Evidence of the Gods: A Visual Tour of Alien Influence in the Ancient World (Erich von Daniken Library)

I wanted this book for academic research. I found it interesting and certainly thought provoking.

As always the care and concern of Erich to try and wake the 21st century to the quest of the how and why. I have the utmost regard to his passion "to know, to make his case, to ask Why are we not asking ourselves". To me, we can only know ourselves by "objectively" looking at the past. Point after point, he makes you ask YOURSELF....WHY ARE THE FEET AND MINDS DRAGGING on the curiosities, on the magnificent? This man is so dedicated and passionate about wanting to know, to asking why, to slapping down the weak knee explanations of peers. To PROVING with a tenacity of incredible thought and tenacity that, we are not doing enough. I pray every time I read his works that he succeeds in turning on our dull brains. I believe I shall never see or hear, in my lifetime, another mind such as his. I pass all of his books down to my children. I want them to be excited about what came before. It is how we will know ourselves!

Glossy pages, lots of photos, most smaller than hoped for, some full page, many two to a page, rehashed evidence that those who follow Von Daniken already know. This book appears to be an overview, or re-presentation of thoughts/ideas/theories and photos that have appeared in other of his works, almost all in color, a plus. I'm still glad I got it if for no other reason than to have his complete works. I do hope he is not entering into the 'cashing in on previous works' mode just to keep publishing. A bit of a disappointment, but not enough to stop me from buying his future works.From the picture accompanying the product page I was expecting a larger book. This is about the size of a regular fiction novel. I should have checked the product info at the bottom for dimensions. Even then, I probably would have bought it because I love his work.

As a longtime reader of EVD(30+ years) I buy pretty much all his books for my collection,although as the author points out,most readers have probably only read a portion of his material as a good bit has not been released in the U.S.This book is part of his planned "photo-dump"(my term not his) as he is in his 80s and wants to publish a couple of volumes of his extremely rare images that he has recorded on film throughout his travels over the years and around the world.There is also a decent bit of text explaining the pics,and the authors own undeniably recognizable analysis of each image,written lucidly and with a keen eye for detail.This covers from Pohnpei to Newgrange and much more,if you are interested in ancient mysteries this should be on your shelf!

I have most of Von Danken's books that have been printed in English. This book had lots of colored pictures, but mainly some different views of the same places that are in many of his other books. I would have liked the pictures to have had captions under them. You had to go back into the text to find out what they were, which was annoying. Buy if for the pictures if you don't have many of his other books.

I just received it and can't wait to read it. Super great price and as always the delivery is super fast, plus it is professionally packaged.

Not as spell binding as some of his other works, but filled with interesting facts. Great pictures of interesting places.

Even if you denounce the whole ancient alien theory there is a lot more in our history than we have been lead to believeThere was a lot more to the human story than we think we know. Did an earlier civilization of man exist and then cause a nuclear holocaust if some kind? Are we reinventing ourselves and doomed to the same fate?

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As my dad is into sci-fi and has a collection of Erich von Daniken.I bought this book like many others for my dad for a gift.He really enjoys the theories and data what the author has put in to his books.

Woukd highly recommend reading Chariots of the Gods first then move on to the newer additions he later pulished. All of his books are brilliantly constructed with an open mind and brilliantly researched.

I bought this book for a friend who is a fan of Von Daniken's theories and he says this book is just a rehash of the same old stuff, the photos are third rate, which indeed they are even out of focus, and basically not worth buying unless you're unfamiliar with his work.

Though new it is as the author says a compilation of older works. Mainly pictures from his collection and little text, so in that way an addition to a Däniken-shelf in ones library.