Chariots of the Gods : Was God An Astronaut?

Anyway, happy reading. If you're interested in learning a little bit on theories and seeing things in a different way, opening up new possibilities, get this book.


Interesting read   February 10, 2005
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

As said in the title, it's an interesting read. I managed to read this in about a week (on the way to and from work), and I must admit, I was engrossed in it until the very end. Yes, his theories are far fetched, which, for me, in the end, were his downfall, but still, it put a different spin on things that you assumed were fact because of past, and so-called 'proven' theories.

The only gripe I have, he dismisses people who say his theories are far fetched, but in relation to the space-craft he says that crashed on earth, he says one theory is too far fetched, therefore dismisses it, tad hypocritical. (For all you interested, the theory that Daniken dismissed was that when a fireball hurtled across the sky of the Siberian Taiga, one man said that this could have been a direct result from the Krakatoa volcano eruption. This is due to the fact that this eruption sent out a large concentration of radio waves into space and the 'aliens' mistakenly took the radio waves for a signal from space, so directed a laser beam, which was far too strong, at the earth and when the beam his the earth's atmosphere high above Siberia, it had turned into matter, crashing into the surface of the earth).

Anyway, happy reading. If you're interested in learning a little bit on theories and seeing things in a different way, opening up new possibilities, get this book.


Yes, Erich, Yes He Was!!!!   March 29, 2004
 2 out of 12 found this review helpful

Being a multiple-time alien abductee and Von Daniken fan, I feel I have to say a few words about this book, because Erich has simply hit the nail on the head - AGAIN! His thesis is superbly set out and argued, and simply reaffirms the views I have held since I was first abducted as a young teenager (my friends like to call me 'Alien-Magnet' after all the times I have been Taken). But, I digress, put simply: buy this book, Erich will take you closer to the truth than you could ever know!

As a postscript, I suggest further reading and activities for those interested: firstly, take a trip to Erich's Mystery World theme park in Switzerland, it is just SO fine. And secondly, I have explored similar themes to this book in a thesis I wrote at Birmingham University, UK, which I have simply called 'Problematica'. Any local fans of Von Daniken will be able to read this a the university library, although I am afraid it is NOT for sale.