The Science of the X-Files (The X-Files)

Keep watching the skies for more books like this one.


Iguanas and slam dancing and cancer - - Oh My!   May 25, 2000
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I had this be in my "to be read pile" for months. I would pick it up, peak at it and instead pick something I thought was more ***important*** to read. Let's face it work, friends and other distractions get in the way of reading - - hence I am forever behind. Big mistake on my part. For one thing, the chapters in the book are strong enough to be read on their own. Secondly. this book is immensely enjoyable and intelligent. I had some reservations that the book may be dry and dense - - but I stand corrected. Reading this book is like listening in to wonderful conversation. Jeanne Cavelos is witty, imaginative and brings the science down to earth. Not only would I recommend this to fans of the X-Files, but to anyone who grooves on science or has a sense of humor. Read the book and discover the relationship between owls, people and grapefruit!


"Better Than The Movie" (and the show).   March 26, 1999
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

In this illuminating book,Jeanne Cavelos carries you far, far beyond the distorted and spacey feelings that some get from actually sitting too-still through the soma-like flow of the "X-Files". The book leaps and vibrates beyond the limits of the screen with a more immediate and gritty intellectual presence. Sometimes I watch the X-files...to relax. This book is much more exciting than I expected because she helps you to believe that many of these bizarre things...can actually happen. I'ts a lot scarier, and vastly more interesting when you are shown that very much of what you thought was science fantasy(or science fiction)--is, more accurately embodied in the single root word...SCIENCE.


Okay book, but really, how far can you take this?   March 1, 1999
 3 out of 5 found this review helpful

This was an interesting read, and yes, I'm a fan of the show, but really this book is aimed at those fan-boy types who have every other piece of X-Files memorobilia and need some more. The author does an excellent job of applying ground-breaking scientific research to the scenarios which are present in the shows, however, I, at times found myself saying "Who cares that much?!?!" Also, the book makes no mention of all of the episodes and phenomena for which there is no scientific explanation, theory, or even a guess.

All in all, it's an interesting read, but I think she's carried the X-Files a bit too far.


Peccadillos   February 15, 1999
 1 out of 7 found this review helpful

Often in these book reviews if a book is generally rated four or five stars, there are occasional one star ratings. I understand that there is variation between different people, and what may be a masterpiece to one person is crap to another. There are many classics I perceive as crap. The idea I am getting at is: If a person is guaranteed to hate a book, then why do they spend money on it? Why do they read it? Why do they review it for crying out loud? An X-Files book should be read by fans of the X-Files. People who hate the X-Files should stay away from it. Instead of condemning 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' I write a deserved praising of 'The Fountainhead.' Yes, I have been been bitching about something that is unimportant. I don't care. The entire purpose of this review (Though I am not actually reviewing the book.) is to raise the average rating of the book.