It is his introduction to his book 'Kicking the Sacred Cow: Heresy and Impermissible Thoughts in Science' (2004) :

He was an iconoclast, sure, well anyway if you want to get a glimpse of his attitude read the following link. Hogan novels.īut first just let me say this. Yes Szymon, I do know of some good James P. Do any of you know any particular good novel of his? In March 2010, in an essay defending Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel, Hogan stated that the mainstream history of the Holocaust includes 'claims that are wildly fantastic, mutually contradictory, and defy common sense and often physical possibility.' Hogan also espoused the idea that the Holocaust didn't happen in the manner described by mainstream historians, writing that he found the work of Arthur Butz and Mark Weber to be 'more scholarly, scientific, and convincing than what the history written by the victors says.' Such theories were seen by many to contradict his views on scientific rationality he repeatedly stated that these theories held his attention due to the high quality of their presentation - a quality he believed established sources should attempt to emulate, rather than resorting to attacking their originators. Hogan was skeptical of the theories on climate change and ozone depletion. He criticised the theory of evolution, though he didn't propose theistic creationism as an alternative. He was a proponent of Immanuel Velikovsky's version of catastrophism, and of the hypothesis that AIDS is caused by pharmaceutical use rather than HIV (see AIDS denialism).

In his later years, Hogan's views tended towards those widely considered 'fringe' or pseudoscientific. I reached an age that I just don't read everything.įrom his Wikki.can't link to it as the bard here won't let me. My first question- are all of his books such naive utopias? My second question- which would you recommend?ĭon't get me wrong, I like this anarchist point of view, but I just wouldn't like another utopia of the same kind. Then checked Hogan on wikipedia and he seems to be a little weird. I really like this kind of sociological-kind of books, and it also had a quite well developed character.īut, my point, I wanted to read more of his books.

It was a utopia that, quite surprisingly, didn't change into dystopia, as it usually does. But there was one thing that bothered me a little. It was the Voyage from Yesteryear and liked it a lot. Hatrack River Forum » Active Forums » Books, Films, Food and Culture » James P. My profile login | search | faq | forum home

Paths to Otherwhere by James P. Hogan