Colony: Earth

by Richard E. Mooney

Has a previous owners name on the pastedown.

Hardcover

First published July 8, 1976

Reviews

[Seth]

To enthusiasts of crackpot literature there is little worse than a Me Too. Me Toos come into existence when a crackpot book crosses over into the mainstream, causing an even more cracked pot (or worse, even less) to roll out a similar theory. In this case the former is Erich Von Däniken's 1968 bestseller positing that aliens visited ancient humans, Chariots of the Gods?, which Colony Earth me-toos so enthusiastically that it name checks Von D on the cover.

If you write a Me Too you're already one strike down, so you need to be sure not to break any other cardinal rules of crackpot literature. Definitely don't, within the first 75 pages, let on to your readers that you're way more ignorant than any of them, including any hamsters that might happen to scoot across opened copies. That means not claiming that prehistoric humans possessed total recall because of the striking realism of their cave paintings nor noting that a comet colliding with earth wouldn't do any real damage because a comet is just a "ball of snow." But if you slip up on that first rule, just keep cool and be extra sure not to reveal that you're a racist nitwit who claims there to be three species of humans -- Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid -- who "safely interbreed."

Richard E. Mooney, won't you please go now?

[Dan Zarfati · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richard Mooney is one of the most inspiring of the ancient astronaut theorists of the first phase, bear in mind this book was published in 1974. He simply states that we are the survivors of a race that came from other part of the galaxy and because of several mishaps we end up forgetting our own history, the book reads history in a very original manner and makes the point that we have been devolving instead of evolving, that some of the features that we had in the past were superior than today's and we are only catching up with our truly glorious past, therefore the human evolution as is told by mainstream science must be wrong in his view. Though I do not agree with the writer he does make some very good points, if you are interested in this sort of literature, this book is a must, it is not cutting edge, it has historical interest for people who are interested in the ancient astronaut hypothesis.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mooney presents the hypothesize that Earth was stoked [populated] by aliens. He presents many scientific facts to lay out and defend his claim.

[VRDrive · Rating 2 out of 5]

Apparently the pyramids were giant air raid shelters in an ancient nuclear war.

[Brian Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not going to sit here and say that I buy this book hook line and sinker, but you have to admit, Mooney's ideas are fun to ponder. Never once does Mr. Mooney say "These are the facts." He merely states that if we believe "A" to be true, and "B" to be true, could it not be that "C" just may be true?

He does not advise his readers what to think, rather, he just wants us consider some other possibilities.

Over all, a fun read.

[Brent · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am almost ashamed to admit I read this.
Amusing as entertainment. Aspiring writers might find some interesting ideas here.