Fortean Times (Digital)

Fortean Times (Digital)

1 Issue, 446

Tiffany Thayer versus the Flying Saucers

In an extract from his new book about Charles Fort’s impact on modern culture, JOSHUA BLU BUHS examines the often uneasy relationship between Tiffany Thayer’s Fortean Society and flying saucer enthusiasts in the 1940s and 1950s.
Tiffany Thayer versus the Flying Saucers
Charles Fort’s books of anomalies advanced a philosophy that saw science as a small part of a larger system in which truth and false-hood continually transformed into one another. His work found a ragged following of sceptics who questioned not only science but the press, medicine, and politics. Though their worldviews varied, they shared compelling questions about genius, reality, and authority. At the centre of this community was adman, writer, and enfant terrible Tiffany Thayer, who founded the Fortean Society, ran it for almost three decades, and edited its magazine, Doubt (see FT200:48-52). In my new book Think to New Worlds, I argue that the fortean effect on modern culture is deeper than you think. Forteanism expanded the imaginative possibilities of science fiction, Modernist literature and ufological theorising; it gave…
You're reading a preview of
Fortean Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 446

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.

© 1999 – 2024 DiscountMags.com All rights reserved.