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Summary: Huh?
Review: After reading "The Mothman Prophecies" (New Edition), I quickly became a fan of John A. Keel. After waiting 5 weeks for this book to come in, I still don't think I know what it's about.There really is no plot (just as in The Mothman Prophecies), just information. But it completely unorganized. He jumps around in time frames like you wouldn't believe! One minute, you're in the 1970's, the next you're in 200BC, the next you're in 450AD, the next, you're in Jesus' years. I do think that the book is about UFO's, underground societies, superhumans, etc. Don't be fooled, I thought this book would be about ghosts, but it totally isn't. One irritating thing that I can't get over, is the constant recurrance of "our haunted planet" used in the book. It's the first time I'd ever heard the title phrase used more than once in the acutal book, and I think I've heard it 10 times in there. John, we know what the title is, you don't have to keep repeating it. A good book to go along with this one is "Children of the Matrix" by David Icke. It also talks about the Illunimati (too hard to explain, you'll have to read them both). But, like I said, there's a lot of information, just no structure or plot. That kind of bothers me. Make sure you're taking notes when reading *ANY* of Keel's books, or you'll never get it!!
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Summary: Huh?
Review: After reading "The Mothman Prophecies" (New Edition), I quickly became a fan of John A. Keel. After waiting 5 weeks for this book to come in, I still don't think I know what it's about. There really is no plot (just as in The Mothman Prophecies), just information. But it completely unorganized. He jumps around in time frames like you wouldn't believe! One minute, you're in the 1970's, the next you're in 200BC, the next you're in 450AD, the next, you're in Jesus' years. I do think that the book is about UFO's, underground societies, superhumans, etc. Don't be fooled, I thought this book would be about ghosts, but it totally isn't. One irritating thing that I can't get over, is the constant recurrance of "our haunted planet" used in the book. It's the first time I'd ever heard the title phrase used more than once in the acutal book, and I think I've heard it 10 times in there. John, we know what the title is, you don't have to keep repeating it. A good book to go along with this one is "Children of the Matrix" by David Icke. It also talks about the Illunimati (too hard to explain, you'll have to read them both). But, like I said, there's a lot of information, just no structure or plot. That kind of bothers me. Make sure you're taking notes when reading *ANY* of Keel's books, or you'll never get it!!
Rating:
Summary: Huh?
Review: After reading "The Mothman Prophecies" (New Edition), I quickly became a fan of John A. Keel. After waiting 5 weeks for this book to come in, I still don't think I know what it's about. There really is no plot (just as in The Mothman Prophecies), just information. But it completely unorganized. He jumps around in time frames like you wouldn't believe! One minute, you're in the 1970's, the next you're in 200BC, the next you're in 450AD, the next, you're in Jesus' years. I do think that the book is about UFO's, underground societies, superhumans, etc. Don't be fooled, I thought this book would be about ghosts, but it totally isn't. One irritating thing that I can't get over, is the constant recurrance of "our haunted planet" used in the book. It's the first time I'd ever heard the title phrase used more than once in the acutal book, and I think I've heard it 10 times in there. John, we know what the title is, you don't have to keep repeating it. A good book to go along with this one is "Children of the Matrix" by David Icke. It also talks about the Illunimati (too hard to explain, you'll have to read them both). But, like I said, there's a lot of information, just no structure or plot. That kind of bothers me. Make sure you're taking notes when reading *ANY* of Keel's books, or you'll never get it!!
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER
Review: I happened upon this book looking for other titles. Scanning a few pages and looking at the chapter listing, I found that I could not put it down. Many of the findings challenge concepts of biological history as we know it. It presents many situations for which our sciences have no clear answer. Though not an ancient history book, it does present some unexplained occurrences in our ancient history which fly in the face of current precepts. Keel does an excellent job of presenting the findings without taking ill-informed leaps to radical conclusions. It runs the gamut of extradinary unexplained phenomena. Guaranteed--once you start reading it, you can't put it down.
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Summary: Extraordinarily Provocative Research
Review: I happened upon this book looking for other titles. Scanning a few pages and looking at the chapter listing, I found that I could not put it down. Many of the findings challenge concepts of biological history as we know it. It presents many situations for which our sciences have no clear answer. Though not an ancient history book, it does present some unexplained occurrences in our ancient history which fly in the face of current precepts. Keel does an excellent job of presenting the findings without taking ill-informed leaps to radical conclusions. It runs the gamut of extradinary unexplained phenomena. Guaranteed--once you start reading it, you can't put it down.
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: I have collected and read books on UFO's for over 30 years. I currently have over 200 titles and OUR HAUNTED PLANET is one of the top ten. I actually have several copies of this book and loan it to friends who become interested in the UFO enigma. Keel was one of the first researchers who attempted to bring many of the unexplained paranormal phenomena under one umbrella of explanation. (I can think of only Charles Forte and Morris K. Jessup who preceded him.) The book is well researched and well-written. The concise three-page theory on the origin of man that incorporates all three popular theories (Devine creation, seeding, and evolution) is alone worth the price of admission. I'm glad this book is being republished and highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the paranormal--UFO's in particular.
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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER
Review: I HAVE READ THIS BOOK THREE TIMES COMPLETELY AND I STILL LOVE IT. I HAPPENED APUN THIS BOOK IN A RUMMAGE BOOK SALE. I LOVE THIS BOOK. I RECCOMAND IT FOR ANYONE WHO IS REMOTELY INTERESTED IN THE PARANORMAL.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: I really recommend this book! For one, I couldn't put it down. There was a lot of information in this book that I have read from previous authors, such as Commander X and the like, but most interesting, was Keel included other stories regarding certain subjects. I really liked the part about "radio anomalies" for they were interesting...especially VLF (Very Low Frequency Waves). I really had to go back to the beginning of the book after the first chapter, and started highlighting things, because they were so interesting, I wanted to look them up later for more information or more books on the certain subjects. The whole book is practically highlighted! LOVED IT! And would probably definitely read it again, (which I normally don't ever do after reading a book once).
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Summary: The World is Not as We Know it
Review: I was skeptical when I picked up this book. Make no mistake, I am a person who likes to have the fact in plain block lettering, but what I got was so much more. My dear friend Georgie told me of this book, and how as she began to read it the events which took place in the book started to happen to her. Well guess what, down the same path I went, and low and behold the very same thing happened to me.
Perhaps there are extra terestrials, and maybe we are setting ourselves up to see what we expect. Regardless of which, we know we are not alone, the real trouble is, we cannot easily define what else is out there. For many people it shows itself as many different things. This book however will open your eyes, and make you think, if your open minded, you might even start to see things, and if you do, heed well the warning of the book, a light in the sky today, terror in your bed tommarow.
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Summary: Logical, precise and undemanding
Review: I'll not boire you with the content - that's simple enough to deduce. John A. Keel has penned a worthy addition to his other works. He says at the outset that he draws no conclusions - he simply throws up his ideas for discussion. In fact that's a neat start but, by the end of the book, it's very obvious that he's blasted apart a load of myths, sunk the Lovers of Atlantis, and mystified the Men from Mars. And it was all done so neatly! Keel is logical (I like that). He offers evidence of his observations (I like that). He shows the flaws in other theories (I like that). He's written a great book (I like that!). Get it. Read it. You'll like it too.
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