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I read Chariots of the Gods in the early seventies when I was young. Great book, very worth reading, so do continue and finish it. Is it real? I usually avoid the arguments, though much does seem a stretch, and yes, more so once you grow up and lose that view from a starry-eyed child. But the possibilities are fascinating if perhaps only a fraction of his claims were real. At any rate, having consumed this book at a young age set the stage for my own writing later. The ideas Von Daniken proposed are one example of many sources that inspired my story, in which the existence of non-earthlings goes far back into the past, well beyond Earth's limited recorded history. Fiction, of course. But still, the possibilities let the mind wander, and make for good reading.
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