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The Mars Mystery: The Secret Connection Between Earth and the Red Planet

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This is truly hilarious. Anyone who doubted Mr. Hancock's grip on reality should check this out. Of course his cult following will believe anything he says or writes, but this book is DE BOMB for his ideas. He uses the same claptrap "methods" (basically, pattern recognition as solid evidence) he has used for his other books on the supposed lost civilization of earth and comes to similarly laughable conclusions: Mars had a civilization once. When closer photos of the Cydonia region revealed his monuments to be natural features (some of them actually shifted out of position), he reacts by concocting a NASA conspiratorial mentality founded in Cold War attitudes. For those who place great stock in pattern recognition, isn't this a pattern? When Egyptologists counter his terrestrial claims with hard evidence, he accuses them of conspiracy too!

For any thinking reader, this is the last word on Hancock and how far he is prepared to go to justify his increasingly ridiculous claims.

The Mars Mystery is a good book as far as the science is concerned; I confirmed some of the astronomy and most of the Geology with professors of mine. They said that they might not agree with his findings but the idea's are sound. That went a long way with me. The conspiracies that Mr. Hancock alluded to seem based on his feelings instead of facts. Over all a great read.

This is hilarious. All the devotees of Hancock's ideas about the ancient history of humankind must surely have gulped when they read this. The book says so much about his complete gullibility and imbecilic approach to argument and evidence. There is no face on Mars, no pyramids, no life. There is no Earth-Mars connection. To bolster his non-case, he resorts to predictable accusations against the establishment (NASA this time, not Egyptologists). But if you're a follower of Hancock, you've probably given up on facts long ago. Easier to believe what he says and just claim to have an "open mind." Fair enough. But let bookstores stock his books under "fiction" and not "history."

Graham Hancock talents are his engaging writing style and his detective skills. His previous works are all marked by a truly arduous hunt for clues, a thorough and cautious analysis('onion' theory notwithstanding), and ultimately a very convincing and original case.

Unfortunately, Graham's detective skills are largely wasted on a subject that is so many million miles away. In this book, Graham has no more raw data available to him, than any other writer on the subject; while some of his 'reinterpretations' of the evidence are thought-provoking, their just isn't enough of it to sustain the book. I'm not saying it wasn't interesting, Graham's writing talents alone ensure that; but all in all, I would wait to find it at a used book store.

Like so many other Hancock readers, I have read all of his previously written books, but note in other reviews, the absence of any mention about what I consider to be his most profound and factual writing, "Lords of Poverty."

Mr. Hancock continues to intrigue me with all of the "possibilities" of this present work. I am now even more inclined to give credence to his research because of "Lords of Poverty" which, although written ten years ago, has proven to be right on target!

I must say that as I read "Mars Mystery..." I found myself surfing the Web trying to access his bibleographies in an attempt to better understand exactly what he was talking about. In every respect, however, the book is an adventure in learning and an expansion of one's intellectual peripheries.

Graham Hancock pulls no punches when Nasa dupes the Americanpublic (NASA is under military charter not civilian like most peoplebelieve)in a deliberate cover up of the Mars face photos. He systematically reveals the precise alignments of structures on Mars (as he did in "Heavens Mirror"), the evidence of a Martian cataclysm, and the NASA expose'. Anyone in doubt (UFO'S & government cover-up's) should read the thoroughly documented/researched books by Timothy Good, Linda Moulton Howe ("High Strangeness"),Stanton Friedman ("Top Secret Majic"), and David M. Jacobs ("The Threat") if they want to know the "real" truth.

Hancock wasted a lot of words which I can't make out the point. Actually some of the chapters are interesting enough, but most of them were described too long, until they lost their ideas.

All of Hancock's previous books I devoured with fascination and glee--they were stimulating and provocative. This one was a giant dud! It was as if he waited for the latest Mars mission photos to substantiate his connection between Egypt and Mars, then discovered to his horror there was no connection evident from the photos, and had to "wing-it" to complete the remainder of the book. For the best summary of the whole controversy over intelligently constructed edifices on Mars I suggest you read COSMIC TEST TUBE, by an investigative reporter named Fitzgerald who explored this subject and many others in depth!!

I have just finished reading this superb book and I find myself stunned by his discoveries which are absolutely brilliant. At the same time I am angered by the constant discovery of 'conspiracy' in this project as well as the many other prjects around the world ie. The Sphinx, The Great Pyramids, the Mayans etc. etc. I am sick of other people deciding what we should know and what we shouldn't. This is my world too and I demand to know the TRUTH!!! Another great read is - Alan Alfords 'Pheonix Solution' which ties in neatly with Mars being the sole survivor of a planetary disaster which had profound impacts in our glaxy, then and still being felt now. A must read - it will leave you spellbound!!!!

Although Hanncock has written some excellent books this one seems to be lacking a total direction,not like his others.Cosmic impacts and their effects are of great interest to me,and that solely made me buy this one.Some of his data in this book I feel has since been totally dispoved by the current Mars global surveyor mission images(namely the face on mars and the pyramids,with high resolution imaging).As some of the other reviewers siad ,skip this,and get 'fingerprints of the Gods',if you haven't already.