Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2024-08-30
Books mentioned on The Ica Stones, Part Two: Secrets Revealed
Do the mysterious Ica stones genuinely depict humans and dinosaurs co-existing? Did some ancient South American cultures actually possess fantastic flying machines, advanced medical techniques, and telescopes?
Matt Frederick discussed Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken. Ben Bowlin discussed The Message of the Engraved Stones of Ica by Javier Cabrera Darquea. Also mentioned: Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov and others, Foundation by Isaac Asimov, and Planet Medicine: Origins, Revised Edition by Richard Grossinger.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Age of Science Fiction is a curated collection of classic mid-century sci-fi short stories edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin Harry Greenberg.
Discussed“I'm reading an Isaac Asimov book from 1950 right now. I know this is obvious for fans of science fiction, but I'm always blown away by how close they get it in the 50s, like what modern civilization looks like and what technology of the future actually looks like.”
Where to get it
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Foundation
Foundation by Isaac Asimov is a classic science fiction masterpiece that chronicles a group of scientists working to preserve knowledge and shorten a dark age through the science of psychohistory.
Discussed“As Matt mentioned, oh my gosh, I'm reading the Foundation series. I accidentally bought the second one out of sequence and then realized that, so I ordered the first one, and now I'm starting fresh.”
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Chariots of the Gods?
Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Daniken is a well-known alternative history book that posits ancient civilizations were influenced by extraterrestrial visitors.
Discussed“Eric F danin yeah publishes a paperback uh that I loved when it came out the Chariots of the Gods question mark little bit of hedging there”
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The Message of the Engraved Stones of Ica
Discussed“the good doctor wrote his own book where he set forth the majority of the claims that have become sort of the manifesto for people who believe in the eeka stones and this is the hidden history we got to talk about it right we've made this a two-part episode let's get into it what does he say in his”
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Planet Medicine: Origins, Revised Edition
Discussed“We’ve made this a two-part episode; let’s get into it; what does he say in his book—the message of the engraved stones of Ica? Let’s take these one at a time; the first one is that the stones themselves are way older than you think.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“oh my gosh I'm reading the foundation series”
“Publishes a paperback that I loved when it came out—the Chariots of the Gods?—question mark, a little bit of hedging there. He publishes this first in 1969; it becomes an international bestseller, and a deluge of similar books hit the market right after.”