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  <title><![CDATA[Chariots of the Gods]]></title>
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  <default_description>Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance--the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens.  This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films, including the author's own popular sequel, The Eyes of the Sphinx. But here is where it all began--von Daniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds, based upon his lifelong studies of ancient ruins, lost cities, potential spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von Daniken's theory that we ourselves are the descendants of these galactic pioneers--and the archeological discoveries that prove it...  * An alien astronaut preserved in a pyramid&lt;br&gt;  * Thousand-year-old spaceflight navigation charts&lt;br&gt;  * Computer astronomy from Incan and Egyptian ruins&lt;br&gt;  * A map of the land beneath the ice cap of Antarctica&lt;br&gt;  * A giant spaceport discovered in the Andes&lt;br&gt;  Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization.&lt;br&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1969</original_publication_year>
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    <body><![CDATA[Baseless, factless, and filled with ridiculous presumptions.  It's amazing that with arguments to poorly presented that this book seemed to have such an affect on American culture in the early 70's.  It's simply a get-rich-quick scheme from a Swiss ex-con that paid out good.  It fed upon people's ne...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1731742">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 11 03:32:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[ditulis dikafernya sebagai &quot;best seller&quot; dan &quot;most controversial&quot;<br/><br/>isinya..wew... salah satu buku &quot;nonfiksi&quot; yang mengusung gagasan berani (kalo gak dikatakan nekat) dan provokatif karena menggembar-gemborkan gagasan bahwa sebenarnya para dewa, tuhan, malaikat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74147293">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49814460">
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been seeing him on the History channel the past week.  One of the most influential books of the last century which really questions the nature of religion.  I read this in highschool and I recall it really shook my faith.  I truly questioned what I believed and for the only time in my life I ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49814460">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="62205221">
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 05 08:59:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 12 12:01:50 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Saya membaca buku ini saat kelas 1 SMA dari edisi terjemahan bahasa Indonesianya yang desain sampulnya saja sudah terlihat kuno, maklum saja terbitan tahun 1970-an. Jujur, waktu itu saya benar-benar terkesima oleh teori-teori dan hipotesis di dalam buku ini.<br/><br/>Erich von Daniken dijuluki seb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62205221">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75596696">
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[History Channel - Ancient Aliens]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 24 11:47:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Is it possible that we can find life on other planets in our solar system? (Life on Mars?)<br/><br/>Is it possible we are not the only intelligences in the universes?<br/><br/>Is it possible that older, technically more advanced intelligences live or have lived in our galaxy?<br/><br/>Is there...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75596696">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50705745">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Erich asks more questions than provides answers to the provocative idea that aliens visited ancient people and shared with them knowledge and technology . His main point is that the engineering miracles of the pyramids and other structure around the world were monumental and precise in measurements ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50705745">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1739737">
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember to this day the disgust which filled me when, in 9th grade, I completed this most ridiculous of reading assignments. No, Mrs. Sheldon, the conspiracies involving the government and Vietnam didn't involve little green men.]]></body>
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    <review id="63488717">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so I'm all about Ancient Astronaut Theory and have been for a bit of time now.  On some level, this is just verification of what can only be considered impossible early on in our civilization.  If you don't believe it, it's understandable.  I wanted to go in with complete skepticism.  Still, I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63488717">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55755277">
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    <body><![CDATA[I highly recommend this to all my friends. My dad read it and gave it to me to read. My dad is also awesome. Either you are open to his argument and find it utterly fascinating, or you are not open to it, in which case you think he (and I) are total whackos and it's very entertaining for you.  I, fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55755277">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21596177">
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    <body><![CDATA[Chariots of the Gods is a revealing and candid jaunt through the fertile grove of one man's gibbering insanity.<br/><br/>On the very first page Von Daniken speaks of his book's &quot;theories and proofs&quot;. For the final 152 pages these elusive creatures are never to be seen again. The publishe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21596177">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12724369">
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    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is basically a hypothesis set forth by Daniken in which he claims that some time in the distant past superior beings came to earth and through interbreeding and population control helped mankind evolve from Neanderthals into homo sapiens.<br/><br/>Daniken says:<br/><br/><em>Admittedly this...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12724369">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7289281">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who like real life mysteries and are interested in the oddities of the planet]]></recommended_for>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would give this book a good review (5*) if it wasn't so dense.  It has a lot of words, and it is very long.  It is interesting if you can understand what it is saying.  I am not done with it, and i will update this when i am done.  So far it has made some very good points, but there is still some ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7289281">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4613525">
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[was this the book that paved the way to a now widely known if not accepted theory [he stresses it's just a hypothesis *so* often, LoL!] of &quot;ancient astronauts&quot; and the like?  It was certainly the first I had ever read, probably back at the end of high-school, and I continued to read the fe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4613525">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75670532">
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    <body><![CDATA[My dad turned me on to Erich von Daniken when I was a child...I inherited much of his interests, wonder and intellectual capacity (and like a good daughter I've continued those pursuits to the beyond :-) Thanks dad!<br/><br/>All of Mr. von Daniken's works are worth reading if you are remotely curiou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75670532">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74190985">
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    <name><![CDATA[Matt R.]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am intrigued by outer space, our solar system etc. so this book was fun to read because it made me think more about the old discoveries and think more about the many unanswered questions regarding remarkable ancient ruins, lost cities and space exploration.  My favorite part of the book was the di...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74190985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70455879">
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    <name><![CDATA[Zack]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is embarrassing to admit having read this monumental bestseller, but I did after having heard about it all over the place.  Among the very many books which attempt to substantiate the hypothesis that our distant ancestors had substantial contact with aliens from outer space, this is one of the wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42716331">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chariots of the Gods puts forth the theory that alien beings visited Earth numerous times in the distant past.  The author believes that primitive people mistook these visitors for gods, and that religion evolved from these circumstances.  Whether or not you are religious, Von Daniken makes an inter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39448213">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Whilst Von Daniken is credited with originating the &quot;Ancient Astronaut&quot; theory, and though from a speculative point of view it has some interesting aspects, this book is nevertheless plain awful. Von Daniken can't write for toffee, and as for his arguments and &quot;proofs&quot;, they're a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76789243">more...</a>]]></body>
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