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Bezig met laden... Strange Creations: Aberrant Ideas of Human Origins from Ancient Astronauts to Aquatic Apesdoor Donna Kossy
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Covers the horrific propaganda that purveyors of hatred have used in the past to justify hatred toward other human beings. Of course this book was published in 2001, the author might have had to add at least one more chapter, covering the current abherent myths and beliefs being preached by the far-right. I wanted to read this book because it discusses one of my all-time favorite whacked theories, that of the aquatic ape. As I read, I discovered an entire world of bizarre, unique, unnerving and upsetting theories of the way humans evolved or came to be. In fact, this book made it look easy, reading such dense and lunatic theories and making sense of them, that it was the inspiration for my now-aborted “Alien Intervention Week.” As much as I love the strange, I have my limits. But Kossy is an intrepid woman and possesses not only the skills to make the most extreme idea accessible to her readers, but is a writer skilled in revealing the humanity and humor in some of these beliefs. I will admit I never want to read the phrase “root race” ever again, but aside from that, I found the surveys of belief in this book fascinating and utterly readable. I was disappointed when, after a search on Amazon, I realized Kossy has only written two books and I already own the other, entitled Kooks. I comfort myself that even though there is no more Kossy for me to read, she led me to some superb and lunatic books. I will totally be discussing Behold!!! the Protong here at some point. You can read my entire discussion here: http://ireadoddbooks.com/strange-creations-by-donna-kossy/ geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Apes An extraordinary exploration of the fascinating world of aberrant anthropologies - theories of human origin that you won't read about in any textbooks. These are homespun theories, ideas, fantasies and myths of dreamers, mystics, cult leaders, racists, rogues and amateur scientists. 32 pages of photographs and illustrations. 'Kossy's work offers a rare chance to tunnel into the minds of some of the most original thinkers around' - Wired Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Even if a book about racial tensions in the history of science and pseudoscience wasn't what I signed up for, it would have been interesting, but Kossy manages to fall into the Uncanny Valley of pop science writing: she is neither comprehensive or systematic like a scientific approach would be (and frequently interjects her own opinions, including her complete disdain for creationists but deep respect for the Heaven's Gate cult, which I found discordant), but she's also not approachable like a more literary approach would be. Instead, she is very detail-oriented about single people or topics in a story that she explores in depth and then abandons related context. It really felt like a no-forest-only-trees writing approach. As a result of the combination of unexpectedly heavy and off-topic material and this strange writing style, I found the book quite dry and a chore to read.
The first and last chapter were by far and away the best -- the first focusing on the ancient astronaut theory and the last aquatic ape, Heaven's Gate and other weirdness. Bizarre and breezy, that's what I signed up for. ( )