Book description
Scientific proof validating the legends and myths of ancient floods, fires, and weather extremes
* Presents scientific evidence revealing the cause of the end of the last ice age and the cycles of geological events and species extinctions that followed
* Connects physical data to the dramatic earth changes recounted…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a great introduction to the science of the Younger Dryas impact. Published a year before the seminal paper of Firestone et al. (2007), it makes the case for a devastating cosmic event, probably a meteor or comet impact, circa 10850 BC.
The book combines science with historical accounts and mythology to arrive at this stunning conclusion. Although I think some of the evidence in the book is speculative and possibly wrong, I think their main arguments in 2006 have held up well to intense scrutiny by critics since then. I consider this book to be another essential read…
From Martin's list on coherent catastrophism.
If you love The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes...
The Rosewood Penny
2023 Queer Indie Award Nominee!
The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction.
On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive…
Want books like The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 26 books like The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes.
Share your top 3 reads of 2025!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,343
readers submitted
so far, will you?
📚 If you like The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes, you might also like...
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman
Kate from Jules et Jim meets I Love Dick.
A young woman filmmaker’s journey of self-discovery, set against a backdrop of the sexual liberation movement of the 1970s and 1980s. In Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman, we follow Ana Fried as she faces the ultimate…
Malcolm Before X
Malcolm Before X is about finding a way to continue moving forward after everything has been taken from you. While in prison, Malcolm Little discovered the power of reading and found a way to transform his character and become a better man. This half-biography focuses on that transformation, especially his…
