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Title: The Fringes of Reason: A Whole Earth Catalog by Ted Schultz, Stewart Brand ISBN: 0-517-57165-X Publisher: Random House Inc Pub. Date: 01 January, 1989 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Not just kooks, but critical thinking as well.
Comment: Though billed as something of a guide to various eccentric views and kooks generally, this is not so much a "freak show" (as is, say, Stang's "High Weirdness by Mail") as it is a painless introduction to critical thinking on such subjects. Mostly skeptical in outlook, it does have material on what appear to be genuine mysteries -- for example, the best short review of spontaneous human combustion I've seen. Also a nice short piece on the real (so to speak) "Men in Black" (before the movie ...), and a very entertaining and lucid explanation of a common pyramid scam in New Age clothing.

Lots of illustrations and sidebars on further reading in the style of the old Whole Earth Catalog and CoEvolution Quarterly. Individual articles seem very well researched.

Rating: 5
Summary: Fringes of Reason a well-grounded skeptical look at cults
Comment: The Fringes of Reason is an unique look at religious cults and movements in the US. Organized in the style of "The Last Whole Earth Catolog," the books highlights such movements as occultism and shamanism, along with such sects as one which believes John F. Kennedy is God (I'm not kidding). A nicely logical,reasonable look at religion and its stranger manifestations.

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