End Of The World

I'll ave a gander innit

From the Strange Attractor mailout:

[Mirage Men]
Not strictly an SA project, but the reason for our delayed publishing schedule is that my own book, 'Mirage Men: Adventures in Paranoia, Disinformation and UFOs', is due from Constable Robinson on 29 July 2010, priced £8.99. Detailing the 60-year role of the US military and civilian intelligence agencies in shaping and propagating popular myths about UFOs and extraterrestrial visitation, it's part ripping adventure yarn and part cultural history, with a smattering of conspiracy theory thrown in for good measure. 

Here's what the Constable web site has to say: 

'Seeking the truth about UFOs in America, Mark Pilkington and John Lundberg uncover a 60 year-old story stranger than any conspiracy thriller. Through the fascinating account of their quest Mark Pilkington reveals the long history of UFOria and its parallels in little known tales from the murky worlds of espionage, psychological warfare and advanced military technology. Along the way he discovers that the truth about flying saucers is stranger and more complex than either the ufologists or debunkers would have us believe. As he crossed the US meeting intelligence agents, disinformation specialists and UFO hunters Pilkington was confronted with a dizzying array of ever more outrageous claims and counter claims. As a result he began to suspect that, instead of covering up stories of crashed flying saucers, alien contacts and secret underground bases, the US intelligence agencies had actually been promoting them all along. Meanwhile he has to deal with his own uncertainties, the suspicions of the UFO community and a partner who is starting to believe that the conspiracy theorists might be right after all. With a fresh, funny and objective approach, Pilkington is the ideal guide to steer us through these strange territories, where nothing is quite as it seems and reality is just a matter of managing perceptions.'

I'll be available to talk about the book from early July, so if you'd like to invite me to your society meet, moot, festival, *radio* or TV programme, please do get in touch.

seems like a ready and willing guest