This is another brilliant book by Jonathan Downes who I have followed at cfz ever since started reading the Fortean times and saw articles about the weird weekend which he has been involved for some time, i had always wanted to go to one but it's quite a distance for me and I'm in pain alot ..I digress,
I love the cyptozoology and mysterys so this book works well for me and I have to say that i haven't seen as many footnotes since my days of reading Terry Pratchett !
There is no such thing as too much information.
In fact this book is so good I'm now sad that it ended.
Cheers Jonathan,
God bless and drink up ;-)
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The Song of Panne (Being Mainly about Elephants) Paperback – 17 Sept. 2015
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Jonathan Downes
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A tired, crippled man in late middle age gets an unexpected visitor from his less then salubrious past. With him is something out of the pages of Greek mythology. The author finds himself deep in an arcane tangle of lies, half-truths and impossibilities. Against his better judgement, he has no option but to act. If this is a story, it's a bloody good one. If this is truth then the world you know is about to change forever.
- Print length184 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherFortean Fiction
- Publication date17 Sept. 2015
- Dimensions15.6 x 0.99 x 23.39 cm
- ISBN-101909488364
- ISBN-13978-1909488366
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About the Author
Jonathan Downes (born Portsmouth, England, in 1959) is a naturalist, cryptozoologist, author, editor, film-maker, poet, activist, journalist, composer and singer-songwriter, with a background in radical politics and mental health care. He is Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology. His father, the explorer and Colonial Service Officer J. T. Downes (1925 2006), wrote several books on a wide range of subjects, such as African history, theology and the Devonshire dialect. His mother Mary Downes (née Rawlins) (1922 2002) was a broadcaster and author who published several collections of Nigerian folklore under the pen-name `Yar Kunama` He is currently (since 1994) the editor of Animals & Men; the journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, and since 2012 has been the editor of Gonzo Weekly, a digital music magazine, between 2007-10 was the editor of The Amateur Naturalist (formerly `Exotic Pets`) - a magazine published by CFZ Press, the editor of the online magazine blog `Cryptozoology:Online`, and from January 2003 until August 2007 was the Deputy Editor of Tropical World magazine, a tropical fish magazine published in the UK. From 2012-3 he was the editor of UFO Matrix magazine, published by 11th Dimension Publishing. He has also edited and contributed to several other publications over the years.
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- Publisher : Fortean Fiction (17 Sept. 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 184 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1909488364
- ISBN-13 : 978-1909488366
- Dimensions : 15.6 x 0.99 x 23.39 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 194,034 in Science Fiction (Books)
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THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD about pann and elephants...
This is another brilliant book by Jonathan Downes who I have followed at cfz ever since started reading the Fortean times and saw articles about the weird weekend which he has been involved for some time, i had always wanted to go to one but it's quite a distance for me and I'm in pain alot ..I digress, I love the cyptozoology and mysterys so this book works well for me and I have to say that i haven't seen as many footnotes since my days of reading Terry Pratchett ! There is no such thing as too much information. In fact this book is so good I'm now sad that it ended. Cheers Jonathan, God bless and drink up ;-)
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 April 20185.0 out of 5 starsThis is another brilliant book by Jonathan Downes who I have followed at cfz ever since started reading the Fortean times and saw articles about the weird weekend which he has been involved for some time, i had always wanted to go to one but it's quite a distance for me and I'm in pain alot ..I digress,
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD about pann and elephants...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2018
I love the cyptozoology and mysterys so this book works well for me and I have to say that i haven't seen as many footnotes since my days of reading Terry Pratchett !
There is no such thing as too much information.
In fact this book is so good I'm now sad that it ended.
Cheers Jonathan,
God bless and drink up ;-)
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