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Charles Hoy FortCollection 4 x 1:The Book of the Damned,New Lands,Lo!,Wild Talents.Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 - May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms Fortean and Forteana are sometimes used to characterize various such phenomena. His work continues to inspire admirers, who refer to themselves as "Forteans", and has influenced some aspects of science fiction.Fort's collections of scientific anomalies including The Book of the Damned (1919) influenced numerous science fiction writers with their iconoclastic skepticism and as sources of ideas. "Fortean" phenomena are events which seem to challenge the boundaries of accepted scientific knowledge, and the Fortean Times (founded as The News in 1973, and renamed in 1976) investigates such phenomena.
The Book of The Damned is a nonfiction work by American author Charles Fort, concerning various strange phenomena. It includes data on UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally believed to be mythological, disappearances of people, and many other phenomena. It is considered to be the first of the specific topic of anomalistics.
Charles Hoy FortCollection 2 x 1:The Book of the Damned,New Lands,Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 - May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms Fortean and Forteana are sometimes used to characterize various such phenomena. His work continues to inspire admirers, who refer to themselves as "Forteans", and has influenced some aspects of science fiction.Fort's collections of scientific anomalies including The Book of the Damned (1919) influenced numerous science fiction writers with their iconoclastic skepticism and as sources of ideas. "Fortean" phenomena are events which seem to challenge the boundaries of accepted scientific knowledge, and the Fortean Times (founded as The News in 1973, and renamed in 1976) investigates such phenomena.
The Book of the Damned, Lo!, Wild Talents, New Lands. Greatest compilation of data: flying saucers, strange disappearances, inexplicable data not recognized by science. Painstakingly documented.
first published nonfiction work of the author (first edition, 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally held to be mythological, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and many other phenomena, the book is historically considered to be the first written in the specific field of anomalistics.
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