The book they wanted to burn

I have just realised that it's now almost a year since the publication of "The Stonehenge Bluestones."    Time flies when you are having fun.  It's an interesting experience, publishing a book which will inevitably make a large part of the potential readership furious.   That wasn't my intention in writing it, but I knew that the reaction from the archaeology establishment would be not exactly welcoming, since in the text certain senior academics come in for very heavy criticism.  So it's inevitable that many archaeologists will, on principle, refuse to buy it!  It's been difficult to get reviews in the media, and difficult to get bookshop / museum sales space since in many cases the key buyers are themselves a part of the archaeology establishment which probably sees me as a maverick if not a nutter!

But those who would rather see the book burned or banned will be disappointed, since it has been broadly very well received, especially by those who know something about the earth sciences -- so that give me confidence that my evidence and my arguments stand up well when under pressure.

Most gratifying is that the book has not been cited at all in assorted relevant publications written by MPP and his colleagues -- so that is a clear indication that they feel threatened by it.  Refusal to cite is  scientific malpractice, but it's also the greatest possible expression of respect.........

So the book will sell for years, and will fulfil its function of detailing the development of the twentieth century human transport myth and exposing the twenty-first century hoax of the bluestone quarries.  Truth will out.