any body read Chariot of The Gods?

[AquaPython]

curious on on your thoughts...

just saw an hour long episode on the history channel titled "ancient astronauts" that was riveting. it centered on the international best seller, and the interviews / ideas / evidence of the author, and other people in the field.

anyway its my next book, for sure.

[Archren]

curious on on your thoughts...

just saw an hour long episode on the history channel titled "ancient astronauts" that was riveting. it centered on the international best seller, and the interviews / ideas / evidence of the author, and other people in the field.

anyway its my next book, for sure.

I think it was a book I considered picking up, but I'm waiting for Jim Butcher's next book in the Dresden Files series to come out in April. :lol:

Definitely sounds interesting.

[Homeslice]

Chariots of the Gods? People still talk about that book? Dude it came out like 25-30 years ago at least. Way back when the Bermuda Triangle was all the rage :lmao:

[AquaPython]

i know it came out in the 70's , but there is more evidence, and nothing has been disproved.

[Homeslice]

right but that's kind of like saying the bible hasn't been disproved. It's a little hard to disprove it when it's all based on faith. Now if you asked scientists to disprove that gravity doesn't exist, they could do that.

[Particle Man]

i know it came out in the 70's

a lot of things "came out" in the 70's :lol:

[Archren]

Huh... I must have it confused with something else. The book I was looking at looked like a fairly recent release, and it was in the fantasy books aisle at the PX on Fort Hood. Granted, there's no telling if someone just left it there from somewhere else. Or if maybe I have the title wrong in my mind. :lol:

[AquaPython]

http://www.amazon.com/Chariots-Gods-Erich-von-Daniken/dp/0425166805/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236797658&sr=1-1

Product Description
Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance--the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens. This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films, including the author's own popular sequel, The Eyes of the Sphinx. But here is where it all began--von Daniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds, based upon his lifelong studies of ancient ruins, lost cities, potential spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von Daniken's theory that we ourselves are the descendants of these galactic pioneers--and the archeological discoveries that prove it... * An alien astronaut preserved in a pyramid
* Thousand-year-old spaceflight navigation charts
* Computer astronomy from Incan and Egyptian ruins
* A map of the land beneath the ice cap of Antarctica
* A giant spaceport discovered in the Andes
Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_the_Gods

[AquaPython]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_astronaut_theories

[Rsv1000R]

I read it 30 years ago????

And once I saw the astronaut cave drawing walk out of a wall, that was cool!

[Homeslice]

and the archeological discoveries that prove it...
Amazon.com getting a little carried away there....

[Papa_Complex]

I read it 30 years ago????

And once I saw the astronaut cave drawing walk out of a wall, that was cool!

I read it back then, along with "Gods From Outer Space"; his other book. Even as a kid I can remember rolling my eyes while reading it. It gives absolutely no credit to human inventiveness.

[Homeslice]

That was back when most bookstores had a whole section dedicated to pseudo-science.

[Papa_Complex]

That was back when most bookstores had a whole section dedicated to pseudo-science.

Some still do. This is a two minute walk from my office, at most, and the 'pseudo-science' stuff is right next to Sci-Fi and religion. The wiki article says that it used to be a bowling alley, but I was always told that the building used to house a supermarket.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Biggest_Bookstore

[Homeslice]

Some still do. This is a two minute walk from my office, at most, and the 'pseudo-science' stuff is right next to Sci-Fi and religion. The wiki article says that it used to be a bowling alley, but I was always told that the building used to house a supermarket.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Biggest_Bookstore

Now that's a store. I'd imagine a store that size would have a section on turtle raising.

[Papa_Complex]

Now that's a store. I'd imagine a store that size would have a section on turtle raising.

I must admit that's one I haven't seen, but they've got "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" in the American Literature section.

[Amorok]

but I'm waiting for Jim Butcher's next book in the Dresden Files series to come out in April. :lol:

Fuck yes! I can't wait. I've already started re-reading the last nine or so, I'll be ready when my library gets it in. Buy last year's paperback, check out the new hardback, rinse, repeat. Sadly, he says he might end the series at around 20 of them.