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| Title: | Psychic Phenomena | 
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing | 
| Moderator: | JARETH::PAINTER | 
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| Created: | Wed Jan 22 1986 | 
| Last Modified: | Tue May 27 1997 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 2143 | 
| Total number of notes: | 41773 | 
63.0. "Charles Fort" by PEN::KALLIS () Thu Jan 02 1986 14:45
Charles Hoy Fort was an unusual man.  He had enough money so that he was
able to do what he wanted.  What he ended up doing, besides living a rather
hermitlike lkife in the Borox with his wife, was to collect, organize, and
publish stories of the abnormal.
By "abnormal" I don't mean insane; just things that were outside the realm
of accepted science.  Strange jellylike substances falling from the sky.
Mysterious lights.  People diosappearing without a trace.  _Strange_ things.
Fort wrote four books: BOOK OF THE DAMNED, LO!, NEW LANDS, and WILD TALENTS.
His style was delightful.
The books are eminently readable today.
As a result of Fort's efforts, a Fortean Society was formed.  Now, there 
are several.
Some of his items closest to the psychic can be fiound in WILD TALENTS.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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| 63.1 | NEW FORTEAN MAG SOON | PRSIS7::BRODU |  | Tue Apr 14 1987 07:38 | 7 | 
|  |     I heard it throuht the Fortean Grapewine : There's a new US Fortean
    mag forthcoming called THE STRANGE MAGAZINE with veteran mystery
    researcher John Keel amongst other people. I will try to get more
    info about this new magazine very soon.
    
                               A Fortean Froggy 
    
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| 63.2 | NEW FORTEAN MAG NOW | PRSIS7::BRODU |  | Wed Apr 22 1987 07:12 | 5 | 
|  |     ABOUT STRANGE MAGAZINE, SEND
    ALL SUBMISSIONS; INQUIRIES, ETC TO EDITOR
    MARK CHORVINSKY PO BOX 2246 ROCKVILLE
    MARYLAND 20852 USA (301) 468-6133
    
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