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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

63.0. "Charles Fort" by PEN::KALLIS () Thu Jan 02 1986 17:45

Charles Hoy Fort was an unusual man.  He had enough money so that he was
able to do what he wanted.  What he ended up doing, besides living a rather
hermitlike lkife in the Borox with his wife, was to collect, organize, and
publish stories of the abnormal.

By "abnormal" I don't mean insane; just things that were outside the realm
of accepted science.  Strange jellylike substances falling from the sky.
Mysterious lights.  People diosappearing without a trace.  _Strange_ things.

Fort wrote four books: BOOK OF THE DAMNED, LO!, NEW LANDS, and WILD TALENTS.
His style was delightful.

The books are eminently readable today.

As a result of Fort's efforts, a Fortean Society was formed.  Now, there 
are several.

Some of his items closest to the psychic can be fiound in WILD TALENTS.

Steve Kallis, Jr.
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63.1NEW FORTEAN MAG SOONPRSIS7::BRODUTue Apr 14 1987 11:387
    I heard it throuht the Fortean Grapewine : There's a new US Fortean
    mag forthcoming called THE STRANGE MAGAZINE with veteran mystery
    researcher John Keel amongst other people. I will try to get more
    info about this new magazine very soon.
    
                               A Fortean Froggy 
    
63.2NEW FORTEAN MAG NOWPRSIS7::BRODUWed Apr 22 1987 11:125
    ABOUT STRANGE MAGAZINE, SEND
    ALL SUBMISSIONS; INQUIRIES, ETC TO EDITOR
    MARK CHORVINSKY PO BOX 2246 ROCKVILLE
    MARYLAND 20852 USA (301) 468-6133