Highly Recommended

I bought and started reading this in paperback a number of decades ago, and like so many books that I have bought, I remember reading the first few chapters and thinking "Wow; that's interesting. I'll enjoy coming back to this when I get some time". A number of years later I bought the whole 'Earth Chronicles' set in hardback when I saw them on a special offer and they have been looking down at me from my bookshelf ever since.

Now, with the advent of Audible I am able to receive information through one headphone whilst performing repetitive tasks in The Workplace and consequently, during the past couple of months, Zechariah Sitchin's 'Earth Chronicles' have been the screen-saver to my brain. I just started the seventh and final book in the series.

So significant is the content of these books that it is my intention, once I have finished the series and listened to other available titles by the same author regarding similar subject matter, to revisit them continuously throughout my life.

If this story were nothing but a flight of fancy; the far-fetched musings of an overactive imagination, it would already merit reading and re-reading for it's intrinsic merit as a fascinating story. The fact that it is however, in addition to this, very likely to be the actual story of our planet from it's birth through the ages of it's life and subsequently our life upon it, as directly recounted to us by the oldest civilization of whom we currently have clear archaeological record, and multiply corroborated by countless similar accounts from other comparably ancient sources, certainly does not detract from this.

As I have progressed through this epic narrative, I have at various points taken the time to check in with The Internet, for curiosity and objectivity's sake, just to see which kinds of people have been upset by these books and potentially why. To my surprise, apart from some mid-level online trolling from a few repeatedly featured Naye-Sayers, who by and large would appear to be either amongst those who have dedicated their lives and careers to studying history either from a specifically Christian perspective, or from a perspective which for some other reason enshrines reductive notions of historical conjecture as if they were the principles of a faith-driven religion, the general impression (now nearly 50 years since 'The 12th Planet' was first published) is one of a resounding and rather awkward silence where one might otherwise expect to find a cacophony of acrimonious 'debunking' invective. Even these critics are largely limited either to semantics around one or two relatively insignificant details of translation (usually involving lots of angry block-capitals and suchforth), or to a broad dismissal of the entire discussion based on the principle that "... when all is said and done; nobody can ever Truly 'know' anything". Conversely; the general consensus would appear to be that nobody in nearly 50 years has thus far presented significant enough contention with this author's treatment of these ancient texts for us not to reasonably accept that these are in fact the corroborative accounts left to us by the various peoples of antiquity. Whether we should either disregard them or incorporate them into our understanding of global history is of course a matter of personal choice.

I whole-heartedly recommend these books / story-tapes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Well worth a listen

Really enjoyed this book very informative, naration was excellent and highly recommend for anyone interested in our distant past we

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

The seventh book in this fascinating series

Fascinating book for someone who has read the previous 6 books. The story takes some time to build as its written for people who have not read the other books. However once its picks up it connects all the three Abrahamic religions Jewish, Christianity and even touches on Islam and its roots. It is our destiny to always search for the real meaning in God and Spirit. Well read and well researched

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Bringing ancient world's to life

This book is one of an excellent series which clearly defines earth's ancient history and heritage. I would suggest that you read or listen to all of the preceding books in the collection before this one so as to fully comprehend the work of this excellent author.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful