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Fringe-ology by Steve Volk

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Synopsis

Take a strange and unsettling trip into the heart of the paranormal universe as journalist Steve Volk goes in search of the answers to some of the most fundamental questions at the heart of human existence. Fringe-ology is a rollicking narrative journey into the unexplored territory where modern science and the paranormal converge. Reporter Steve Volk sits beside a world-famous psychologist who, after watching many patients die, concluded that death is not... more

About Steve Volk

STEVE VOLK is a longtime staff writer and regular contributor at Philadelphia magazine. His work has been published by Rolling Stone, Vibe, Men's Health, Men's... more


Published: June 5, 2012 by Harper Collins

Genre: Other. Non-fiction. 336 pages

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  • All Critics: 9
  • Positive: 8
  • Negative: 1
  • Paranormalia | 22 Jul 2011

    I can only admire Volk's extraordinary skill in pulling it off so well.

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  • Forteania | 16 Jul 2011

    Do yourself a favor and pick up this book.

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  • Examiner | 5 Jul 2011

    The book is certainly worth the time to read.

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  • Diademic | 25 Sep 2012

    Overall, I'd give this book a 4/5--it's a great, easy read, neither light nor dense but somewhere placidly in between.

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  • Birmingham Public Library | 30 Oct 2012

    It’s enormous fun to read, and you may come away from it feeling smarter, or at least feeling that your belief system is a bit less intact. 

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  • If You Write It | 20 Nov 2011

    By the end of Fringe-ology, Steve Volk has allowed himself-and encourages his readers-to give up on their hardline beliefs and take a chance on the idea that all believes have something going for them.

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  • Geekadelphia | 27 Jul 2011

    If you’re just looking for some great, thought-provoking storytelling, then Fringe-ology is the book for you.

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  • Parasociology | 22 Jul 2011

     I would not be surprise if this book is transformed into a television documentary about a journalist’s quest to understand the paranormal.

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  • Professor of Paranormal | 26 Jul 2011

    Judging by the reviews the book has received, I am fairly alone in my assessment here.

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