The Talk of the Galaxy: An ET Message for Us?

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Summary: Fascinating and extraordinary revelations
Review: Amazing book. The author seems to have gone to lengths to meticulously and thoroughly research and detail the thesis he presents. There is an extensive volume of data printed here that makes it very difficult to refute his assertion. If what LaViolette is saying is true (and I believe there is every indication that it is), this news carries profound implications and should get the front-and-center attention of every astronomer, especially those involved in the search for extraterrestrial life.

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Summary: Provocative evidence of signals from a galactic civilization
Review: Dr. Paul LaViolette makes an astonishing assertion: pulsars are not what we thought they were (spinning neutron stars) but are white dwarf stars fitted with synchrotron generators by an astro-engineering galactic society specifically to transmit information to us.

Anyone can make astonishing assertions; we encounter them every day. But LaViolette supports his hypothesis with extensive research data published by established astronomers, and a broad understanding of physics, astrophysics, and relevant areas of engineering.

It is not necessary to take LaViolette's ideas on faith. Pulsars ARE strange and becoming more and more difficult for astronomers to understand, the more they learn about them. The facts about pulsar behavior and their spatial distribution that LaViolette has culled from the research literature cry out for a new interpretation.

Anyone who has followed the field of SETI - the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - and grown weary of the endless decades of futile searching for that narrowly-defined needle in the haystack, will find in "The Talk of the Galaxy" an extremely exciting revelation.

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Summary: The Schlock of the Galaxy!
Review: Some people will write anything to sell a book! Don't waste your time. After reading "Earth Under Fire" I was more than ready to read something else by the free-thinking Paul LaViotette. The assumptions Paul makes in this book are BEYOND anything I'd consider scientifically proven. The crowning touch was the chapter about Crop Circles! Come on Paul . . . just making money??