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The Book of the Damned: The Mysteries of UFOs, People Disappearances, Mythic Creatures and Anomalous Unexplained Phenomena and Experiences, Complete and Unabridged - Softcover

Fort, Charles

 
9780359031894: The Book of the Damned: The Mysteries of UFOs, People Disappearances, Mythic Creatures and Anomalous Unexplained Phenomena and Experiences, Complete and Unabridged

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Charles Fort's classic recording of unexplained, paranormal events and phenomena offer fascinating insights into bizarre occurrences the author felt had been unjustly damned from formal, scientific study. The title derives from the author's perception that the book's subjects were so stigmatized and excluded from ordinary scientific inquiry that they had become 'damned'. Perhaps permanently forbade for formal study, the oddities and unexplained events in this text were felt worthy of attention by the author, who eventually became an authority on anomalous phenomena. The topics in Fort's thesis include unexplained disappearances of large groups of people, frogs and fish suddenly raining from the sky, the possibility that mythical beasts such as giants exist, UFOs manifest as glowing and sometimes moving lights in the sky, and bizarre weather phenomena. Fort attributes credence to many of these oddities, and argues that science - by dismissing them - has become a religion in itself.

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Charles Fort (1874-1932) was an American writer, researcher, and collector of anomalous facts whose work gave rise to the term "Fortean." Fascinated by reports that seemed to fall outside accepted scientific explanation, Fort assembled vast files of strange phenomena: falls of animals and stones from the sky, mysterious lights, disappearing objects, astronomical anomalies, unusual weather, unexplained apparitions, and other events dismissed by conventional authorities. His books, including The Book of the Damned, New Lands, Lo!, and Wild Talents, helped shape later writing on the paranormal, UFOs, fringe science, scepticism, and the supernatural and unexplained. His style combines satire, intellectual mischief, and genuine archival curiosity, making him one of the most distinctive figures in early twentieth-century speculative nonfiction.

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