Kooks

By Donna Kossy,

Book cover of Kooks: A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief

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A rich compendium of looniness!

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1 author picked Kooks as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Michael Tau

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I promise you my publisher isn’t strong-arming me into including this (now long out of print) book – which I stumbled upon years before I linked up with them. A spin-off of Kossy’s zine of the same name, Kooks is a kind-spirited examination of several conspiracy theorists, aspiring cult leaders, and miscellaneous cranks. In each profile, Kossy does her best to meticulously research her topic, digging deep into piles of rambling documents so that you don’t have to. Who can forget Francis E. Dec, sworn enemy of the Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God, who mailed out unintelligible hand-typed…

From Michael's list on absolutely arcane corners of human existence.