badlands > March 10th, 2019, 02:42 AM
august > March 10th, 2019, 09:44 AM
Michael > March 10th, 2019, 05:09 PM
Boomstick > March 18th, 2019, 11:18 PM
august > March 19th, 2019, 10:13 AM
Agaricus > March 19th, 2019, 10:44 AM
Boomstick > March 23rd, 2019, 11:57 AM
august Wrote:I actually saw him speak, at the height of that first book's popularity, spring of 1976 I think. A kindhearted history teacher took me and another guy, knowing our parents would never
have ok'd us going somewhere on a school night. He drew maybe 3000 people - it was held in the university's basketball arena, and I assume it must have been free. And yes, some fundamentalist
tried to tell him he was a sinner, and got booed by the college crowd in attendance, and von Daniken did the Swiss equivalent of saying "well bless his heart.". :laugh: He was
fluent in English, but had a really really heavy accent. Plus, I think that fluency declined when he was answering questions off the top of his head, rather than delivering his practiced lecture. Pretty sure I
still have his autograph somewhere - will try to scan it if I get a chance.
Michael > March 24th, 2019, 06:48 PM