Donna Kossy

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Donna J. Kossy (* 1957 ) is an American writer and magazine editor. According to Wired magazine , she is "an expert on kooks who has a real, if sometimes uncomfortable, affection for her subjects."

activity

In her work, Donna Kossy deals intensively with the lives and theories of people who are generally regarded as eccentrics, weirdos or crazy people and are often referred to in America as “Kooks” or “ Crackpots ”. In this sense, she has examined the theories of personalities such as Helena Blavatsky , Francis Galton , Oscar Kiss Maerth and Erich von Däniken in depth in her books . Bruce Sterling wrote of Donna Kossy's work that every science fiction writer should own her book on the "Kooks". The “Kooks Museum” project initiated by Kossy is “a virtual exhibition space with stories of oppression and prejudice.” Donna Kossy maintains close ties to the American religious parody of the “Church of the SubGenius”, to whose prominent exponent Ken DeVries married is.

Works

Books

  • 1994: Kooks: A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief . Portland, OR: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-19-9 .
  • 1995: "Kook's Outtakes." Portland, OR
  • 2001: Strange Creations: Aberrant Ideas of Human Origins from Ancient Astronauts to Aquatic Apes. Los Angeles: Feral House. ISBN 978-0-922915-65-1 .

Published magazines

  • "False Positive" (aka "False Positive Magazine") 1984–1988
  • "Kooks Magazine" (aka "The Original Donna Kossy's Kooks Magazine") 1988-1991 ISSN  1045-103X
  • "Book Happy" (aka "Book Happy Magazine") 1997-2002

Single receipts

  1. ↑ Rogier van Bakel, "Street Cred: A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief" (book review) , Wired , Issue 3.09, September 1995
  2. ↑ Jeff Bagato, "Kooks Chronicles: Strange Creations." In: Washington City Paper , May 17–23, 2002 (Vol. 22, No. 20) ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Colin Bennett: "Strange Creations / Kooks" ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Fortean Times , May 2001 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.washingtoncitypaper.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.forteantimes.com
  3. ↑ "Kooks (2nd Edition)" ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Turnaround Publisher Services.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.turnaround-uk.com
  4. ↑ Angela MT Reinders: Approaches and analyzes to the religious dimension of cyberspace. Berlin 2006 ( ISBN 3-8258-8506-2 ), p. 156, note 471.
  5. ^ Greg Bishop: Wake Up Down There !: The Excluded Middle Anthology. Los Angeles 2000, ISBN 0-932-813-82-8 , p. 433
personal data
SURNAME Kossy, Donna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kossy, Donna J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and editor
DATE OF BIRTH 1957