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B. Alexander Howerton

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http://gravettiangoddess.com/

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Joseph Campbell, Marija Gimbutas, Robert Graves, Robert Heinlein, Arth ...more

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I am endlessly fascinated by the depth of human experience, both into the deep past and the far future. It is so easy to look myopically at our current condition and conclude we are doomed as a culture and a species. But that is actually a good thing. It is a survival trait ingrained in us through millennia of surviving. The blissful carefree people walked off the edge of the cliff, or didn't run early enough from the tiger, and didn't get to reproduce.

But life is nevertheless worth living, and my books explore the multi-millennial span of the human condition. My earlier books Free Space and Project Avalon look forward into a hopeful future. My more recent books The Wyrding Stone and Gravettian Goddess gaze back into the 40,000-year history ...more

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More Polarizing Reviews of Gravettian Goddess

Gravettian Goddess continues to be polarizing. In a way, I can take that as a compliment. Below is a link to reviews posted on The Wordsmith of Harmony. One reviewer completely comprehended what I was trying to do, and gave the book its best review ever. The other devolved into the typical pattern of detractors so far. The takeaway – this book is not for everybody, and if you want a mere adventure

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	Gravettian Goddess 2.97 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wyrding Stone 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Project Avalon it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Space!: Real Alternatives for Reaching Outer Space liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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