The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings

by John A. Keel

Book Overview

John Keel's "Strange Creatures From Time and Space," originally published in 1970 with artwork by Frank Frazetta, is a comprehensive encyclopedia of monsters from around the world,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765345862
• ISBN13: 9780765345868
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

The Book!

John Keel's Guide to Mysterious Being's is a must read for all fan's of this genre!

a cash on in the richard gere movie???

i don't think that's possible. unless john keel went back in time to write this book, oh, about 40 years before the movie came out. john keel's book does take a bit of a scientific look at monsters, but it's a good and sometimes scary read [bedroom invaders? ouch]. all in all a fine book i have been happy to have purchased twice.

Huge Cast of Monsters

No one wants to believe in monsters. We just do. On an almost instinctive level. We have an enduring fascination with them right into the 21st century. Every person on earth knows what a monster is. Sometimes monsters are people. Sometimes monsters are animals. Mostly monsters are imagination. But every once in while, monsters are monsters. Like Ghosts, the belief in monstrous entities has remained constant since the dawn of history in all parts of the world. Each year, unsuspecting people with no reason to fabricate tall-tales report seeing (and sometimes being injured by) grotesque looking monsters. We hear about the occasional Bigfoot or lake-monster, but we rarely hear much about the weirder stuff like: lizardmen and goatmen. John Keel once again uses his casual flare to report on disturbing patterns behind monster sightings. He unearths some very obscure and terrifying monsters accounts in this book. Although presented in a somewhat lighthearted manner, the research is chilling and not something I would recommend before bedtime.

Great book to start out with for strange phenomenons

Rating:A- Alright lets get this out of the way now, granted I read this book for the first time when I was like 16 years old, but it was definitely not as bad as some of these reviewers place and grade it. This is honestly one of my favorite books to refer to and read and even quote for research when writing papers on the subjects of aliens, UFO's, The Mothman, The Jersey Devil, The Loch Ness Monster, to the Abominable Snowman, and Bigfoot. It is an interesting read that keeps you flipping the pages wondering what is going to be wrote about next, and each subject is very in depth with accounts of sightings, descriptions, and locations of where events have occured. Yes as one reviewer said the subjects do jump back in forth but reading the whole book beginning to end, is truly what is necessary to truly appreciate this book. When I first read this book I had never heard of some of the creatures which are talked about in here, namely the Jersey Devil, and The Mothman; however each subject (as I stated before) has accurate accounts of events that took place and even lists the areas where they took place. If you don't believe in these things, so be it, but don't go blatantly blasting a book and writing two sentences like "this book sucks, its bad", when the people that said it probably didn't even put in the time to read the whole thing. Anyway though, check it out if you like paranormal stuff, and can open your tunnel vision for a second,; I mean come on here people, I read this book for the first time in 1994 and again two years ago, and it still had me hooked from begining to end. Highly recommended reading, that expands your mind to other possibilities, and supports them to boot. Thank's for your time, and trust me , give this book a chance, it's really not as bad as these reviewers say.

the essential Keel

I own a copy of every book written by Mr.Keel and this is my favorite.There is NO book comparable with this one when it comes to strange creatures.BUY IT.