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...]
“Storm Area 51” – Why It Happened as It Did
"This has a high potential of getting ugly. Please consider visiting at another time." --Website of Rachel, Nevada, quoted by Billy Cox in the De Void blog "This," of course, was "Storm Area 51," the event that was supposed to happen four weeks ago, on September 20. It didn't "get ugly," and … [Read more...]
Michael Gordin’s “The Pseudoscience Wars” – Immanuel Velikovsky and His Enemies
Michael D. Gordin. The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2012. "Like other scientists with an interest in UFOs, [J. Allen] Hynek was denied a voice in most of his profession's publications yet ridiculed … [Read more...]
Stories of Zond IV – The Dog in the Nighttime, a Strange Fatigue
"The three of us stood silent, almost motionless, and very much in awe as we realized that the 'thing' was headed our way and was coming surprisingly near us! There were some leafless trees in the yard that partially obstructed our view for a moment. Then--IMPACT!!!--the impact referring to [sic] … [Read more...]
