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The Atlantis Blueprint
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List Price: £8.99
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Manufacturer: Time Warner Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780751531008
ISBN: 0751531006
Label: Time Warner Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Time Warner Paperbacks
Number Of Pages: 430
Publication Date: 2001-09-06
Publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks
Studio: Time Warner Paperbacks
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The Atlantis Blueprint ends with a question--is there a city beneath the ice of Antarctica? In fact, the book is a mystery-fest, linking a host of popular enigmas to the theory that civilisation is thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of years older than we think. It proposes the existence of an antediluvian world-wide maritime civilisation whose blueprint left a legacy of specially positioned sacred sites around the world and whose centre, Atlantis, may be in Antarctica due to earth crust displacement. If any of this sounds familiar, its because much of it is not new. Indeed this book constantly cites other related literature to support its ideas, bringing in such writers as Graham Hancock, Michael Baigent and Robert Bauval. Rejecting some especially outlandish theories, The Atlantis Blueprint shows a will to speak sensibly and it is easy to agree that conventional science has historically underestimated our earliest ancestors and that archaeology is now pushing back the age of civilisation. Readers would need to be experts in a wide variety of disciplines to assess exactly how much scepticism this book deserves, but many will possess enough general knowledge to debate with parts of it. The Atlantis Blueprint is, whatever else, a thought-provoking assemblage of fringe science theories on some of the worlds most enduring mysteries. And, we remember, some of sciences most brilliant theories were derided in their time. --Karen Tiley
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Summary: A wonderful eyeopening adventure of history rewritten
Comment: I have owned this book since it was first published, I saw a review of it in a national newspaper and it was the best buy I have ever made. I have read it a number of times and each read is as refreshing and thought provoking as the first.
This book covers a huge array of fascinating facts and theories and leaves you wondering why the academic world has not already officially re-written 'our' understanding of ancient civilisation.
Warning, if you find this as wonderful as I did, it does lead to a lot of other reading of books on ancient civilisation all of which still have not quenched my thirst for knowledge on this subject. This thirst was inspired by this book. My fantasy dinner party would include the authors of this book!
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Summary: Slightly cobbled, treading on old ground
Comment: I have an interest in all things obscure and historical and bought this book because it seemed to promise an objective view; however it is my solemn duty to report that I was far from impressed. Many of the conclusions in this book are poorly conceived; most notably browns gas. As one reviewer has pointed out, a little research, like a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The authors do raise several interesting ideas but these have almost always been covered more extensively in other books.
Also; providing a brief synopsis of someone elses work and then using this as the basis for assumptions smacks of wishful thinking. Good researchers only hope for more data.
I was disappointed at the lack of supplementry evedince for their theory regarding wholesale mantle/crust displacements as it meant I had to take what they asserted at face value, which I just couldn't bring myself to do.
The truth usualy has a certain ring to it, it bears it's own weight and when people hear it, it makes sense. There was too much in this book that seemed to me wild speculation. also it was poorly set out, it jumped from one subject to the next sometimes going off on a tangent only to return to a point that ended up being lost in the guff. It just didn't have a beginning, middle, end, feel to it. I think the authors would have done better had they tried to narrow the scope of the book; some chapters ("6000 degrees celsius" / "what the templers found") could have been completely left out in my view.
There is no doubt, for those who look, that the conventional view of old world history is distorted and in many cases routinely suppressed, but I think this book does little to further this contention.
There are however a few nice snippets of information. Having said that it still aint enough to cut even a small ammount of mustard.
Sorry Colin, Rand; I'm sure your nice guys and all, but this book should not have reached the shelves in such a state of disarray.
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Summary: The Atlantis Blueprint
Comment: I bought this book because I wanted something along those lines to read and it was a bargain price. It was easy to read and definately thought-provoking. It answered alot of questions for me, the kind that I hadn't previously known quite who to ask, and anyway, makes people look at you very strangely for questioning what is already the "accepted" answers! I found it to cover many related subjects with a good deal of research, and did not seem far-fetched in any way. It dealt with the subject of Atlantis without being romanticised, as I have found previously. It inspired me to go on and read other books of a similar content. I feel alot more 'informed' and less scared to read these kind of books, being no kind of scientific expert. Colin Wilson is on my list of favourite authors, and I look forward to reading more titles by him. I was thoroughly disappointed when I got to the end of the book as I found it to be such a good read!
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Summary: The Atlantis Blueprint, a bit misguided
Comment: I started the Atlantis Blueprint and found the first couple of chapters to be enteraining and quite plausible.I started to take exception to the theories about Brown's gas and its applications. If you do a bit of research on the internet you will find this type of welding is ranked right up there with Perpetual motion. I forgave this as perhaps poor research, but as the book progresses it make assertions to anicent societies being able to perform feats of mathematics and astronomy, but the author still refers to these peoples as primitive. This was both confusing and annoying. I am debating with myself whether to finish this book, I probably will but just because I dislike not finishing books.
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Summary: Fascinating, but questionable
Comment: This book was an amazing undertaking, considering the many areas and interests it spans. Amid the fantastic leaps in logic and evidence, one can be easily duped into believing these theories without question, since many of them lay outside of daily experience. There are many theories worth investigating, but there are as many or more that are not only erroneus, they are simply wrong. Theories should fit facts, not the other way round.I would recommend this book only to those who take such things with a healthy dose of skepticism.
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