Kenn Thomas
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Kenn Thomas is a conspiracy theorist, writer, university library archivist, and editor & publisher of Steamshovel Press, a parapolitical conspiracy magazine. He has written books on the Inslaw affair, co-authoring The Octopus with the late Jim Keith, and on Fred Crisman and the Maury Island Incident.
Thomas has authored over a dozen books on various conspiracy topics, including NASA, Nazis & JFK; Maury Island UFO, about possible John F. Kennedy assassination-connected personality Fred Crisman; and The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro, about the Inslaw affair. In 2004, Feral House published a new edition of The Octopus, extending its connections to the post 9/11 world and al Qaeda. Thomas calls his research interest “parapolitics,” the study of conspiracies of all colors -- from alien abductions and the Illuminati, to the John F. Kennedy assassination and the September 11, 2001 attacks (parapolitics). The New Yorker called his work “on the cutting edge” of conspiracy.[citation needed] His work has become proverbial enough that Baseball Prospectus 2002 by Joseph S. Sheehan and Chris Kahrl described conspiratorial activity in that sport as having "enough fishy behavior to keep Kenn Thomas swarming for years."
Thomas has appeared at Conspiracy Con in 2003,[1] and 2007.[2][3]
[edit] Bibliography
- Acid: A New Secret History of LSD, David Black (introduction by Kenn Thomas), Vision, UK, 2003, paperback, ISBN 1-901250-30-X
- The Arch Conspirator, Len Bracken (introduction by Kenn Thomas), AUP, US, 1999, paperback, ISBN 0-932813-72-0
- The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Acharya S (introduction by Kenn Thomas), AUP, US, 1999, paperback, ISBN 0-932813-74-7
- Cyberculture Counterconspiracy: A Steamshovel Web Reader, Book Tree, US, 2000, ISBN 1-58509-126-X (2 volumes)
- Inside the Gemstone File, Kenn Thomas and David Childress, AUP, US, 1999, ISBN 0-932813-66-6
- The Little Book of Conspiracies: A Paranoiac's Pocket Guide, Joel Levy (introduction by Kenn Thomas), Thunder's Mouth, US, 2005, paperback, ISBN 1-56025-723-7
- Maury Island UFO: The Crisman Conspiracy, IllumiNet, US, 1999, paperback ISBN 1-881532-19-4
- Mind Control, Oswald & JFK, AUP, US, 1997, paperback ISBN 0-932813-46-1
- NASA, Nazis & JFK: The Torbitt Document & the Kennedy Assassination, AUP, US, 1996 paperback, ISBN 0-932813-39-9
- The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro, with Jim Keith, Feral House, US, 2005, paperback, ISBN 0-922915-91-1
- Parapolitics: Conspiracy in Contemporary America, AUP, US, 2006, paperback, ISBN 1-931882-55-X
- Popular Alienation: A Steamshovel Press Reader, IllumiNet, US, 1995, paperback, ISBN 1-881532-07-0
- Popular Paranoia: A Steamshovel Press Anthology, AUP, US, November 2002, paperback, ISBN 1-931882-06-1
- Saucers of the Illuminati, Jim Keith (introduction by Kenn Thomas), AUP, US, 2004, paperback, ISBN 1-931882-24-X
- Shadow Government: 9/11 and State Terror, Len Bracken (introduction by Kenn Thomas), AUP, US, 2002, paperback, ISBN 1-931882-05-3
- William Cooper: Death Of A Conspiracy Salesman, various with contribution from Kenn Thomas, Inner Light, US, 2001, paperback, ISBN 1-892062-30-5