Slightly disjointed in style, this book can't quite decide if it wamts to be gonzo journalism told first hand or a hard-nosed investigation into American alphabet agency UFO disinformation shenanigans. Still, has some intriguing insights into the murky world of the disinfo agents - the "Mirage Men" of the title - and the mindsets of the ufologists they manipulate. Injects some much needed pyrrhonism into the field. You don't know what pyrrhonism is? Nor did I until I read the last chapter of this book.
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monnowman rated Attention All Shipping: 3 stars
monnowman rated The History of Rasselas: 2 stars
The History of Rasselas by Samuel Johnson undifferentiated
This short novel is a satire on the philosophical stories popular at the time, such as Voltaire’s Candide. A young …
monnowman rated RESISTANCE.: 3 stars
monnowman reviewed Mirage Men by Mark Pilkington
Review of 'Mirage Men' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Slightly disjointed in style, this book can't quite decide if it wamts to be gonzo journalism told first hand or a hard-nosed investigation into American alphabet agency UFO disinformation shenanigans. Still, has some intriguing insights into the murky world of the disinfo agents - the "Mirage Men" of the title - and the mindsets of the ufologists they manipulate. Injects some much needed pyrrhonism into the field. You don't know what pyrrhonism is? Nor did I until I read the last chapter of this book.
monnowman rated Debt to Pleasure, the: 3 stars
monnowman rated Freemasonry: 2 stars
monnowman rated Anansi Boys: 3 stars
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
God is dead. Meet the kids.
When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat …
monnowman rated The Oxford Companion to Food 2nd Ed: 5 stars
monnowman rated Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita: 5 stars
monnowman rated God is not great: 4 stars
God is not great by Christopher Hitchens
"A case against religion and a description of the ways in which religion is man-made"--Provided by the publisher.
monnowman rated The day after Roswell: 2 stars
The day after Roswell by Philip J. Corso
A landmark expose firmly grounded in fact, The Day After Roswell puts a fifty-year-old controversy to rest. Since 1947, the …
monnowman rated The secret life of words: 3 stars
monnowman reviewed The Masonic Myth by Jay Kinney
The Masonic Myth by Jay Kinney is an accessible and fascinating history of the Freemasons …
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5 stars
If you're a mason, this is the book to give your friends who ask you what freemasonry is. Well-informed and written with sufficient detachment to inspire confidence, the tone is neither reverential nor apologetic, and makes needed criticism of the institution where it's deserved.
Familiar anti-masonic claims are debunked efficiently, placing their origins in historical context.
If you're a mason, this is the book to give your friends who ask you what freemasonry is. Well-informed and written with sufficient detachment to inspire confidence, the tone is neither reverential nor apologetic, and makes needed criticism of the institution where it's deserved.
Familiar anti-masonic claims are debunked efficiently, placing their origins in historical context.