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020 $a1591023521 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)OCM61169671
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050 00 $aPS3523.O833$bZ575 2005
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100 1 $aColavito, Jason.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005052957
245 14 $aThe cult of alien gods :$bH.P. Lovecraft and extraterrestrial pop culture /$cJason Colavito.
260 $aAmherst, N.Y. :$bPrometheus Books,$c2005.
300 $a398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 375-382) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe crossroads of fact and fiction -- $g2.$tScience and pseudoscience in Lovecraft's time -- $g3.$tScience fiction and horror before Lovecraft -- $g4.$tThe prophet of Providence -- $g5.$tThe spread of the Lovecraft circle -- $g6.$tThe UFO craze in fact and fiction -- $g7.$tThe French connection -- $g8.$tCharioteer of the gods -- $g9.$tThe fork in the road -- $g10.$tThe Sirius mystery -- $g11.$tThe Orion mystery -- $g12.$tDusting for fingerprints -- $g13.$tThe league of extraordinary gentlemen -- $g14.$tAncestors from Nibiru -- $g15.$tTaking off from Nibiru -- $g16.$tThe UFO cults and human cloning -- $g17.$tA modern mythology for troubled times -- $gApp.$tA continuum of belief.
520 1 $a"Could extraterrestrials have really come to Earth thousands of years ago? Did they bequeath humanity its first civilizations? Were there "ancient astronauts"? For nearly half a century, a flurry of books, movies, and television shows (with more cropping up each year) have said yes, over the objections of scientists, educators, and archaeologists." "In The Cult of Alien Gods, author Jason Colavito reveals for the first time that the theory that aliens visited Earth in the ancient past - and may even have genetically engineered humankind - began not as science fact but as science fiction in the work of master horror writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). This comprehensive survey examines Lovecraft's body of work as well as his influence on maverick historians, occultists, pop culture, and a modern UFO cult trying to clone a human being an orders from the "aliens."" "From flying saucers to lost civilizations, The Cult of Alien Gods also explores the decline of reason and the dramatic challenges that rocked science over the past century. Lovecraft created the first ancient-astronaut story in 1926, and the saga of how his fictional aliens - his "sheer fun" - became a powerful threat to mainstream science rivals the ancient-astronaut theory itself for sheer outrageous improbability. Only, this story is true."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aLovecraft, H. P.$q(Howard Phillips),$d1890-1937$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aLovecraft, H. P.$q(Howard Phillips),$d1890-1937$xAppreciation$zUnited States.
600 10 $aLovecraft, H. P.$q(Howard Phillips),$d1890-1937$xInfluence.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109606
650 0 $aHorror tales, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105767
650 0 $aLife on other planets in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006258
650 0 $aHuman-alien encounters in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005004724
600 00 $aCthulhu$c(Fictitious character)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017024148
650 0 $aGods in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85055652
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0516/2005020527.html
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3523.O833$iZ575 2005