The strange, but true biography of the colourful founder of Saucerian Books, a central purveyor and promoter of flying saucer and conspiracist knowledge in the mid-twentieth century.
The strange, but true biography of the colourful founder of Saucerian Books, a central purveyor and promoter of flying saucer and conspiracist knowledge in the mid-twentieth century.
Introduction: The Unidentified 1 “Heckling the Performer in Derision”: Gray Barker before Flying Saucers 2 Flying Saucers before Gray Barker 3 “The Skies Seethe with Mystery”: The Saucerian 4 “Tomorrow we shall again have our head in the stars”: 1954–1955 5 Knowing Too Much: 1956–1957 6 Chasing the Flying Saucers: 1957–1959 7 “A Very Profitable Wave”: The Beginning of Saucerian Books 8 “A Fairly Good Hack Writing Style”: Decline and Resurrection, 1962–1965 9 The Saucer Boom: The Paranormal As Business, 1966–1968 10 “What Else Have You Got Besides Flying Saucers?” Saucerian Books After Condon, 1969–1970 11 “Thoroughly Dedicated to Promoting UFO Crackpottery”: Barker in the 1970s 12 “Deep Peace and Drowsiness”: New Age Books and Barker’s Final Years, 1982–1984 Conclusion: Strange Things Notes Bibliography Index
Introduction: The Unidentified 1 “Heckling the Performer in Derision”: Gray Barker before Flying Saucers 2 Flying Saucers before Gray Barker 3 “The Skies Seethe with Mystery”: The Saucerian 4 “Tomorrow we shall again have our head in the stars”: 1954–1955 5 Knowing Too Much: 1956–1957 6 Chasing the Flying Saucers: 1957–1959 7 “A Very Profitable Wave”: The Beginning of Saucerian Books 8 “A Fairly Good Hack Writing Style”: Decline and Resurrection, 1962–1965 9 The Saucer Boom: The Paranormal As Business, 1966–1968 10 “What Else Have You Got Besides Flying Saucers?” Saucerian Books After Condon, 1969–1970 11 “Thoroughly Dedicated to Promoting UFO Crackpottery”: Barker in the 1970s 12 “Deep Peace and Drowsiness”: New Age Books and Barker’s Final Years, 1982–1984 Conclusion: Strange Things Notes Bibliography Index
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