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Summary: Lies?
Review: A lot of what I've read here in the book description is wrong. This is not the first book to look into the antediluvian society. There is another book called "Fingerprints of the Gods" which does exactly the same thing and it was printed around the mid90's. I would look into this book before buying "Genesis Unveiled."
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Summary: Lies?
Review: A lot of what I've read here in the book description is wrong. This is not the first book to look into the antediluvian society. There is another book called "Fingerprints of the Gods" which does exactly the same thing and it was printed around the mid90's. I would look into this book before buying "Genesis Unveiled."
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Summary: Do you believe in reincarnation?
Review: Do you believe in reincarnation? Are you open to the idea? In the Western world this concept is generally ignored as anything more than a fanciful notion. However, to over two billion people on the planet they believe it is not only 'real' but extremely relevant to how they plan and conduct their lives.
"Gensis Unveiled" takes a fairly orthodox view on the development of human civilization. Evolution? Check. Dating of existing archeological sites? Check. Aliens in Spaceships poppycock? Check.
The only thing that Ian Walton does is recast human mythology into the spirtual model of reincarnation. If that isn't your cup of tea, then I cannot recommend this book to you. However, if you do believe in reincarnation, or are at least open to the possibility, then this book makes for fascinating reading.
Is it 'fact'? Of course not. Any attempt at making sense out of ancient writings from a culture as old as the Sumerians is tantamount to pure speculation. For my own sake, I found it much more entertaining than a dozen books that suggest human civilization was a gift from 'aliens from outer space.' Ian Walton merely conjectures that they weren't 'aliens' but rather more advanced spiritually than your average human today.
It certainly seems no more wacky an idea to me.
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Summary: Poorly Written
Review: Having stumbled on a newspaper review of Genesis Unveiled I had very much looked forward to getting stuck into it, but the author's repetitive use of 'moreover', 'prosaic' and 'in my view' made for a difficult read.When I say 'moreover' is used repetitively, I do mean repetitively - it is used on no less than 6 occasions on one pair of pages alone ( 179 & 180 if I recall correctly ) and there are multiple instances of multiple, consecutive use. In fact, there is hardly a page without it. As for 'in my view', well, the author is the author so we know that. An editor is credited by the author but a thesaurus would have been a much better bet. Basic errors such as these should have been trapped prior to publication. The work itself contains a tremendous of amount of detailed, well researched information and proverbial 'nuggets' are plenty, so there can be no criticism of the contents but what should have been a good read wasn't. Barely six months after first publication and a revised edition is already required, along with a change of editor. Please revisit this work, Mr Lawton - so much good, nay, excellent content does not deserve to be spoiled by poor presentation. And it is. What a shame.
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Summary: HORRIBLE!!!
Review: I've read the two reviews about this book, and I wish I would have read them before I went into the store and bought this book. They 100% accurate on their opinions and I would have listened to them and wouldn't have bought this book! Not only do I want my money back for this book, I want the time back that I WASTED reading this book!! And the only reason I read it all the way thru was because I didn't want to COMPLETELY waste my $20.00 for this book! This is the ONLY book that I have EVER thought of burning!!! HORRIBLE!!
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Summary: Really bad if you do not believe in reincarnation
Review: This book sounds exciting but when you got to the first chapter, you would realise that it is really a bad book if you do not believe in reincarnation.
Other than that, it is not well written and the author tends to digress. Many of the examples cited did not help him to support his case.
This is one the few books I really regret buying!
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