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Subject: Skeptics' Library
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The following bibliography was compiled by John Thomas and James Rusk 
for the North Texas Skeptics.  Free use may be made of this list to 
promote the understanding of the subjects referenced here, but no 
commercial use should be made without the consent of the authors.

Printed copies of this list may be obtained from the NTS for free
while supplies last.  This file was produced by OCR conversion of a 
typeset work.  To that extent, some character substitutions may be 
present, for which I apologize.  Also, the printed document used 
italics and bold where appropriate.  These were naturally discarded in 
the conversion to plain text.
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                         Scientists Confront Pseudoscience

                          A Bibliography for Librarians

                                Distributed by:
                              North Texas Skeptics
                                P.O. Box 111794
                           Carrollton, TX 75011-1794
                               (214) 416-8038

                                 Fall, 1990

           General

Abell, George and Barry Singer, eds., Science and the Paranormal,
Scribners, 1983, P-$13.95, ISBN 0-684-17820-6.

Asimov, Isaac, The Roving Mind, Prometheus Books, 1983, H-$21.95,
ISBN 0-87975-201-7; P-$15.95, ISBN 0-87975-315-3.

Cazeau, Charles J. and Stuart D. Scott, Jr., Exploring the Unknown:
Great Mysteries Reexamined, Plenum Press, 1979, H-$18.95, 
ISBN 0-306-40210-6.

de Camp, L. Sprague, The Fringe of the Unknown, Prometheus 
Books, 1983, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-217-3.

de Camp, L. Sprague, The Ragged Edge of Science, Owlswick 
Press, 1980, H-$16.00, ISBN 0-913896-06-3.

Frazier, Kendrick, ed., Paranormal Borderlands of Science, 
Prometheus Books, 1981, P-$17.95, ISBN 0-87975-148-7.

Frazier, Kendrick, ed., Science Confronts the paranormal 
Prometheus Books, 1985, P-$17.95, ISBN 0-87975-314-5.

Gardner, Martin, Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, 
Dover, 1957, P-$6.50, ISBN 0-486-20394-8.

Gardner, Martin, Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus, Prometheus 
Books, 1981, P-$15.95, ISBN 0-87975-573-3.

Goran, Morris, Fact, and, and Fantasy: The occult and 
Pseudosciences, Littlefield, 1980, P-$7.95, ISBN 0-8226-
0356-X.

Hines, Terence.  Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: A 
Critical Examination of the Evidence, Prometheus Books, 
1987, P-$17.95, ISBN 0-87975-419-2.

MacKay, Charles, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the 
Madness of Crowds, Templeton, 1985 (original 1841), H-
$24.95, ISBN 0934405-00-X; P- 3 editions available.

Nickell, Joe and John F. Fischer, Secrets of the 
Supernatural: Investigating the World's Occult Mysteries, 
Prometheus Books, 1988, H-$18.95, ISBN 0-87975-461-3.

Paulos, John Allen, Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and 
Its Consequences, Hill and Wang, 1988, H-$16.95, ISBN 0-8090-74478.

Randi, James, Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns and Other 
Delusions, Prometheus Books, 1982, P-$12.95, ISBN 0-87975-1983.

Rothman, Milton A., A Physicist's Guide to Skepticism 
Prometheus Books, 1988, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-440-0.

Sagan, Carl, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of 
Science, Random House, 1979, H-$14.95, ISBN 0-394-50169-1.

Schultz, Ted, ed., The Fringes of Reason: A Whole Earth 
Catalog, Harmony Books, 1989, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-517-57165-X.

Stanovich, Keith E., How to Think Straight About Psychology, 
2nd ed., Scott Foresman and Company, 1989, P-price not set, 
ISBN 0-67338412-8.

             Astrology

Bok, Bart J. and Lawrence E. Jerome, Objections to 
Astrology, Prometheus Books, 1975, P-$10.95, ISBN 0-87975-059-6.

Culver, Roger B., Sun Sign Sunset: A Statistical 
Investigation of the Claims of Sun Sign Astrology, Pachart 
Publishing House, 1980, P$9.95, ISBN 0-912918-00-4.

Culver, Roger B. and Phillip A. Ianna, Astrology: True or 
False? A Scientific Evaluation, Prometheus Books, 1988, P-
$14.95, ISBN 087975-483-4.

Gauquelin, Michel, Dreams and Illusions of Astrology, 
Prometheus Books, 1979, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-099-5.

Jerome, Lawrence, Astrology Disproved, Prometheus Books, 
1977, H$22.95, ISBN 0-87975-067-7.

          UFO's

Billig, Otto, Flying Saucers: Magic in the Skies, Schenkman 
Books, 1982, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87073-833-X; P-$11.95, ISBN 0-87073940-9.

Klass, Phillip, UFO'S: The Public Deceived, Prometheus 
Books, 1986, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-203-3; 1986, P-$14.95, 
ISBN 0-87975322-6.

Klass, Phillip, UFO-Abductions: A Dangerous Game, Prometheus 
Books, 1988: 1989 (updated), P-$16.95, ISBN 0-87975-509-1.

Oberg, James, UFO'S and Outer Space Mysteries, Donning, 
1982, P$6.95, ISBN 0-89865-102-6.

Sagan, Carl and Thornton Page, eds., UFO'S: A Scientific  
Debate, Norton, 1974, P-$8.95,  ISBN 0-393-00739-1.

Sheaffer, Robert, The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence, 
Prometheus Books, 1986, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-338-2.

        Ancient Astronauts and Cult Archaeology

de Camp, L. Sprague, The Ancient Engineers, Ballantine 
Books, 1988, P-$4.95, ISBN 0-345-00876-6.

de Camp, L. Sprague, Lost Continents: The Atlantis Theme, 
Dover, 1970, P-$6.50, ISBN 0-486-22668-9.

De Mille, Richard, ed., The Don Juan Papers: Further 
Castaneda Controversies, Ross-Erikson, 1979, H-$19.95, ISBN 
0-915520-257; P-(write for information), 1990,
ISBN 0-534-12150-0, Wadsworth Press.

Hadingham, Evan, Lines to the Mountain Gods: Nazca and the 
Mysteries of Peru Random House, 1986, H-$22.50, ISBN 0-394-
54235-5-, University of Oklahoma Press, 1988, P-$16.95, ISBN 
08061-2130-0.

Harrold, Francis and Raymond Eve, eds., Cult Archaeology and 
Creationism: Understanding Pseudoscientific Beliefs about the 
Past, University of Iowa Press, 1987, H-$20.00, ISBN 0-87745-176-1.

Stiebing, William H., Ancient Astronauts, Cosmic Collisions, 
and other Popular Theories about Man's Past, Prometheus 
Books, 1984, P$13.95, ISBN 0-87975-285-8.

           Velikovsky

Bauer, Henry, Beyond Velikovsky: The History of a Public 
Controversy, University of Illinois Press, 1984, H-$21.95, 
ISBN 0-252-01104-X.

Goldsmith, Donald, ed., Scientists Confront Velikovsky, 
Norton, 1979, P-$3.95, ISBN 0-393-00928-9.

          Bermuda Triangle

Kusche, Larry, The Bermuda Triangle Mystery - Solved, 
Prometheus Books, 1986, P-$16.95, ISBN 0-87975-330-7.

          Creationism

Dawkins, Richard, The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence for 
Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design, Norton, 1986, H-
$18.95, ISBN 0-393-02216-1; 1987, P-$7.95, ISBN 0-393-30448-5.

Frye, Roland M., Is God a Creationist? The Religious Case 
against Creation-science, Scribners, 1983, P-text edition by 
Macmillan, ISBN 0-02-339560-5.

Futuyma, Douglas J., Science on Trial: The Case for 
Evolution, Pantheon Books, 1982, P-$10.36, ISBN 0-394-70679-X.

Godfrey, Laurie R., ed., Scientists Con Confront 
Creationism, W. W. Norton,
1983, P-$9.95, ISBN 0-393-30154-0.

Hanson, Robert, ed., Science and Creation: GeologicaL 
Theological and Educational Perspectives, Macmillan 
Publishing Co., 1985, H-$24.95, ISBN 0-02-949870-8.

Kitcher, Phillip, Abusing Science: The Case against 
Creationism, The MIT Press, 1982, P-$9.95, ISBN 0-262-61037-X.

McGowan, Chris, In the Beginning: A Scientist Shows Why the 
Creationists Are Wrong, Prometheus Books, 1984, P-$14.95, 
ISBN 0-87975-240-8.

Montagu, Ashley, ed., Science and Creationism Oxford 
University Press, 1984, P-$13.95, ISBN 0-19-503253-5.

Newell, Norman D., Creation and Evolution: Myth or Reality? 
Columbia University Press, 1982, H-$25.00, ISBN 0-231-05348-7;
Praeger, 1984, P-$12.95, ISBN 0-275-91792-4.

Pastrier, Stephen and William Haviland, eds., Confronting 
the Creationists, American Anthropological Association, 
1982, H-$6.00, ISBN 0-317-66352-6.

Ruse, Michael, Darwinism Defended: A Guide to the Evolution 
Controversies, Benjamin-Cummings, 1982, P-$25.95, ISBN 0-20106273-9.

Ruse, Michael, But Is It Science? The Philosophical Question 
in the Evolution-Creation Controversy, Prometheus Books, 
1988, H$24.95, ISBN 0-87975-439-7.

Strahler, Arthur N., Science and Earth History: The 
Evolution/Creation Controversy, Prometheus Books, 1987, H-$39.95, 
ISBN 0-87975414-1.

Walker, K. R., ed., The Evolution-Creation Controversy, 
University of Tennessee, Dept. of Geological Sciences, no 
date, P-$6.50, ISBN 09131377-00-5.

Wilson, David B., ed., Did the Devil Make Darwin Do It? Iowa 
State University Press, 1983, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-8138-0434-5.

          ESP and Psychic Powers

Alcock, James E., Parapsychology: Science or Magic? Pergamon 
Press, 1981, H-$61-00, ISBN 0-08-025773-9-, P-$25.00, ISBN 
0-08025772-0.

Alcock, James E., Science and Supernature: A Critical 
Appraisal of Parapsychology, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$24.95,
ISBN 087975-548-2.

Blackmore, Susan, The Adventures of a Parapsychologist, 
Prometheus Books, 1986, H-$22.95, ISBN 0-87975-360-9.

Blackmore, Susan, Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-
of-the-Body Experiences, Academy Chicago Pubs., 1990, P-$8.95, 
ISBN 089733-344-6.

Booth, John, Psychic Paradoxes, Prometheus Books, 1986, P-$14.95, 
ISBN 0-87975-358-7.

Flew, Antony, ed., Readings in the philosophical Problems of 
parapsychology, Prometheus Books, 1986, H-$25.95, ISBN 0-87975-382-X; 
P-$17.95, ISBN 0-87975-385-4.

Gardner, Martin, How Not to Test a Psychic: A Study of the 
Remarkable Experiments with Renowned Clairvoyant Pavel 
Stepanek, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$24.95, ISBN 0-87975-5121.

Gardner, Martin, ed., The Wreck of the Titanic Foretold? 
Prometheus Books, 1986, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-321-8.

Gordon, Henry, Extrasensory Deception, Prometheus Books, 
1988, H$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-407-9.

Hall, Trevor H., The Enigma of Daniel Home: Medium or Fraud? 
Prometheus Books, 1984, H-$21.95, ISBN 0-87975-236-X.

Hall, Trevor H., The Medium and the Scientist: The Story of 
Florence Cook and William Crookes, Prometheus Books, 1985, 
H-$21.95, ISBN 0-87975-276-9.

Hansel, C. E. M., The Search for Psychic Power.  ESP and 
Parapsychology Revisited, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$24.95, 
ISBN 0-8797-D-516-4; P-$16.95, ISBN 0-87975-533-4.

Harris, Melvin, Investigating the Unexplained, Prometheus 
Books, 1986, H-$20.95, ISBN 0-87975-367-6.

Houdini, Harry, Miracle Mongers and their Methods: A 
Complete Expose, Prometheus Books, 1981 (original 1920), H-$18.95, 
ISBN 0-87975-143-6.

Hyman, Ray, The Elusive Quarry: A Scientific Appraisal of 
Psychical Research, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$24.95, ISBN 
0-87975-5040.

Kurtz, Paul, ed., A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology, 
Prometheus Books, 1985, H-$35.95, ISBN 0-87975-302-1; P-$18.95, 
ISBN 087975-300-5.

McGervey, John D., Probabilities in Everyday Life, Nelson-
Hall, 1986, H-$23.95, ISBN 0-8304-1045-7; Ivy Books, 1989, 
$3.95, ISBN 0804-0532-4.

Marks, David and Richard Kammann, The Psychology of the 
Psychic, Prometheus Books, 1980, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-121-5; 
P$15.95, ISBN 0-87975-122-3.

Randi.  James, The truth about Uri Geller, Prometheus Books, 
1982, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-199-1.

Reed, Graham, The Psychology of Anomalous Experience, 
revised edition, Prometheus Books, 1988, P-$16.95, ISBN 0-87975-435-4.

Stenger, Victor J., Physics and Psychics: The Search for a 
World Beyond the Senses, Prometheus Books, 1990, H-$22.95, 
ISBN 087975-575-X.

         Shroud of Turin

Nickell, Joe, Inquest on the Shroud of Turin, Prometheus 
Books, 1983, 1987, P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-396-X.

         Animal Mysteries

Binns, Ronald, The Loch Ness Mystery Solved, Prometheus 
Books, 1985, H-$20.95, ISBN 0-87975-278-5; P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975291-2.

           Dowsing

Vogt, Evon, and Ray Hyman, Water Witching U. S. A., 2nd. 
ed., The University of Chicago Press, 1979, P-$10.95, 
ISBN 0-226-86297-6.

           Faith Healing

Brenneman, Richard, Deadly Blessings: Faith Healing on Trial 
Prometheus Books, 1990, H-$21.95, ISBN 0-87975-580-6.

Randi, James, The Faith Heaters, Prometheus Books, 1988, 
Rev. ed., H-$18.95, ISBN 0-87975-369-2; 1989, P-$18.95, 
ISBN 0-87975369-2.

           Handwriting Analysis

Beyerstein, Barry L. and Dale F. Beyerstein, eds., The Write 
Stuff: Evaluations of Graphology, the Study of Handwriting 
Analysis, Prometheus, 1990, H-$24.95, ISBN 0-87975-612-8; 
P-$14.95, ISBN 0-87975-613-6.

Nevo, Baruch, ed., Scientific Aspects of Graphology: A 
Handbook, Charles G. Thomas, 1987, H-$44.75, ISBN 0-398-05245-X.

          Medical Pseudoscience

Bender, Arnold, Health or Hoax? The Truth about Health Foods 
and Diets, Prometheus Books, 1986, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-318-8.

Jerome, Lawrence E., Crystal Power: The [Ultimate Placebo 
Effect, Prometheus Books, 1989, H-$18.95, ISBN 0-87975-514-8; 
P$12.95, ISBN 0-87975-532-6.

Stalker, Douglas and Clark Glymour, eds., Examining Holistic 
Medicine, Prometheus Books, 1985, H-$25.95, ISBN 0-87975-303x

Sullivan-Fowler, Micaela, Alternate Therapies, Unproven 
Methods, and Health Fraud, American Medical Association, 
1988, P-$20.00, ISBN 0-89970-319-4.

          The "New Age"

Basil, Robert, ed., Not Necessarily the New Age: Critical 
Essays, Prometheus Book, 1988, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-490-7.

Gardner, Martin, The New Age: Notes of a Fringe Watcher, 
Prometheus Books, 1988, H-$19.95, ISBN 0-87975-432-X.

Gordon, Henry, Channeling into the New Age: The "Teachings" 
of Shirley MacLaine and Others, Prometheus Books, 1988, H-$18.95, 
ISBN 0-87975-503-2; P-$11.95, ISBN 0-87975-462-1.

        Satanism
        
Carlson, Shawn and Gerald Larue, Satanism in America, Gaia 
Press, P. 0. Box 466, El Cerrito, CA 94530-0466, 1988, P-$12.95 
(no ISBN available).

Hicks, Robert D., In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the 
Occult, Prometheus Books, 1990, H-$23.95, ISBN 0-87975-604-7.
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| John Blanton                                                    |
| Secretary, North Texas Skeptics                                 |
| blanton@lobby.ti.com                                            |
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