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 A light but interesting read. April 30, 2003
Ken Dannelley (Lake Jackson, TX United States)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
In "The Hunt for Zero Point", Nick Cook attempts to legitimize the search for anti gravity technology; a realm usually reserved for UFO's and conspiracy theory "researchers". Cooks thesis is as follows: Both the Russians and Americans secretly appropriated Nazi anti gravity technology after World War II. The UFO's people have been seeing ever since are not from outer space but flying disks secretly built by the USA (though the reason for this secrecy is never made entirely clear in "Zero Point"). Although Cook makes much of his JANES DEFENSE MONTHLY credentials, "Zero Point" is a surprisingly light read. Some of his sources are of dubious credibility (especially the use of Berlitz's book "The Philidelphia Experiment"). Furthermore, using REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND IMPORTANT EXPERTS HIDING BEHIND PSUEDONYMS as sources weakens Cooks thesis considerably and makes Cook sound like a typical conspiracy theorist . All this being said, Cook goes to great pains to walk a middle line between being a completly uncritical 'believer' in Nazi UFO/anti-gravity and being a completly derisive critic - an approach not seen often in books of this kind. This attempt to walk the middle line will displease both "believers" and "sceptics". Also, his detective novel writing style makes the topic easily understood for those new to it . Overall, "Zero Point" is a decent introduction to the smoke and mirrors world of "anti-gravity". It is a fun, light, and harmless read.
Great fiction! July 11, 2007
J. Brown (Southeast US)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm giving this book three points, but only for the author's considerable skills as a writer. The book is interesting and enjoyable, but the reader should understand up-front that it is purely speculative. If jumping to conclusions were an Olympic event, this book would surely take the gold. An enjoyable read, nevertheless.
So What Really Happened? September 24, 2002
Mark Kelly (Oxon Hill, MD United States)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book promises a lot of answers and delivers a lot of disjointed "facts." Were Nazi flying saucer experiments responsible for the "foo-fighters" reported by Allied planes? Did these become the stuff of which post-Roswell (or is it Rosewell?) sightings were made. Did that Russian and nutty Canadian really defy gravity? After reading this, I still don't know. Still, a diverting read if you are looking for something lightweight.
50 years? Why isn't this out yet? September 8, 2002
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I haven't read this book, but I have read the interview with Nick Cook at the Atlantic Unbound website, the new story at Jane's about antigravity and Boeing, and the reviews and summaries here at Amazon. This all leads me to one big question- if the Nazis had this technology close to working more than 50 years ago, then why isn't this working yet? You'd think, and I think, that if it was possible to get this technology to work, that in after 60 years and after spending billions they would have done it. This makes me think that either the whole idea of anti-gravity and zero-point energy is completely bogus, or that while the anti-gravity effect is real it isn't practically possible to implement it in a working useful device.
Why should we read the spoon-fed writings of a military-affairs journal editor? December 2, 2008
R. J. McCabe (Seattle)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
According to the book's jacket, Nick Cook was an "aviation editor of Jane's Defence Weekly, the worlds leading military-affairs journal". The way Mr. Cook relates his access to knowledge about "military-affairs" sounds like the typical "homer" sports writer's articles on his local team -- sit in a room with a speaker and regurgitate whatever you're told. Investigative reporting it ain't (or so it seems).
Why is this relevant to the book? Because while Mr Cook seems skeptical of anything that's not "official" he decides to spend years of his time and significant amounts of personal funds to investigate a line of thinking that says the military has been developing secret technologies in the "deep black" for 60+ years.
Perhaps he's pretending to be skeptical of "secret technologies" so you'll believe his story?
I had a bit of a hard time staying with the story as it meandered thru the series of mostly dead-ends as he travelled all over the world to meet various contacts who might "spill the beans" but never really do.
As should be expected, the book proves nothing, but does relate several interesting stories that will feed the faithful.
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