Damon Knight CHARLES FORT Prophet of the Unexplained 1st ed.,1st printing, w/DJ

Description: This book is in Very Good condition and has a good dust jacket. The book is clean of marks, binding tight. The dust jacket shows normal handling wear & tear with creases, scratches, rubbing, small losses, and a 2" tear bottom verso. Not price-clipped. Please see images. "Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. The terms Fortean and Forteana are sometimes used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still in print. His work continues to inspire admirers, who refer to themselves as "Forteans", and has influenced some aspects of science fiction. Fort's collections of scientific anomalies including The Book of the Damned (1919) influenced numerous science fiction writers with their iconoclastic skepticism and as sources of ideas. "Fortean" phenomena are events which seem to challenge the boundaries of accepted scientific knowledge, and the Fortean Times (founded as The News in 1973, and renamed in 1976) investigates such phenomena. Fort was born in Albany, New York in 1874, of Dutch ancestry. His father, a grocer, was an authoritarian and, in his unpublished autobiography Many Parts, Fort mentions the physical abuse he endured from his father. Fort's biographer, Damon Knight, suggested that his distrust of authority began in his treatment as a child. Fort developed a strong sense of independence during his early years.".

Price: 32.5 USD

Location: Union, Maine

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