{"product_id":"the-complete-books-of-charles-fort-the-book-of-the-damned-lo-wild-talents-new-lands-paperback","title":"The Complete Books of Charles Fort: The Book of the Damned, Lo!, Wild Talents, New Lands - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Fort\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid beings from outer space visit earth in the past ... are the various objects seen in the sky evidences of their visits?\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the explanation of falls of frogs, falls of fishes, falls of seagulls, which have been recorded from time to time?\u003cbr\u003eHow can we account for all the inexplicable astronomical observations that have been made in the past?\u003cbr\u003eHow can we answer reports of strange animals, disappearances of men from open sight, curious structures in the snow, talents like teleportation and telekinesis?\u003cbr\u003eThese are the damned, by which the late Charles Ford meant all the wide range of mysteries that are ignored by orthodox science or explained away improperly.\u003cbr\u003eHe worked for 27 years at the British Museum and the New York Public Library gathering material on phenomena from the borderlands between science and fantasy. His research appeared in four books: \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Lands\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLo \u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWild Talents\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eIn these four volumes Fort organized and commented on a wild host of phenomena: flying saucers seen in the sky before the invention of aircraft, flying wheels, strange noises in the sky; correlations between volcanic activity and atmospheric phenomena; falls of red snow; falls of frogs, fishes, worms, shells, jellies; finding of thunderbolts; discrepancies in the schedules of comets, sightings on Mars and the moon; infra-Mercurian planets; inexplicable footprints in snowfields; flat earth phenomena, disruptions of gravity; poltergeist phenomena; stigmata; surviving fossil animals; the Jersey devil; Kaspar Hauser; spontaneous combustion; and similar weird effects.\u003cbr\u003eWhile Charles Ford never actually explained the phenomena, beyond making vague hints of an organic universe and neo-Hegelianism, through the years his following has grown. At first his work was picked up by literary men such as Theodore Dreiser, Booth Tarkington, Clarence Darrow, Havelock Ellis, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Later, Fortean themes influenced the development of science fiction, and today his work remains the great predecessor to all extraterrestrial speculations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1152\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.13 x 7.85 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1975\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756098519328,"sku":"9780486230948","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da7a328d5d7625a12ad7e7bb3575e0b9.webp?v=1780074127","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-complete-books-of-charles-fort-the-book-of-the-damned-lo-wild-talents-new-lands-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}