A historical overview of alien encounters, from Archbishop Agobard of Lyons’s ninth-century encounter with the occupants of a “cloudship” through a January 2000 UFO sighting in Illinois. Includes both the skeptics’ and the true believers’ points of view.
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Gr 6-10-A wealth of UFO sighting reports from ancient Egypt to China in 2001 gives this work an uncommon breadth and depth of coverage. As is typical, the bulk of the reported alien encounters comes from the United States, but a generous sampling comes from many different countries, including Israel, Switzerland, New Guinea, France, and Cuba. Chapters are arranged in a rough chronological order. Many charts, sidebars, pencil sketches, and a few photographs add visual interest and supplemental information in the narrative: comparisons between typical alien encounters and folklore, brief descriptions of additional sightings, background information on assorted "alien experts," and definitions of terms used in ufology, etc. A "man in black" icon in the margin indicates especially significant or well-documented incidents. Contact information for several UFO organizations and descriptions of their areas of activity are provided after a section on how to observe and record a UFO encounter. The reading list, divided by general subject area, is small but highly selective and well annotated. The tone of this book is more neutral than Alan Baker's The Encyclopedia of Alien Encounters (Facts On File, 2000). Skeptics' ideas and UFO believers' opinions are given fair and balanced consideration. On the whole, this is a fine, up-to-date summary of the many aspects of a compelling subject.
Ann G. Brouse, Steele Memorial Library, Elmira, NY
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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"...You'll be amazed as to how much information is contained in this work...you'll find yourself enthralled by it." -- IRAAP (Independent Researchers' Association for Anomalous Phenomena) newsletter, August 2001
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I've seen similar books produced for the youth market, but this one is remarkable for actually being well researched (a step many of these sort of books skip!), concise and thorough. Though apparently created for the youth market, this is a volume which I'd recommend to journalists or any members of the media who may need to quickly access succinct, accurate background information. A perfect, slim volume to have on hand. Numerous sidebars augment the entries, and it includes an index (always appreciated). The neutral, intelligent tone - neutrality being somewhat rare for topics such as these - is most welcome and will serve the reader well.
In the past, for a comprehensive overview of alien encounters I'd have steered people towards Alien Discussions, the voluminous (600+ page) proceedings of a conference held at MIT in 1995; an event co-chaired by Harvard's Dr. John Mack which brought together a diverse range of academics for a rare, comprehensive exploration of the alien encounter experience.
This slim 168 page almanac has nearly bested that 600+ page volume, owing to the solid effort that Eric Elfman obviously put into making it as comprehensive and succinct as humanly possible (no pun intended). And the sketches are nice, too.
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This author has a series of Almanac's that are great! I look for his name and when I read a book by him, I know it's going to be informative and honest, fascinating and fun. He also writes good fiction. I reccommend this book highly.
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I've seen similar books produced for the youth market, but this one is remarkable for actually being well researched (a step many of these sort of books skip!), concise and thorough. Though apparently created for the youth market, this is a volume which I'd recommend to journalists or any members of the media who may need to quickly access succinct, accurate background information. A perfect, slim volume to have on hand. Numerous sidebars augment the entries, and it includes an index (always appreciated). The neutral, intelligent tone - neutrality being somewhat rare for topics such as these - is most welcome and will serve the reader well.
In the past, for a comprehensive overview of alien encounters I'd have steered people towards Alien Discussions, the voluminous (600+ page) proceedings of a conference held at MIT in 1995; an event co-chaired by Harvard's Dr. John Mack which brought together a diverse range of academics for a rare, comprehensive exploration of the alien encounter experience.
This slim 168 page almanac has nearly bested that 600+ page volume, owing to the solid effort that Eric Elfman obviously put into making it as comprehensive and succinct as humanly possible (no pun intended). And the sketches are nice, too.
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This author has a series of Almanac's that are great! I look for his name and when I read a book by him, I know it's going to be informative and honest, fascinating and fun. He also writes good fiction. I reccommend this book highly.
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