2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning? : Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012

by Marie D. Jones

Offers a bold, scientific analysis of Mayan teachings and other worldly predictions and prophecies dealing with the end of time in 2012 through a review of economic shifts, strides in technology, sunspot cycles and mass extinction. Original.

Genres: Nonfiction

286 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2008

About the author

Best selling author, screenwriter, and producer. Marie has written over 30 non-fiction books, novels, and novellas, and contributed to over 100 anthologies. She is a produced screenwriter and indie filmmaker. She has been on radio all over the world, and on television's History Channel, including "Ancient Aliens." She has spoken at major events and writes frequently for a number of magazines on the paranormal, metaphysics, cutting edge science and Noetics. She is currently focusing on fiction and screenwriting and just re-released a middle grade novel based on her son's true story, BULLIES BEWARE, EKHO IS HERE! as well as a horror novel with Denise A. Agnew, THE DIM, and a paranormal thriller, FREAK. She will be releasing several more novels for adults and kids over the next few years. She has written and edited books for several publishers and ghostwrites, too. She also has a line of fun and funky journals on Amazon.com called ATTITUDENALS and her own ETSY shop of the same name.

Reviews

[Schnaucl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although the book's title suggests the book is about imagining a world after whatever might happen on 2012, in fact, the book says almost nothing about 2012 and focuses nearly exclusively on 2012.

Jones did have some interesting points about the rapidly increasing rate of information acquisition but that was really the only useful thing I took from the book. It was still pretty new-agey and I find it hard to take seriously any book that cites wikipedia as a source (wikipedia is a starting point, not an end point) and all the images seemed to be from wikicommons (wikimedia?)websites. I probably shouldn't hold that against it but it does contribute to the vanity press feeling.

I'm still looking for something equal to Apocalypse 2012 and this definitely wasn't it.

[Homero Arceyut · Rating 1 out of 5]

The initial premise of the book caught my eye. With all the hype about 2012, the Mayan calendar predictions, and all the apocalyptical views about what this year may mean, a book that goes beyond that year seem pretty interesting.

However, I felt the author is too scattered and can't keep her focus in one thing. It seemed that she was trying too hard to sound knowledgeable by showing how much she researched, but not getting to a specific point.

I must say that even as I tried to force myself to sticking to it, I just couldn't.

[for-much-deliberation ...]

so much discussion on 2012, may as well do some reading on it

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite what I expected. More of a bunch of short stories but they were not the doom and gloom you would think.

[SUE PERRY-KUN · Rating 5 out of 5]

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