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REVIEWS ® eer organisations, plus a footnoted bibliogra- B O Oo K S phy to assist the interested reader's further _ forays. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann If you're looking for inspiration for your would have liked. next holiday, this directory can take you aes by the editor-in-chief of to far-out places you never knew existed. Businn Dante tha hank inelidas undatac Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann would have liked. Compiled by the editor-in-chief of Fusion Facts, the book includes updates from this newsletter, and contains an appendix listing 96 cold fusion patent applications filed during 1989-91. It comes together with a quarterly-updated disc containing over 90 pages of cold fusion bibliography for the period 1989- 93, plus new material from Fusion Facts and other sources. Most of the over 1,200 articles listed are supportive of cold fusion's reality. The underlying emphasis of Cold Fusion Impact is to explain why it's so important that we develop enhanced energy systems (those that give more energy output than input). The book surveys the projected impact that cold fusion or, indeed, any over-unity energy system will have on a variety of industries, on agriculture, the environment and the financial community. Cold Fusion is an emerging science where small leaps are being made regular- ly by researchers worldwide—including its discoverers. The sooner it is taken more seriously, the sooner the emerging technology will become available. MYTHS W ORL D MYTHS OF THE WORLD A Thematic Encyclopedia by Michael Jordan Published by Kyle Cathie Limited (1993), 7/8 Hatherley Street, London SW1P 2QT, United Kingdom ; ISBN 1-85626-110-7 Price: AUD$54.95 (302pp hc) Available: Sydney Esoteric Bookshop. Students of mythology know how often similar myths crop up in different cultures regardless of boundaries of time and space. With the impressive range of sto- ries presented in this book, it strikes home just how rich our heritage is, and how similar human experience is down the ance THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF HAUNTED PLACES by Dennis William Hauck Published by Athanor Press (1994), PO Box 22201, Sacramento, CA 95822- 0201, USA; phone/fax (916) 424 4355 ISBN 0-9637914-1-9 Price: USD$24.95 (406pp, pb) Available: Athanor Press. Something strange going on in your neighbourhood? If you have a keen inter- est in the unexplained—and happen to live in the United States—you'll find this guidebook to supernatural phenomena spine-tingling reading. This would have to be the first com- pendium covering haunted houses, UFO locations and paranormal places across all 50 states. It details over 2,000 authenti- cated supernatural sites, each with addresses, phone numbers, travel direc- tions and, in many cases, photographs. The directory includes a nationwide con- tact list of parapsychology and related ages. The key feature of this book is that the global myths are grouped according to themes, rather than country or period of origin. Myths from many of the great cultures—Sumeria, Greece, Mexico, India, Polynesia, Egypt—fit together har- moniously. The stories cover the important concepts which touch all humanity: from creation, to birth, childhood, initiation, to death and the afterlife. Myths explaining love, 66°NEXUS en, AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1994