Books go extinct when they are out of print, rights fall into unknown hands, there are no digital editions, libraries worldwide do not or will not provide them and second-hand editions are sold out or disappearing (with rapidly increasing prices). Sometimes the last and only remaining trace is a footnote or citation in another book.
It is also common that an old book is out of print before “a new translation” is published, heavily edited in ways that make it impossible to compare to the original. This intellectual appropriation is done by publishers and scholars who add their own interpretations to the writings. Old knowledge subsequently disappears. There is only one way to respectfully revive old books out of print: facsimile.
Most of the disappearing books involve functional thought, which often contradicts mechanical, physicalist thought, which remains the dominant thought paradigm of our current age.
Examples of books going extinct in alphabetical order:
- Ameisen, Olivier (1953-2013). The End of My Addiction, 2008. Read more about this book by the French-American renowned cardiologist and pianist in my blog post Addiction Cure Suppressed.
- Baschwitz, Kurt (1886-1968). Journalist. His 5 books in several languages.
- Frankl, Viktor E. (1905-1997). Neurologist. The Unconscious God. The English edition.
- Ladenburg, Rudolf (1882-1952). Atomic physicist.
- Laing, Ronald D. (1927-1989). Psychiatrist. Most of his original non-fiction prehumous books.
- Larson, Martin Alfred (1897-1994). Historian. All of his 18 books published between 1927-1985.
- Moise, William (1922-1980). Painter, artist. History of the Discovery of the Life Energy (Documentary Supplement No. 2) (A-XII-EP The Red Thread of a Conspiracy), 1955.
- Reich, Wilhelm (1897-1957). Biophysicist and inventor. All approximately 30 prehumous books 1925-1957. Beware of “new translations”. Read more about this in my blog post The FBI and the Why of the Blue Sky.
- Tromp, Solco Walle (1909-1983). Geologist, biometeorologist. His 4 books including Biometeorology: The impact of the weather and climate on humans and their environment (animals and plants), 1947-1977.
- Wolfe, Theodore P. (1902-1954). Medical doctor. Emotional plague versus orgone biophysics; the 1947 campaign, 1948.
- Uexküll, Jakob von. (1864-1944). Biologist. His original prehumous books. Beware of “new translations”.
This list is a work in progress. If you notice a book going extinct, please email info@oldrevolutions.com
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