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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:


So what was his take on this...does he believe they were alien ufos or 'magical aircraft' of Hindu origins?
btw..as Toaster alluded to ufo buffs use this as another proof that aliens were flying around in mankind's past.


Well it's in fact about the secrets of constructing super aeroplanes as well as making them invisible, motionless and indestructible. The whole book is a mixture of pure science fiction and some interesting observations.


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I'm skimming through the book version of The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. 
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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That vimana looks totally steampunk. I know that the Hindu scriptures are way too old to be steampunk, still it wouldn't look out of place in a Hayao Miyazaki film.

By the way, I've finally finished writing my GoodReads review of Oswald Spengler's Decline of the West. The person on the previous page of the thread who had commenced with that book might find it worth reading.


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^thanks, i tried your link, but it keeps coming up as address not found. I will google GoodReads and the book title.
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Fixed the link. It should be accessible now.
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Fixed the link. It should be accessible now.
Thanks, I read your review. Sounds like a unique perspective on things-the combination of "thought textures" and odd mixture of sympathies i feel will make for quite a read-I am looking forward to it!
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Finally ordered Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk.  It's the second book in the Damned trilogy and hopefully this'll be as good as the first book.


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Halfway through Larry Hancock's Someone Would Have Talked about his findings in the Kennedy case, filled with primary source evidence and testimony, and presents one of the most documented theories in the field with a style partaking of Peter Dale Scott's Deep Politics .
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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Spengler presents a sociological theory-of-everything that constantly jumps into art history, scientific theory and theology yet is perfectly internally coherent despite not fitting into any existing political ideology.




Nah - I'll give that one a miss.

Currently re-reading:



Book 4 of Brian Lumley's Necroscope series - don't let the cover put you off; I bought the 1st one years ago almost as a joke expecting complete pulp & was immediately proved wrong.

Great storytelling mixing vampire legends, mathematics, science fiction, ESP, espionage & a shed-load of blood.


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Drink Cultura by Jose Antonio Burciaga 



Now how and why in the hell was this book banned in Arizona? Confused


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Originally posted by MillsLayne MillsLayne wrote:

Finally ordered Doomed by Chuck Palahniuk.  It's the second book in the Damned trilogy and hopefully this'll be as good as the first book.


Read that not too long ago and enjoyed it just as much as Damned.


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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:


Currently re-reading:



Book 4 of Brian Lumley's Necroscope series - don't let the cover put you off; I bought the 1st one years ago almost as a joke expecting complete pulp & was immediately proved wrong.

Great storytelling mixing vampire legends, mathematics, science fiction, ESP, espionage & a shed-load of blood.
very good series...I've read the first 6 in the series and they were all interesting.
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Finished Suttree today, damn good book.
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Finally got around to reading A Game of Thrones. Probably should have done it sooner. 
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Very good even though I'm definitely not literate/smart enough to truly get everything.


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