The Big Book of the Unexplained (Factoid Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (961 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1563892545 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Mature readers.. Illustrated in a wide variety of styles by some of the world's most popular cartoonists. Strange phenomena take center stage in this collection of weird tales of such mysteries as crop circles, alien abductions, and even Bigfoot
. Williams, Paul Gulacy, Brent Anderson, Russ Heath, and Gahan Wilson to present new tales of strange phenomena, bizarre happenings, and mysterious goings-on. Self-proclaimed conspiracy nut Doug Moench is joined by a variety of comics artists such as Joe Sacco, J. H. Haven't heard of this creature? Then go ahead, buy this book. And if you're bummed out about the Loch Ness monster hoax, get ready for the new "could-be" monster: La Chupacabra. Is the conspiracy bug getting to you, too? If not, it soon will, especially after you check out The Big Book of the Unexplained, the companion book to The Big Book of Conspiracies
Blahblahblah said Not Meant to Win Over People in Denial. This book is usually advertised as a companion to the Big Book of Conspiracies. Although both are written by Doug Moench, this is not really true. There IS some crossover (for example the BBOC deals with some supposed coverups of UFOs, and UFOs are featured prominently in this book), but only superficially.As noted by one harsh reviewer below, this book does not go very far into presenting evidence. However, I know that many of the stories covered in this book are actually just as well-documented as most historical facts having read about t. The best of the "Big Book of" series OAKSHAMAN I've owned just about all of the "Big Book of" series published to date, and this is clearly the best. In fact, it is the only one I kept when it was time to move and I needed to lighten the load. It is just so darn entertaining- and you find something new every time you pick it up. That is why I bought it in the first place, instead of being a rehashing of stuff that I already knew about for years, I actually learned some significant new things. If you are jaded and think that there is "nothing new under the sun" try reading this, it will . Very choppy, not up to the quality of the series The Big Book of the Unexplained seeks to explore unexplained phenomena in comic book form. Subjects touched on include: aliens, the Loch Ness monster, glass skulls, mummy curses and many perhaps too many more.There are some obvious benefits to exploring such phenomena in graphical form. Namely a picture is worth a thousand words. After all when one is talking about a photo of a UFO or the Nazga plains, having the visual evidence there is much better than describing the visual evidence. That's a nice theory but it doesn't happen. Almost all