- Taschenbuch: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: Pocket Books; Auflage: Original (2. März 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0743482549
- ISBN-13: 978-0743482547
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,5 x 14,1 x 1,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 442.675 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Picture three British "blokes"--a bald-headed punker (the author), a Goth herpetologist who dresses like a pirate, and a six-foot-six-inch, 400-pound behemoth who wears a Sherlock Holmes cap--in a recreational vehicle and six weeks off to investigate monsters, and you have grasped the essence of this one. Many books about mystery animals involve an expedition to some exotic locale, where the adventurers encounter stinging insects, infectious diseases, uncompromising terrain, and uncooperative indigenous peoples. Redfern's travelogue, however, takes place entirely in Great Britain; the lads are on a quest to find the truth about such creatures as the Man Monkey of Ranton, the Big Gray Man of Ben Macdhui, and a gryphon in Glastonbury. Despite an insatiable thirst that leads them to many pubs along the way, Redfern and his companions manage to get within chasing distance of two or three of these folkloric critters. Their explanation for what takes place is almost as bizarre as the beasts themselves, but this is a lively and entertaining crypto-zoological road trip. George Eberhart
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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They investigated the inexplicable.
They had one hell of a hangover.
On an odyssey of oddities that would take them all to the very limits of their imagination (and inebriation), bestselling author Nick Redfern teamed up with professional monster-hunters Jonathan Downes and Richard Freeman. For six weeks in the summer of 2001, the intrepid-yet-hard-partying trio rampaged across the remote wilds of Great Britain in hot pursuit of werewolves, lake monsters, giant cats, ghostly devil dogs, and ape-men. Their adventures led them deep into ancient forests, into the dark corridors of a mansion hiding a wild man, and to the shores of the legendary Loch Ness -- along the way encountering all manner of curious characters, including witches, government agents, and eyewitnesses who claim to have seen monsters firsthand. And only at journey's end did the hard questions posed at the start of their quest begin to reveal some mind-bending answers. That monsters truly do exist in our world. And that we are responsible for their existence!
Whether you're seeking a glimpse into the bizarre reaches of reality, or just looking for a good time, Three Men Seeking Monsters is a uniquely gonzo trek with a trio of adventurers who pushed themselves to the edge -- and went right over it.
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WHAT A FABULOUS READ!
25. März 2004
Format:Taschenbuch
I have just finished reading Nick Redfern's Three Men Seeking Monsters and wanted to say that for anyone interested in subjects like lake monsters, Bigfoot, werewolves and other strange creatures this is a book you must read. I have read other books on cryptozoology that I found boring but I enjoyed this one particularly because the author wrote it in a style that made you feel that you were there with them on the adventure. I thought it was an atmospheric and exciting book and the perfect thing to read on a dark and stormy night. This would make a great television series and different to the boring straight forward approach that many shows follow. Again, what a fabulous read......you MUST buy this book!
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A Rollicking Good Time For All
26. September 2004
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Mr. Redfern and his merrie band of British fortean eccentrics takes us on a journey the likes of which we have not seen since the days of Dr. Johnson sojourning to the north or the askew tales of Laurence Sterne. These blokes are the kind that you'd like to know for serious drinking and tale telling round a fireplace. Yet their historical research is sound, students of local fortean folklore will note. I find the tulpa theory neither "tired" nor overworked in throwing light on incidents of the unexplained. What Mr. Redfern & company do is synthesize the "passport to magonia' ideas of Jacque Vallee with the trickster/metamind theories of John Keel along with their own experiences while on this madcap road trip. The tulpa idea has merit and is worthy of further exploration. The cast of characters encountered in this work range from the frighteningly memorable to the freakish and pathetic. On the whole this is not a scholarly exploration of the paranormal, but if you're as weary as I am of anal retentive pontification or blind belief as with most paranormal books today, this is refreshing & fun.
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Frequently Hilarious, Extremely Stupid
14. April 2004
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Imagine if Withnail had gone hunting Bigfoot. That's basically what you've got in this book. Three complete berks - an oversized Renfaire escapee, a Goth with self-control issues, and a hyperkinetic reporter - traipse up and down the UK for six weeks, powered by lager and their own imaginations.
It's not that the subject material is the problem. On the contrary, that's why I bought the book. No, the issue is that author Redfern and his friends display all the scientific rigor of a group of six year olds in an abandoned candy store. For example, early on they're invited to stay at the house of a doctor who might have seen something odd back in the 1940s. He warns them not to go down the back stairs to the basement - an entirely sensible recommendation, as opening your home to strangers should only go so far. Needless to say, our intrepid monster hunters convince themselves in the middle of the night that their host is keeping a cannabalistic devolved wildman in the cellar, then sneak down in best Scooby-Shaggy-and-Fred fashion to the cellar just in time to scare themselves witless. When, the next day, their host asks them to leave abruptly, they take it as a sign of conspiracy, rather than the fact that he just might have been annoyed at their burrowing in his basement.
And so it goes. No chasm is wide enough to keep these lunatics from leaping to the conclusion on the other side, no activity immature or foolish enough for them to turn down. When invited to explore the tunnels of an abandoned military base, they immediately start banging on closed doors with chair legs to try to summon the giant worm who supposedly dwells nearby. Losing track of time during a long conversation immediately becomes evidence of a curse. The litany of goofball behavior goes on and on.
Finally, we drag ourselves to the weary conclusion. Redfern's big surprise is that yes, these monsters do exist, and that they're psychic parasites. So far, so John Keel, but wait, there's more! Despite noting that these supposed creatures are pure evil and truly monstrous, he takes the British government to task for the heinous crime of trying to keep people from letting them "in". Mr. Redfern apparently has confused himself with a protagonist from an H.P. Lovecraft story, and I fully expect that in his next book we'll be reading about three-lobed burning eyes, Great Cthulhu and the Shoggoth on the Roof.
Mind you, the book is quite frequently funny. Redfern claims to have written the book as deliberately humorous as an antidote to the psychic critters (shades of Steven R. Donaldson, if that's the case), but much of the hilarity is unintentional. Monster hunters fall down in the woods, dress up like Batman to summon sea serpents, muddle their myths, and generally act like bit players in a supernatural Benny Hill skit, and that's where the humor is. If you buy it, expect nothing but a good laugh.
It's not that the subject material is the problem. On the contrary, that's why I bought the book. No, the issue is that author Redfern and his friends display all the scientific rigor of a group of six year olds in an abandoned candy store. For example, early on they're invited to stay at the house of a doctor who might have seen something odd back in the 1940s. He warns them not to go down the back stairs to the basement - an entirely sensible recommendation, as opening your home to strangers should only go so far. Needless to say, our intrepid monster hunters convince themselves in the middle of the night that their host is keeping a cannabalistic devolved wildman in the cellar, then sneak down in best Scooby-Shaggy-and-Fred fashion to the cellar just in time to scare themselves witless. When, the next day, their host asks them to leave abruptly, they take it as a sign of conspiracy, rather than the fact that he just might have been annoyed at their burrowing in his basement.
And so it goes. No chasm is wide enough to keep these lunatics from leaping to the conclusion on the other side, no activity immature or foolish enough for them to turn down. When invited to explore the tunnels of an abandoned military base, they immediately start banging on closed doors with chair legs to try to summon the giant worm who supposedly dwells nearby. Losing track of time during a long conversation immediately becomes evidence of a curse. The litany of goofball behavior goes on and on.
Finally, we drag ourselves to the weary conclusion. Redfern's big surprise is that yes, these monsters do exist, and that they're psychic parasites. So far, so John Keel, but wait, there's more! Despite noting that these supposed creatures are pure evil and truly monstrous, he takes the British government to task for the heinous crime of trying to keep people from letting them "in". Mr. Redfern apparently has confused himself with a protagonist from an H.P. Lovecraft story, and I fully expect that in his next book we'll be reading about three-lobed burning eyes, Great Cthulhu and the Shoggoth on the Roof.
Mind you, the book is quite frequently funny. Redfern claims to have written the book as deliberately humorous as an antidote to the psychic critters (shades of Steven R. Donaldson, if that's the case), but much of the hilarity is unintentional. Monster hunters fall down in the woods, dress up like Batman to summon sea serpents, muddle their myths, and generally act like bit players in a supernatural Benny Hill skit, and that's where the humor is. If you buy it, expect nothing but a good laugh.
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