Genesis

i read this book twice back in the eighties and whanted to read it againe but the only place that i could find it was at amazon. this book is as good now as it was when i first read it and the things that are written in it are a lot more plausable now than when i first read it.

Did the Nazis develop advanced technology during World War II and manage to hide it from their conquerers? Did they have round aircraft that could attain speeds beyond the sound barrier with unmatched maneuverability? In short, did the Nazis build flying saucers? This book alleges that they did, and although it is a novel, the author has based it on actual reports and used real people and real events in the story, which revolves around UFO investigators who manage to find the truth. That truth, as explicated in this book, is that all modern sightings of flying saucers, beginning in the 1890s, are NOT from outer space, but are from earth. They are the descendants of the highly secret Nazi programs to build advanced weapons. If any of this is true, it is a good thing WWII ended when it did because the outcome might have been very different if it had lasted longer and the Nazis could have completed their weapons programs. Trumans decision to drop the bomb may have been a very good one. The actual story of Genesis has some flaws and I thought some of the characters were a bit over the top, with crude profanity, drunkenness and insane behavior. Of course, facing threats and ridicule is never good for ones mental health, but I did not find the characters endearing, and the book does not actually have a main character. What makes this book a really good read is the ideas in it and the possibility that there could be some truth in these events. If this subject interests you, do a Google search on Nazis flying saucers and Antarctica and see what turns up. At the least, youll find the listings entertaining, if not a bit frightening. Harbinson wrote this book way back in 1980 (I acquired a 1983 printing of the paperback at a used book sale) and it seems the speculation on this topic is as strong as ever. More information has been made available since the fall of the Soviet Union, and the conspiracy theorists have been embellishing the basic plot as more bits of information appear about the Nazi dispersion after the war. Did some of them escape to underground facilities that had been built during the war in Antarctica? I dont think Nazi flying saucers is the answer to all the UFO sightings and alleged encounters, but neither can I dismiss (or forget) the intriguing plot of this book.

I had read the book back in the late 1980s and had wanted to re-read it. It did not hold the facination I previously had with the information presented. Maybe, the story line isnt as interesting because of all the programs on television which presents a different viewpoint.

I discovered this book when it first came out and fell in love with it. Cant tell you how many times Ive read it. Went out and found the other 4 books of the series although only 3 of the series is available on Kindle. It was written and released in full in Britain but not here in North America.

I dont have anything good to say about this book. I was looking for a book called Genesis when I found this one but this is not the one I was looking for. I will keep looking.

This was just a damn good story! Well written, hard to put down, amazingly original given the subject matter and it wrapped up in a very satisfactory manner. Of all the price O crap books that get turned in to screenplays, you finish this and wonder why no studio picked it up.

Though written so early in the modern UFO age (post-Roswell), some of Harbinsons fictional theses keep poking their heads from the morass that remains the subject all the way to the modern day. The abduction phenomena gets moderate treatment. It doesnt seem to describe the full range of reported phenomena yet will leave the reader with a fascination with exopolitics.

I think Ive read this five times since its first printing. Smart, scary ... maybe even close to true ... but at the very least, a great read.

I read this book as a young man (at the time quite fond of science fiction) shortly after it was first published. I remember that at the time it seemed to be a hard read and difficult to stay interested in. I recall that only the subject matter kept me plodding through until the ending. Years later I would remember the central concepts fondly, although I had forgotten the authors name and title. I finally decided now, in the early years of the 21st Century, so figure out if the book was really that bad, or if my relative youth during that first reading was to blame. After some Googling on the recalled subject matter, I decided that the book must be Genesis by Harbinson. I got a copy for my Kindle and dove in. Within the first few pages, I realized that my general dislike of the book back then was not due to my youth. It is quite simply a poorly written piece of literature. However, the central conceit remains strong and engaging. It is just too bad that the man who did the research and put the story together does not happen to have the skill or talent one expects from a good author. My major issues with Harbinsons writing style are listed below: - Boring structure, word use and syntax. In an opening passage about an encounter of a US Army bomber over WWII Germany, it seems like all statements issued by crew members are followed with the descriptive, he bawled. For example (and with paraphrasing on my part); Were all gonna die, bawled the captain. Theyre coming at us again, bawled the waist gunner. Aaiiieee, bawled the nose gunner. It really does read like that. While descriptive the first time it is used, it grows noticeable and tiresome after the first couple repetitions. Skilled authors know how to avoid this kind of thing. - Poor editing on the part of both the author and editor. Reading extended passages puts one in mind of History Channel documentaries, where after each commercial break a lot of the same information and personal introductions are repeated for those who joined the show in progress, or who have short memories. In a single paragraph, the same piece of information is restated, as if the author decided to relocate it and forgot to delete the original. This happens a LOT and draws attention to itself. - Lots of typos. We all make them, and I have probably made some in this hasty review, but jeeze! Maybe somebody made these errors when the text was retyped/scanned for Kindle....? I dont have the original printed version to check. But in what I am reading, there are many words that are missing, incomplete, or replaced by similar looking words that are clearly wrong. - Descriptive passages that just go on and on. Authors usually try to find a balance between not fleshing out characters, locations, and events thoroughly enough, and bloating the text with too much exposition. Harbinson goes for the latter, and my interest fades after a while. I have noticed many times that the text seems to be offering nothing new, with nothing advancing the story or my understanding of what is happening. Then I start skimming ahead, and two pages later it is still going on and I realize that if those two pages were deleted nobody would notice. It is almost like Harbinson simply thinks through the longest list of details, or longest rambling pointless discussion between two people, and just writes it all down without any authorly editing. - Inconsistent character identifiers. There are times when I just cannot get a grasp of who the author is talking about after the plot jumps around in time and place. It might be later in the paragraph or on the next page that I finally know. I finally say to my self, Oh! Last time he just referred to this character by his last name and now he is using the first name. Since I dont have this problem with any other books I read, I conclude that this is the authors shortcoming. (spoiler) Run-on sentence coming: Anyway, if you really like reading about an American genius who works with the greats of early aviation and rocketry development after already being far beyond their accomplishments, only to grow bored and defecting to the Nazis, only to use the German war resources for his own gains and finally running a secret empire with hidden bases and moving around by various flying saucers and pulling the strings of governments and research, you will still find this worth a read.

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