What is the consensus on him? I am halfway through Fingerprints of the Gods, just wondering what kind of discussions I missed about him in the earlier days of the board..
I find it fascinating, but I read all the Von Daniken I could get my hands on when I was an adolescent, and it seems that Hancock is travelling very familiar roads.
As far as I know, Von Daniken was pretty much ridiculed (although I think he was spot on with much of his writing) - does Graham suffer the same way? I have seen a few sites debunking his books, but they seem to solve nothing, just pointing out where he may be wrong, but doing nothing to solve the mysteries he invokes.
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I liked "Fingerprints of the Gods." He lays out an interesting case. I do know that Hancock has made a few errors here and there but generally I don't think there is anything out there that invalidates or disproves his hypothesis.
I too read all of Von Däniken's stuff years ago but I think the cloud of controversy over him at the time had to do with alllegations that he made up some pieces of evidence and wrote about a few places on S. America that did not exist. Can't remember the details though, it was a long time ago.
I too read all of Von Däniken's stuff years ago but I think the cloud of controversy over him at the time had to do with alllegations that he made up some pieces of evidence and wrote about a few places on S. America that did not exist. Can't remember the details though, it was a long time ago.