Colin Dickey. The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with The Unexplained. Viking, 2020. "Obsession" was perhaps an unfortunate choice of words for the subtitle. It suggests a lesser book than The Unidentified in fact is. Any book that incorporates … [Read more...]
H. G. Wells, Orson Welles, “New Jersey UFO” – Thoughts on “The War of the Worlds”
"With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same." --H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, Book 1, chapter 1 For anyone who's written … [Read more...]
Of Viruses and Martians – John M. Barry’s “The Great Influenza”
John M. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. Viking Press, 2004. It's hard reviewing a book you haven't read. That remains true even if you have heard the entire book read aloud as an audiobook, listening to it on an iPod as you took the early … [Read more...]
Black People, White People, ET People – Race and the UFO
"You have people on Mars! Think how great you are. Ask the white man if he has any out there. We have life on other planets, but he don't." I don't know when Elijah Muhammad, until his death in 1975 the leader and most visible face of the black-nationalist "Nation of Islam" (a.k.a. "Black … [Read more...]
“Invisible Companions,” Imaginary Friends, and J. Bradley Wigger
J. Bradley Wigger. Invisible Companions: Encounters with Imaginary Friends, Gods, Ancestors, and Angels. Stanford University Press, 2019. (This review was written for the website of the Society for Psychical Research, www.spr.ac.uk, and published there on December 9.) It’s the stuff of an … [Read more...]
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