Something of what it is to publish a book: You send your thoughts, your ideas, your stories out into the world. You hope to hear echoes; you dread the inevitable silences. You just love it when you get applause. But when you get thoughtful criticism, you've received a gift just as fine--not … [Read more...]
Frank R. Paul – “The Man Who Created Flying Saucers”?
It's an accolade more commonly given to Ray Palmer, the Amazing Stories magazine editor who's best known for his promotion of the "Shaver Mystery" of the late 1940s. The idea, floated in 1983 by UFOlogist John Keel in a self-assured article entitled "The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers," was that … [Read more...]
The UFO Gnostic – Orfeo Angelucci Meets Carl Jung
If it hadn't been for Carl Jung, I doubt if I would ever have read Orfeo Angelucci's The Secret of the Saucers. The book, published in 1955 by Ray Palmer's "Amherst Press" and now available in complete and also a truncated (but more easily searchable) form on the Web, belongs to that … [Read more...]
“Holy Fools” – Jack Womack’s UFO Library
Jack Womack, Flying Saucers Are Real! Brooklyn: Anthology Editions, 2016. Flying Saucers Are Real! is a beautiful book. Given the author's background, it had the potential of being an intelligent and insightful book as well. It is neither, and the missed opportunity is saddening. First, … [Read more...]
“Men in the Moon” (and Women) – Stories from Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough
Caliban: Hast thou not dropped from heaven? Stephano: Out o' th' moon, I do assure thee. I was the man i' th' moon when time was. --The Tempest, Act II, Scene 2 I'm not yet ready to review Chris Aubeck and Martin Shough's new book, Return to Magonia: Investigating UFOs in History (Anomalist … [Read more...]
