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Summary: Alien Agenda - Read This Book Now
Review: just finished reading this book and it is a belter, written in a no nonsense way, but full of incidents that i had not heard of before, i will def read more books by Jim as he seems to know what is going on, not just your usual ufo stuff, he brings in the Echelon world govt and other up to date things, for a few dollars you get a lot of information that you could spend months trying to find on the web. A great read for anyone interested in opening their eyes to the way the press distort things and the power of the media to try and influence what people think, for example i had never heard about the two 'satellites' that took up orbit in the early fifties, hung around for a year and then left earth orbit, govt and press explanation - they were asteroids that somehow swung into precise earth orbit and then swung out again at a later date - What ? - no asteroid i ever heard of can do these things but amazingly, back in the fifties that weak cover story was accepted ! i would love the govt to just let all the secrets out, i mean the USSR is gone now so who are they keeping secrets from ? us suckers who pay the taxes they fool about with, thats who !
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Summary: Lacks a basic understand of Science and Logic
Review: I wrote a review on Marrs' conspiracy book and because no one could refute anything I said about the absolute inanity this guy writes, I got lots of arguments saying that I was wrong because I am Canadian (a very good argument that one I must remember it. Quite convincing! --- See the review on "Ruled....").So let me keep this one short. If you are credulous and lacking any sense of critical thinking then you will like this book. If you have no idea what Science is, if you have never been taught to think critically or have an opinion grounded in logic, then you will also like this book. If you think that what constitutes proof if quoting other conspiracy sources (and looneys like David Icke --- barred from entry into Canada as a racist), then you will also like this book and even agree with it. That is not to say that Marrs might have it right. Anything is possible, but that is not saying anything, because if anything is possible, then there is nothing to recommend this book over any other. One has to ask oneself one question --- is it probable given the evidence and what we know about Science and Biology (and I am betting that not one person who thinks this is a good read has read very much science or even understands a basic biology textbook). The answer is of course and emphatic No! It is not true and those believing this will relegate themselves to the same mental class as redneck trailer dwellers and uneducated housewifes, afficianados of the Gerry Springer Show. If you want to explore issues deeper than the poor second-rate mysticism Marrs offers, then please pick up some popular science books by Carl Sagan, Matt Ridley, or Stephen J. Gould. That will introduce you to a world infinitely more complex, much more difficult for us to comprehend, but ultimately more meaningful and rich in ideas which, like most things in life worthwhile, take some time to understand. Science admits that there are no easy answers, just certain ways of evaluating and thinking about the world around you --- like using adequate and unimpeachable source material when you are trying to prove a point --- something Marrs never learned. Poorly written with no research whatsoever and extremely poor organisation of his ideas it is a very good representative example of muddled thinking.
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Summary: Good read and some really new information.
Review: Good read and some really new information. Excelleent writing and organization of material by the Author. Had I not read every other book in this genre, I would have liked this book a lot better. If you haven't bought a general review of UFOs, Alien Contact, and Secret Government Conspiracy, then I'd say buy it. However, Dr. Paul Hill's Unconvential Flying Objects has lenghty details about the crafts and sightings that will please both the novice and scientist. Brad Steiger's Alien Rapture is in a category all by itself in combining an exciting novel with newly released documents and detailed description of the flying triangle as well as why the government(s) have kept the secret and what is at stake. I've read all three of these selections from Amazon[.com] and read all the reviews before buying. For the first timer, this is an excellent general guide to read.
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Summary: Great U.F.O. book
Review: This book gets into many things like the alien bases on the moon theory, ancient astronauts, remoteviewing, cia cover ups and much more. This is a page turner.
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Summary: Beginner's Banquet
Review: I'm 39. 3 month's ago I believed all alien buff's were kooks. Having been a cop for 10 years (now retired)I consider myself a discernible interpreter of B.S. My only previous foray into a subject that went against public logic was the JFK assasination. A co-worker decide to spoon feed me into the "grey" concept, first a reviewing of the Martin Sheen version of "Roswell" (interesting but forgetful). Then viewing a copy of the infamous "alien autopsy" (interesting but almost comical). Then the book that drove it home-not this one but "The day after Roswell"....you see, I'm big on credentials so the forward by Strom Thurmond (eliminated in paperback in the familiar "cover-up" mode)went a long way. My feeling on this was, either Corso or his ghost writer deserve a prize for the most detailed, name dropping creative writing or simply...it's all true! I was, am, hooked. "Day after" gave me the psuedo-technical nuts and bolts . "Alien Agenda" gave me the history, the philosophy and the prophecies that served to simultaneously scare, excite and force me to think levels above that which I thought I was capable. If I had read this one first I might not have bought the concept. From this beginner's viewpoint, a must read and a mind blower!
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Summary: Poorly Researched and Laughably Credulous
Review: Yikes...Jim Marrs' attempt to write a definitive volume of UFO and government conspiracy lore is certainly admirable, but ends up falling apart from poor research and a marked tendency to give credence to the most ridiculous claims. Throughout the book, Marrs shows frustration at researchers with a skeptical mind-set (incidentally, he uses the word "mind-set" constantly) while apparently never taking into account that he is obviously of the opposite bend. Marrs seems to believe even the most preposterous UFO stories, and annoyingly, he will often only print the supporting information for a particular claim while skipping over the contridictions. For instance, on the subject of Bob Lazar, Marrs ignores the massive amount of evidence that has convinced most serious researchers that Lazar is a phony, and instead only gives Lazar's story (much the same with Billy Meier, the European photographer who is given practically no credence today). He writes things like "The sheer number and distances involved in the worldwide crop circle phenomenon conclusively disproves that all are hoaxes." This statement is howlingly ridiculous -- is it impossible for many people in several countries to have the capability to devise crop circle hoaxes after the world was shown the simple manner in which the first circles were done in England? No, of course not, says Marrs...even though there are people worldwide who admit that they are designing crop cirles, some of them MUST be the work of aliens from space! This kind of logic is found throughout the book, and one gets the impression that Marrs believes everything that anyone tells him, and forgets the contradictory evidence in an irritatingly myopic search for the truth. And the book's first line, "UFOs are real," demolishes any hope of journalistic objectivity, and sets the tone for a book that is so aggressive in being "open-minded" that it forgets to be logical. In the end, "Alien Agenda" is a mess, and Marrs' sloppy and gullible research only serves to further cloud the very subject manner that he aims to clear up. Look elsewhere for a more refined and responsible look at the UFO phenomenon.
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Summary: Unconvincing assortment of gobbledygook
Review: you can learn the truth about human origins, aliens, UFO's, the JFK assassination, Freemasonry, the great pyramids, Marilyn Monroe, and all that stuff. The truth always has a price, in this case it's seven bucks. Alien Agenda's bibliography appears to be long, but it really is not. The author just sites the same books over and over. Good for making it look like he's read more than four books on the subject. Overall this book doesn't mention anything new. Half of it is probably not true anyway. The only thing this book doesn't mention is the lost continent of Mu.
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Summary: An intriguing read
Review: What an intriguing read! I did find the title a tad misleading. I thought the book was a theory about what the agenda of the Aliens might be. Instead, I was treated to the agenda of the government in keeping historical and current information about extraterrestrial visitations from us, the people. Information that has not made it into the mainstream mass media is ferretted out in a way that is realistic, documented and makes sense. A final question is asked: if we *do* have visitors who want us to "take them to our leader," just who would that leader be? What does he or she represent? And what are the priorities in representing Earth? The possibilities are intriguing, to say the least, and leave the reader with many questions that remain to be answered with nothing more, and nothing less, than serious contemplation by each and every one of us.
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Summary: My father is in this book...
Review: I personally purchased this book because my father is in the book. I was proud of him and I wanted the book purely for personal reason. My father is Mel Riley, check out the center photo section, he is there. He is also mentioned a few times within the book. Anyways, I finally have gotten around to read the book. I am about half way through with it...and it is a well researched and written book. Fascinating subject. Okay, that is all...I had to gush about my Dad too..hehehe! Buy the book, really.
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Summary: Excellent Overview of UFOlogy
Review: Jim Marrs has produced an excellent overview of the UFO literature and history, from its possible origins in folk/fairy tales and biblical passages to its current manifestations in the form of crop circles, animal mutilations, and alien abductions. Even though the author does believe that UFOs are "real," I feel that he is very objective in his writing (which is rare for a journalist such as himself). Although it may not be enough to satisfy the Philip Klasses of the world, he does present some of the evidence and criticisms of debunkers alongside the cases he refers to. Naturally, despite the book's length, I found incidents and theories that I would like to have seen expounded further upon and which I would have included. These are just my own personal feelings, of course, and I fully understand that no author of such an overview could include every thing I would want nor (I am sure) everything that even he wanted to include. Even as someone fairly well-read in ufology, though, I must admit that there were several "new" events and ideas contained in the book that I had not seen nor considered before. Anyone interested in UFOs would profit from this book, even those who still refuse to consider their existence. The first chapter was particularly interesting to me and, I feel, somewhat brave on the part of the author. Basically, this chapter tosses up the concept of earth's moon being a spaceship. I must say unequivocally that the author does not argue that this is the case, however. While this is an interesting premise and should not be dismissed out of hand, I worry that some doubters out there will simply quit reading when they see such a "preposterous" notion in the very first chapter. I would encourage anyone who does feel the impulse to toss the book aside at the very beginning to keep reading because your beliefs will either be challenged or reinforced by this book. Finally, the book is very well documented in terms of the sources Jim Marrs consulted. Not only is there a list of notes and references for each chapter, there is a pretty big bibliography at the end. This is very important for works in this field because the author, if he is going to challenge the reader to consider the reality of UFOs, should feel it is his duty and requirement to point the reader to the locations of the facts as he gathered them, so that the reader--if he/she chooses--can consult those same works. Alien Agenda is the type of book that ufologists need to produce because it strengthens the foundation of the entire literature and puts the pressure on debunkers to disprove each incident and idea one by one rather than ridicule and dismiss the entire field as a whole.
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