go further afield and cover more of this sort of thing in the 20th Century;as well as more outside of Britain.
Most of what you'll find in the book has been rehashed time and time again. However; if you have never read about people like this,it will probably amuse you.
I did hang in and read most of the book;but the two chapters on Shakespeare were just too much of the stuff that has been repeated over and over without any resolution;that I must admit,I just couldn't force myself to plod through. However;to give credit where it is due;we are given some pretty good photographs of most of the characters involved.
I was, however,quite taken by the chapter on Geoffrey Nathaniel Pyke (1894-1948),the inventer of Frozen Battleships and how he was actually listened to by Mountbatten,Churchill and Roosevelt.I guess there is some truth to it all;but I've never come across any mention of him and his ideas.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Donnelly is Michell's Hero
Well I got to meet John Michell at the INFO Fortfest back in 1998 after he did a talk on Ignatius Donnelly and I was the only Minnesotan in attendance. Read more
Published on July 23, 2006 by drew hempel

3.0 out of 5 stars Some Interesting Characters, Some Not
This book bumps up against the contemporary reality that we are regularly exposed to peculiar people through news and entertainment media. Read more
Published on May 29, 2004 by David Arndt

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