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I’d also like to thank Chris Nelson for his help in researching the subject and recommending many of the texts below. “Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown” by Stephen Jay Gould “The End Of Time: Faith And Fear In The Shadow Of The Millennium” by Damian Thompson “An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural: James Randi's Decidedly Skeptical Definitions of Alternate Realities” by James Randi “The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer” by James Randi “Selling Fear: Conspiracy Theories and End-Times Paranoia” by Gregory S. Camp, Sherman S. Smith “The Last Days Are Here Again: A History of the End Times” by Richard G. Kyle “End-Time Visions: The Road to Armageddon” by Richard Abanes “When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture (Studies in Cultural History)” by Paul Boyer “The Millennium Myth: The Ever-Ending Story” by Sean M. O'Shea, Meryl A. Walker “Eve of Destruction : Prophecies, Theories and Preparations for the End of the World” by Eva Shaw “Apocalypse Culture” by Adam Parfrey (Warning: Not for the squeamish) “Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds” by Charles Mackay* “Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time” by Michael Shermer “The Demon Haunted World” by Carl Sagan “Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium” by Carl Sagan “Apocalypse Pretty Soon” by Alex Heard “Apocalypse Wow!: A Memoir for the End of Time” by James Finn Garner “Apocalypses: Prophecies, Cults, and Millennial Beliefs Through the Ages” by Eugen Weber “The End Of The World: An Annotated Bibliography” by Tom McIver (Note: An exceptional resource) “Discover” Magazine - January 1999 “Smithsonian” Magazine - April 1999 “TIME” Magazine - July 12, 1999 “Newsweek” Magazine - November 1, 1999 “Archaeology” Magazine - November/December, 1999 “Skeptical Inquirer” Magazine - November/December, 1999
“TIME” Magazine - July 1, 2002
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