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Summary: Author!! Author!!...Publisher?? Publisher??
Review: Toss my praise upon the heap of acclamation for Allen Eckert's "The HAB Theory". I, too, have thought of its scientific premise throughout the years since its publication in 1976. And though I am fortunate to own a first edition copy, I would love to see re-publication so as to purchase copies for friends and relatives. In the mean time, search high and low for this wonderfully written book...it _will_ impact you.
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Summary: Hello.....Little-Brown !! Republish! Please....
Review: I, too, read a borrowed copy......and have been looking for another forever! I can't believe it was never on the Best Seller List. What a powerful story! I only learned later that it was based on fact......and got frightened all over again! Should be required reading for all Science Majors!
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Summary: Help me find a copy
Review: I read this book when it was first published and lost the copy. I got a second copy and it has also been lost. Of the many books I have read over the years this one has always stuck with me because there is just the chance that it could happen. I would love to share this book with my wife who has never read it. We cannot find it anywhere. A must read for anyone.
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Summary: One of three books in my library I couldn't part with
Review: For half a century I was fascinated by a wisp of a clue to vanished civilizations of previous eras: it is contained in Genesis, where there is described a highly advanced civilization which pre-dated Noah. In Eckert's "The Hab Theory" the author strains to fit a magnificent hypothesis into a fast-moving, fictional setting. For the most part he succeeds grandly except for stretching the reader's patience (and credulity) right at the beginning by having an aged man attempt to assassinate the president. Overlook this minor flaw, friend, and keep reading, it's the read of your life. I'll guarantee it will be so convincing, you will become a disciple, preaching the HAB Theory to anyone who will listen. Because it reverbrates with truth.....and nevermind Asimov's poo-poohing it, what does he know, anyway?
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Summary: On my mind for years!
Review: Every Sci-Fi book I read makes me think about this book.When's thenext flop over? Even watching Educational TV shows about craters, the evolution of the world and into my mind pops 'The Hab Theory.' If your looking to enliven your mind, try this book!
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Summary: Fantastic theory, good story...only one question bothers me
Review: Super story of HAB's theory of how the earth flips on its axis every 5-7 thousand years, thus killing off nearly all life on earth. The author/HAB cover many unexplicable aspects of early man, all of which will leave you saying "damn, that does make sense". The only question that wasn't answered to my satisfaction was what about the dinosaurs? Fossil records indicate that these creatures supposedly developed over 10's of thousands, if not millions, of unintterupted years, something that couldn't be done if the earth was flipping over every 5-7 thousand years. Still a mind-gripping theory though, and an enjoyable read.
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Summary: An apocalyptic proposal that keeps prodding at the brain!
Review: Could this really happen? And yet the explanation seems to fit in so snuggly with all the past unanswered findings of the planet. And the 'theory' is so plausible, because the progression is happening even now. A very thought provoking book. Once read, could never be completly forgotten.
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Summary: The Answer to Man's questions, aliens to dinosaurs????
Review: It has been at least ten years since I last read this spell binder and have found I've talked about it more in the last year than books I have just read. I invokes thought, and maybe answeres questions that mankind have and continue to ask. The book provides examples and theories that are historical and makes the reader ponder just what is the "Truth".
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Summary: One of the 3 most unforgettable books I've ever read
Review: One of the earlier reviewers made the statement that "Nobody who has read this book seems to be able to forget it." (or words to that effect). How true. I've been an avid reader for over 45 years and of the literally thousands of books I've read in my lifetime, this is one of the few that I have never shelved memory-wise. I remember it today as if it hasn't been over 20 years since I read it! One must read it and give little thought to the love interest plots within -- the main purpose of the book was to espouse theories regarding the earth and explains the unexplainable. Those who wonder about the many inconsistencies that modern man has discovered about our earth will know what I mean. Eckert produces enough pure thought provoking, tantalizing facts about earth's history (and possible future?) -- (facts that throughout time man seems desperate to sweep under the carpet) -- within this book that anyone with any sort of curiousity can't possibly forget what he/she reads. If you can get a copy, DO SO! Months ago, on my personal page at my website, I listed this book as one of my ALL TIME favorites (we're talking for the last 45 years here). It is gratifying to know that I'm not the only one who still remembers this work as being unforgettable due to its plethora of fascinating earth-linked mysteries, explanations and theories.
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Summary: Worth reading in spite of the plot
Review: The Hab Theory is based on the struggle of a real-life electrical engineer named Herbert Anchluss Brown, who died in the mid 1960s. Fifty years before his death he formulated a revolutionary, terrifying theory that would explain, among many other things, the flash-frozen wooley mammoths, Egypt's ancient, inland freshwater sea, and the discovery of a human sandal buried in a European coal seam. After spending the following 40 years trying to disprove his own work -- and only finding more supporting evidence -- the hapless Brown tried to publish his findings as a warning to the world, without success. When he died, Brown left over 200,000 pages of notes to his daughter, who invited Alan Eckert to work the research into a science-fiction plot. While managing to incorporate hundreds of Brown's findings into the book (it is this massive body of supporting evidence that makes the novel worth reading), Eckert did nobody a service by adding a shmaltzy, poorly told love story to the reality-based tale of an aged scientist desperate to be heard by a sceptical scientific establishment.
This book becomes especially significant in light of discoveries made since Brown's death -- discoveries that remove the "irremovable" barriers which scientific dogma had put in his path while he lived.
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