Strange Days 2: The Year in Weirdness - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0836227670 ISBN 13: 9780836227673

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub, 1997

Synopsis

The editors of the cult-classic magazine compile the 1996 strangeness index and present news clips of the year's odd phenomena, curiosities, prodigies, and portents, together with strange happenings from around the world

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Review

As the millennium looms, there's no longer any doubt: the world is getting weirder--exponentially so. You may have always suspected it, but now you have proof. In Strange Days, an annual compendium of the most bizarre occurrences of the past year, the editors of Britain's fabulous Fortean Times magazine introduce you to a bevy of inept criminals ("Wait here with your hands up--I'll go get my gun"), animals miles beyond the realm of zoology (Puerto Rico's infamous "Goatsucker"), and more ridiculous ways to die than you ever thought possible (suffocation by duct tape is only the beginning).

For the past 24 years the Fortean Times (named in honor of Charles Fort, legendary skeptic and patron saint of the inexplicable), has been scouring the world's newspapers for accounts of the strange in all its multifarious manifestations. And while some sources are highly questionable--it's not likely that Israel's Mossad is slipping quick-acting aphrodisiacs into Egyptian chewing gum, no matter what some Cairo scandal sheets say--the book sports enough solid info (including photos!) to make you think that there is probably more in heaven and earth than is dreamt of in your philosophy. This book is a powerful mind-altering substances; use it at your own risk. By the way--you'll be happy to know that while the Yeti is "a terrifying, hairy being," he also has "very kind eyes."

About this edition

• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0836227670
• ISBN 13: 9780836227673
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 147
• Editor: Fortean Times