The Mothman Prophecies by John A. Keel
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Book Reviews of The Mothman Prophecies
Book Review: Mothman Prophecies (and all of Keel's books)
Summary: 5 Stars
In order to comprehend the TRUE nature of All of the incidents of the paranormal (from Mothman to automatic writing) one could do no better than to read ALL of Keel's writings. UFOs are not ships from other planets (they're not "false sightings", either) and big hairy monsters are not unknown biological life forms (yes, they are real and not "mistaken sightings".) Keel demonstrates the nexus extant between all sectors of the paranormal -- between clairvoyants, ufos, monsters, demonic possession, possessed individuals, demons, MIBs, ghosts, and much more. As a former journalist, he knows the correct questions to ask which is mandatory in obtaining the correct answers to expose any mystery. The claims he made decades ago, which may seem impossible, are being endorsed by quantum physics today -- not that ufos or bigfeet exist but that the nature of space and time (referred to as "spacetime" in physics) is such that they are allowed, in the laws of nature, to exist -- quantum reality or the reality extant at, if not beneath, the subatomic level. We perceive only a very small modicum of reality, as there is a helluva lot more to it than we could ever perceive. The ultimate question is: who, or what, exists over there and do they perceive us?Book Review: Reads like a madman's diary!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is amazing! It was not at all like I expected. I saw the movie in 2003 and enjoyed it, so when I picked up the book this year I figured it would be as good or as always better. I thought it would center on a few Moth man sightings. I was very surprised to find out that it was more about UFO visitations, abductions, Men In Black, time travel, strange visitors, conspiracy theories and strange phone calls. The Mothman was only a sideshow to the main attraction! As I said in the title of the review, it is like reading the diary of a madman. You start reading and you can't believe what you are reading is supposed to be a true story. It sucks you in and you go on and on in search of answers that the author is so franticly looking for. It is disjointed and jumps around but I believe it ads a little flair to the style. I highly recomend this book and I can't wait to read John Keel's other work! I also hope someone remakes the movie as well. Not that the 2001 movie is bad, but if someone followed the book closer, the movie would make the film 12 Monkeys look soft in comparison!Book Review: A Fortean Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
John A. Keel (1930-2009)
Let me set the record straight- love the book, hated the travesty of the movie. To compare the movie with the book is much like comparing ancient & modern Rome- there's a few remnants of the original here and there but not much else. This is a classic work that demonstrates how truly strange our world and minds are. From Keel's first published work, "Jadoo" onwards, I find an author that exemplifies a crisp journalistic style much like a paranormal Mickey Spillane that carries you along at an exciting pace. This is the gothic non-fictional novel of the post-modern world in which intrusions into ordinary reality remain the enigmas of a surreal universe.
If you can locate a copy of the Illuminet Press version with the Frank Frazetta cover, you will be rewarded by an insightful afterword by Keel that places much into perspective after the initial events of 1966-67. Highly recommended. This is one book I read every year, waiting for a rainy weekend to escape into the wonder of an eclectic unknown.
Book Review: Truth isn't that hard to find.
Summary: 5 Stars
Keel is a true investigator. He leaves no path untread upon in his search for the truth behind the UFO phenomenon. His countless accounts of the Men in Black and their games will inform you as to their place in all of this, frighten you and even make you laugh out loud. His work helps defend the theory that aliens are inter-dimensional rather than extra-terrestrial. Even if you are not a UFO buff, this is a smooth, yet thorough induction into this strange and all too close world. Even for you non-believers, the connections made in this book will at the very least gnaw at you and most definately entertain you.
I've probably read over a hundred books on paranormal and UFOs and still have them. I found 'Alien Agenda' by Marrs and 'Alien Rapture by Fouche - Steiger to be my favorites, and I have read them more than once. Alien Rapture - The Chosen by Fouche is being made into a screen-play by a major studio in Burbank CA. Also see all the books by Jim Marrs.
Book Review: Changed my outlook on the world
Summary: 5 Stars
I never read 5 star reviews because they usually just gush about how wonderful the book is and don't provide a balanced view. Yet here I am doing just that. But this book is perhaps the only of the many I have read on UFOs, the "paranormal" or the occult that truly deserves it. First and foremost, Keel is a great storyteller. He transcends the dry facts of the phenomena he investigates and weaves them into compelling human stories while, at the same time, challenges the readers to examine their own assumptions and biases about paranormal phenomena. I began reading about flying saucers and related phenomena because I thought they were silly and they appealed to the same part of me that appreciates Alfred Jarry or Marcel Duchamp. But by reading Mothman, I discovered that there are real human stories, real lives changed forever by these events that I found so silly. That reality is so much stranger and wonderous than I was willing to accept.