The Complete Books of Charles Fort

Dover Occult

By: Charles Fort

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Did beings from outer space visit Earth in the past? Are the various objects seen in the sky evidences of their visits?

What is the explanation of falls of frogs, falls of fishes, and falls of seagulls, which have been recorded from time to time?

How can we account for all the inexplicable astronomical observations that have been made in the past? How can we answer reports of strange animals, disappearances of men from open sight, curious structures in the snow, talents like teleportation and telekinesis?

"These are the "damned," by which the late Charles Ford meant all the wide range of mysteries that are ignored by orthodox science or explained away improperly. He worked for 27 years at the British Museum and the New York Public Library gathering material on phenomena from the borderlands between science and fantasy. His research appeared in four books: The Book of the Damned, New Lands, Lo!, and Wild Talents.

©1932 Charles Fort (P)2022 Adultbrain Publishing

Impossible to listen to

The narrator has the most unbearable way of reading. Pauses in the middle of sentences that make no sense, no inflection, rushing in areas that also makes no sense. It’s like he was given the text with no punctuation.

Wild Material, Spotty Narration

Very interesting material, influenced all kinds of other artists. Does not seem like it's from a century ago, more often about how to think rather than what to think. Definitely recommended.

But the narrator struggles with some words, specifically 'Irkutsk' which happens for a few hours and is pretty distracting. Also the names of publications in sitations are read as "roy lit sock" literally, instead of something like "The Royal Literature Society" and I understand because the book is almost 50 hours, would be a lot of work. Nevertheless worth noting.

All that time and I got next to nothing out of it

The narration is very bad and the hissing in the recording is even worse. The actual content is forgettable and you will prob forget what you heard immediately after hearing it. Lots of little anecdotes and nothing of particular interest. I had really been looking forward to this.

Bad, do not purchase

1. There are words mispronounced, not sure if he's Canadian or what. Usually not a deal breaker.
2. There are words read incorrectly, example in chapter 5 being the word storages read as shortages, which makes the sentence lose coherence. This is a problem.
3. The book is supposed to be a complete collection, but starts with Lo!, not the Book of the Damned.

Will actually go for a refund, which I've never done before.