If ever there was an aptly named book, this is it. In a highly readable and sincere manner, Nothing in This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are proceeds to thread together every New Age belief and conspiracy theory into a grand unified field theory of kookiness. They're all here: gray aliens, ascended masters, free energy, angels, cattle mutilations, crop circles, rebirthing, earth changes, the Great Pyramid, Sirius, and secret colonies on Mars. And yet, despite the sheer unbelievability of half the book, the author's goodwill and spiritual intentions are so infectious that the book ends up being a heartwarming experience.
Nothing's main drawback is its somewhat rudimentary literary style. But a lack of stylistic niceties have never stood in the way of a good yarn becoming popular, and this yarn is a great one.
Nothing has the potential to become the Cosmic Trigger (Robert Anton Wilson's 1977 psychedelic mind-bender) of the '90s.
Nothing in This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are, by Bob Frissell, US$12.95. Frog Ltd.: (800) 559 8337, +1 (510) 559 8277.
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