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Fortean Times is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort. Previously published by John Brown Publishing and then I Feel Good Publishing, it is now published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. Its circulation is approximately 40,000 copies monthly. [1] An anomalous phenomenon is an observed phenomenon for which there is no suitable explanation in the context of a specific body of scientific knowledge, e. ... Charles Fort, 1920 Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 - May 3, 1932), writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena, was the son of an Albany grocer of Dutch ancestry. ... Dennis Logo Dennis Publishing Ltd. ...


The magazine was co-founded by Bob Rickard and Paul Sieveking in November 1973 to continue Fort's work. Bob was the original editor, but he has handed the editorship to David Sutton, although he still works on the magazine. Paul is also still active and edits the letters page as well as some specialist topics. Bob Rickard founded the Fortean Times, a magazine of anomalous phenomena, in 1973 and has written hundreds of articles on a wide range of topic. ... Paul Sieveking is, along with Bob Rickard, the co-founding editor of the Fortean Times magazine. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... David Sutton is the current editor of the Fortean Times magazine. ...


The identification of correct original sources by contributors is a defining feature of the magazine, and indeed Charles Fort himself. However, the "objective reality" of these reports is not as important. Charles Fort, 1920 Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 - May 3, 1932), writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena, was the son of an Albany grocer of Dutch ancestry. ...


The magazine holds a regular convention, Fortean Times UnConvention (UnCon), in London, and has a popular official website. The site tracks Fortean news stories, holds a small archive of articles and photographs, and supports a busy message-board for discussion of Fortean topics. Nearly every year since 1994 the Fortean Times magazine has held its convention but, given its emphasis on strange phenomena, it is called the UnConvention or, more affectionately, UnCon. ... St. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ...


See also

This is a list of magazines (some now exclusively web-based) on anomalous and Fortean phenomena. ...

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Fortean Times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (307 words)
Fortean Times is a British monthly magazine devoted to the anomalous phenomena popularised by Charles Fort.
The magazine was founded by Bob Rickard as The News in 1973 in order to continue Fort's work, renaming it Fortean Times in 1976.
Its official website tracks Fortean news stories, holds a small archive of articles and photographs, and supports a busy message-board for discussion of Fortean topics.
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Fortean Times, on the other hand, perhaps because it has the luxurious benefit of perspective, presents this information with just the right degree of restrained British jocularity.
See, Fortean Times, instead of reading like the sociopathic rantings of a street-corner prophet, couches its facts in a distantly amused envelope - not mocking, but friendly and open-minded.
The editors shrewdly realize that the best way to infiltrate the general public is by passing off their astounding tales as bite-sized, ain't-it-weird, end-of-newscast anecdotes, and so the bulk of their material comes from those oddball news stories tucked in the creepy recesses of newspapers around the world.
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