Charles Fort was born August 6th, 1874. In 1916, he recieved a small
inheritance that allowed him to do what he wanted for the rest of his life. For Fort, that was
rummaging through old newspapers and scientific journals, picking out everything
excluded by science. He called these "
The Damned". He collected reports of
meteorites falling from the sky, in a time when all of the "
experts" agreed there was no such thing.
Aside from throwing mounds and mounds of
cited reports at his readers, he also tosses in some incredible commentary. Here are a few snippets, for you
edification.
"Science of today--the superstition of tommorow. Science of tommorow--the superstition of today.
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The Book of the Damned, pg 165
"Would we, if we could, educate and sophisticate pigs, geese, cattle?
Would it be wise to establish diplomatic relation with the hen that now functions, satisfied with mere sense of achievement by way of compensation?
I think we're property.
I should say we belong to something:
That once upon a time, this earth was No-man's Land, that other worlds explored and colonized here, and fought among themselves for possession, but that now it's owned by something:
That something owns this earth-all others warned off."
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The Book of the Damned, page 163
Published works include:
The Book of the Damned, Boni and Liveright Inc, New York, 1919;
New Lands, Boni and Liveright Inc, New York, 1923;
Lo!, Claude H. Kendall, New York, 1931;
Wild TalentsClaude H. Kendall, New York, 1932;
panamaus has noded
The Book of the Damned. Go read it, and you will agree,
panamaus rocks.