War of the Gods
Alien Skulls, Underground Cities, and Fire from the Sky
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Narrated by:
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David Stifel
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Written by:
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Erich von Däniken
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War of the Gods examines ancient scriptures from India, Siberia, Tahiti, and many other regions of the world independently on reports of battles in the stars. Weapons of unimaginable destructive power were used in the battle. Use of one of these weapons destroyed a planet completely.
Traditions from all over the world depict the gruesome effects of the battle in space. Many ancient stories speak of it raining fire from the sky for years. The people of the time tried to protect themselves from this, and thus created more testimonies that prove the star war and contact with beings from other planets.
With impressive examples von Däniken illustrates some of the numerous cities that were dug underground as safe harbors from the destructive boulders. Miles and miles of underground passageways have been discovered around the world as they made space for villages and entire cities.
To end the book, von Däniken presents his newest discoveries of an event that can only be described as shocking: In 2017, the author was informed that strange mummified creatures were found near the Peruvian village of Nazca. One of the mummies, apparently several thousand years ago, had been implanted with a metal plate under the skin. Scientists agree: These creatures are not from Earth!
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- Langer MD
- 2025-01-19
Pseudo-Authoritative
This book is unintentionally annoying. Erich von Däniken has obviously bought his own hype - name-dropping his "foundation", bragging about other alternate-history writers/researchers begging for his considered opinion, and generally taking on the air of an arrogant "I-know-what-all-of-these-other-idiots-don't" attitude that wasn't present in his first books.
Rather than asking questions and presenting contrarian evidence, the author asserts a worldview and dares readers to defy him. That would be fine, but some of those posits border on the straight-up ludicrous & include demonstrably false data points that he presents with no evidence (No, sir, the scriptural 'Book of Enoch' is not stored somewhere in the Great Pyramid, for example). His rants against organized religion in the midst of his argument are just bizarre.
This author is an impressive curator of controversial/alternative Archeology/History, an effective communicator, and a deep thinker - but his know-it-all pedagogy in this book is nonsensical. He sounds like a lecturer who has no idea what he's talking about but pretends that he does.
As to presentation: Reader David Stifel is distinctly below-average. Don't get me wrong, his diction, cadence, pacing, and tone are professional - he's an effective narrator dedicated to his craft and clearly interested in what he's reading - but his nasal reading timbre, often borderline shrill emphasis, and occasional overenunciation make the recording oddly annoying at times.
In toto, 'War of the Gods' is a disappointing read. It was a relatively entertaining distraction for a couple of quiet afternoons as a 'Plus' selection, but the 3.5/10-star book was poorly delivered and frankly insulting to my intelligence. It's not worth a Credit if they ask for one. Von Däniken's earlier books are more contemplative and much more thought-provoking. Stick with those.
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