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Doug Moench, "The Big Book of Conspiracies"

Started May 29 � Finished May 29; 225 pages. Posted 30 May 2002

This one�s been sitting around for a while. I started to look at it maybe a year and a half ago, read the first two stories and decided that I knew all these theories already, so I put it back to languish on the shelf. I started it again now, because frankly, it seemed like something I could finish pretty quickly.

And I did, but what I didn�t expect is that it would actually be pretty damn good! The reason it seemed like familiar territory is that they start of with the JFK assassination, which is pretty obvious because that is both the biggest, and the most credible in terms of believability from the public. (Though that�s a blanket statement � the public just believes that something is being covered up, what exactly the something might be is a whole different matter.)

But once we pass JFK material they get into a lot of other things, some serious, some spooky, and some just downright silly. The best thing about it is that the author presents the material with a lot of wit and makes it easily understood what the implications are.

If you look at the source material where he gets the theories from you just have to breath a sigh of relief, because he makes it so easy for you. If you�ve ever read other conspiracy books you�ll know what I mean � they�re usually so convoluted that it�s near impossible to see what they�re getting at.

Perhaps that�s by design.

Spooky music should go here.

And of course, in case you haven�t seen these books, they�re all illustrated by various artists (most in the comic-book field), so not only are they interesting, but they�re actually fun to read. Or they would be if some of these things didn�t scare the shit out of me.


Rating: Worth New, but because they�re damn cheap. If the cover price were much higher than $13.00, I�d say get it used.

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