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"Since 1947, aliens have poured from the abyss that lies between ourselves and the world." So begins Bryan Appleyard's dazzling survey of one of the most pervasive yet under-reported phenomena of modern times: aliens -- what they are, why they are here, and what they say about us.
Before science and technology took hold of our lives we called them different things: angels, demons, goblins. But in the post-nuclear world, in which man has discovered his cosmic insignificance, our need for aliens has reached the stars. Since 1947 there has been a deluge of sightings, abductions, cover-ups, conspiracies and all their associated sub-plots from cattle mutilation to anal probes. Science fiction both on the page and on the screen is in thrall to our perception of Little Green Men.
How did we get here? And what does our fascination with all things alien, whether extraterrestrial or manufactured, say about us in a post-religious world? Bryan Appleyard's brilliant book is both a cultural history and an intellectual tour de force, covering everything from the joyful anthropocentrism of "Star Trek" to the bloody-minded nihilism of Stanislaw Lem.
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Before science and technology took hold of our lives we called them different things: angels, demons, goblins. But in the post-nuclear world, in which man has discovered his cosmic insignificance, our need for aliens has reached the stars. Since 1947 there has been a deluge of sightings, abductions, cover-ups, conspiracies and all their associated sub-plots from cattle mutilation to anal probes. Science fiction both on the page and on the screen is in thrall to our perception of Little Green Men.
How did we get here? And what does our fascination with all things alien, whether extraterrestrial or manufactured, say about us in a post-religious world? Bryan Appleyard's brilliant book is both a cultural history and an intellectual tour de force, covering everything from the joyful anthropocentrism of "Star Trek" to the bloody-minded nihilism of Stanislaw Lem.
'Brilliant' Scotsman
'A strange, gripping journey through religion, psychology, cybernetics, literature and film . . . An intoxicating intellectual journey, Aliens also contains an impressive variety of wonderful stories and oddball characters' Sunday Times
'Fascinating' Mail on Sunday
'Aliens is a good, fun read, and Appleyard is an engaging writer' Financial Times
'An astonishing book, as entertaining as it is thought-provoking' Glasgow Herald
'A really stimulating ride on the roundabouts of space and the swings of the psyche' Spectator
'The best and most widely informed and penetrating book of its kind since C. J. Jung's Flying Saucers . . . Appleyard takes the story further - into alien abductions and surgical and sexual experiments . . . He is just the man this story needs' Literary Review
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'A strange, gripping journey through religion, psychology, cybernetics, literature and film . . . An intoxicating intellectual journey, Aliens also contains an impressive variety of wonderful stories and oddball characters' Sunday Times
'Fascinating' Mail on Sunday
'Aliens is a good, fun read, and Appleyard is an engaging writer' Financial Times
'An astonishing book, as entertaining as it is thought-provoking' Glasgow Herald
'A really stimulating ride on the roundabouts of space and the swings of the psyche' Spectator
'The best and most widely informed and penetrating book of its kind since C. J. Jung's Flying Saucers . . . Appleyard takes the story further - into alien abductions and surgical and sexual experiments . . . He is just the man this story needs' Literary Review
£7.99
POPULAR CULTURE
Scribner UK
0-7432-5686-7
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- ÉditeurSimon & Schuster
- Date d'édition2006
- ISBN 10 0743256867
- ISBN 13 9780743256865
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages352
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Aliens: Why They Are Here
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