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NEWS October 2024
OCTOBER 2024 The recent cyber attack on the Internet Archive is deplorable and can be reasonably compared with the repeated burning of the Great Library of Alexandria. I have used the Wayback Machine extensively, but, until the full extent of the permanent damage is clear, I am unable to assess its effect on Atlantipedia. At […]Read More »
Joining The Dots
I have now published my new book, Joining The Dots, which offers a fresh look at the Atlantis mystery. I have addressed the critical questions of when, where and who, using Plato’s own words, tempered with some critical thinking and a modicum of common sense.Read More »
Asimov, Isaac
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was one of the most prolific writers of the 20th 
century. He was best known for his science fiction writing but also wrote many popular science books. His total output is reckoned to exceed 500 books, written or edited.
Asimov wrote the foreword to H. R. Stahel’s Atlantis Illustrated[0560] in which he expressed the view that Plato’s Atlantis story was inspired by the catastrophic destruction of Thera and then subsequently embellished it with a location in the far west.*Stahel’s text supports an Atlantic location centred on the Azores.*
Perhaps he expressed greater wisdom when he wrote that “There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.” –The Stars in Their Courses (1971)