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3366: 833:. Fort lived most of his life in the Bronx. He was, like his wife, fond of movies, and often took her from their Ryer Avenue apartment to a movie theater nearby, stopping at an adjacent newsstand for an arm full of various newspapers. Fort frequented the parks near the Bronx, where he sifted through piles of clippings. He often rode the subway down to the main Public Library on Fifth Avenue, where he spent many hours reading scientific journals, newspapers, and periodicals from around the world. Fort also had literary friends who gathered at various apartments, including his own, to drink and talk. 1207:(first published in November 1973) is a proponent of Fortean journalism, combining humor, skepticism, and serious research into subjects that scientists and other respectable authorities often disdain. Another such group is the International Fortean Organization (INFO), which was formed during the early 1960s (incorporated in 1965) by brothers and writers Ron and Paul Willis, who acquired much of the material of the Fortean Society, which had largely ceased by 1959 with the death of Thayer. INFO publishes the 900:), Fort spoke of having often toyed with the idea of burning a collection of some 48,000 notes, and of one day letting "several" notes be blown away by the wind because he couldn't be bothered to save them (they were supposedly returned to him by a gentleman on a neighbouring park bench). The notes were kept on cards and scraps of paper in shoeboxes, in Fort's cramped handwriting. More than once, depressed and discouraged, Fort destroyed his work, but began anew. Some notes were published by the 51: 3385: 845:. Talk arose of the formation of a formal organization to study the type of odd events related by his books. Jerome Clark writes, "Fort himself, who did nothing to encourage any of this, found the idea hilarious. Yet he faithfully corresponded with his readers, some of whom had taken to investigating reports of anomalous phenomena and sending their findings to Fort". 1156:" regarding the anomalies they note and discuss. For Hecht, as an example, being a Fortean meant hallowing a pronounced distrust of authority in all its forms, whether religious, scientific, political, philosophical, or otherwise. It did not, of course, include an actual belief in the anomalous data enumerated in Fort's works. 1151:
Precisely what is encompassed by the term "Fortean" is a matter of great debate; the term is widely applied to people ranging from Fortean purists dedicated to Fort's methods and interests, to those with open and active acceptance of the actuality of paranormal phenomena, a belief with which Fort may
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of human beings'—especially scientists'—claims to ultimate knowledge". Clark described Fort's writing style as a "distinctive blend of mocking humor, penetrating insight, and calculated outrageousness". Fort was skeptical of sciences and wrote his own mocking explanations to defy scientists who used
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and Joseph P. Laycock view Fort as a pioneering theorist who helped define "paranormal" as a discursive category and provided insight into its importance in human experience. Consistently critical of how science studied abnormal phenomena in his day, Fort remains a point of reference for those who
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in their chosen phenomena—an attitude exactly contrary to Forteanism. Fort did hold unofficial meetings and had a long history of getting together informally with many of New York City's literati such as Dreiser and Hecht at their apartments, where they would talk, have a meal, and then listen to
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Fort, however, rejected the society and refused the presidency, which went to his friend Dreiser; he was lured to its inaugural meeting by false telegrams. As a strict nonauthoritarian, Fort refused to establish himself as an authority, and further objected on the grounds that those who would be
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wrote: "Reading Fort is a ride on a comet; if the traveler returns to earth after the journey, he will find, after his first dizziness has worn off, a new and exhilarating emotion that will color and correct all his future reading of less heady scientific literature."
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Wilson called Fort's writing style "atrocious" and "almost unreadable", yet despite his objections to Fort's prose, he allowed that "the facts are certainly astonishing enough." In the end, Fort's work gave him "the feeling that no matter how honest scientists
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and organizes the FortFest, the world's first continuously running conference on anomalous phenomena dedicated to the spirit of Charles Fort. INFO, since the mid-1960s, also provides audio CDs and filmed DVDs of notable conference speakers, including
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said that he suspected that Fort took few if any of his "explanations" seriously, and noted that Fort made "no attempt to present a coherent argument". He described Fort as "a patron saint of cranks" while at the same time he compared Fort to
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More than a few modern authors of fiction and nonfiction who have written about the influence of Fort are sincere devotees of Fort. One of the most notable is British philosopher John Michell, who wrote the introduction to the edition of
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in 1959, most were donated to the New York Public Library, where they are still available to researchers. Material created by Fort has also survived as part of the papers of Theodore Dreiser, held at the University of Pennsylvania.
1452:(1999) has an underlying theme of unexplained events, taken from the 1920s and '30s works of Charles Fort. Fortean author Loren Coleman has written a chapter about this motion picture, entitled "The Teleporting Animals and 1456:", in one of his recent books. The film has many hidden Fortean themes, notably "falling frogs". In one scene, one of Fort's books is visible on a table in a library and an end credit thanks him by name. In the 2011 film 1163:, and organized by fellow American writer Thayer, half in earnest and half in the spirit of great good humor, like the works of Fort himself. The board of founders included Dreiser, Hecht, Tarkington, Powys, 3019:(1970) is a dated but valuable biographical resource, detailing Fort's early life, his pre-'Fortean' period and also provides chapters on the Fortean society and brief studies of Fort's work in relation to 772:. For a few years, the newly married couple lived in poverty in the Bronx while Fort tried to earn a living writing stories for newspapers and magazines. In 1906, he began to collect accounts of anomalies. 826:(1919), which Dreiser helped to get published. The title referred to "damned" data that Fort collected, phenomena for which science could not account, and that was thus rejected or ignored. 1391:--“By the damned, I mean the excluded”; “By prostitution, I mean usefulness”—and paraphrases him from the same book: “Charles Fort says maybe we’re fished for, by supercelestial beings.” 396: 1360:, pays homage to the coiner of the term by naming the first teleporter "Charles Fort Jaunte". Fort's work, of compilation and commentary on anomalous phenomena has been carried on by 1159:
The Fortean Society was initiated at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel in New York City on January 26, 1931, by some of Fort's friends, including such significant writers as Hecht, Dreiser, and
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Fort took thousands of notes during his lifetime. In his undated short story "The Giant, the Insect and The Philanthropic-looking Old Gentleman" (first published by the
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assumptions that prevent them from attaining true objectivity. Expressed in a sentence, Fort's principle goes something like this: People with a psychological need to
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were controlling events on Earth, and the second with the postulation of a sinister civilization extant at the South Pole. These books caught the attention of writer
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For more than 30 years, Fort visited libraries in New York City and London, assiduously reading scientific journals, newspapers, and magazines, collecting notes on
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Suffering from poor health and failing eyesight, Fort distrusted doctors and did not seek medical help for his worsening health. Rather, he emphasized completing
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not have agreed. Most generally, Forteans have a wide interest in unexplained phenomena, concerned mostly with the natural world, and have a developed "agnostic
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exists, into which all lost things go, and justified his theories by noting that they fit the data as well as the conventional explanations. As to whether Fort
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Fort's experience as a journalist, coupled with his wit and contrarian nature, prepared him for his real-life work, ridiculing the pretensions of scientific
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and to write full-time. In 1917, Fort's brother Clarence died; his portion of the same inheritance was divided between Fort and his other brother, Raymond.
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Sleigh, Charlotte (2017). "An outcry of silences': Charles Hoy Fort and the uncanny voices of science". In Mellor, Felicity; Webster, Stephen (eds.).
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is another Fortean, bringing his historian's training to bear on all manner of odd reports, while being careful to avoid uncritically accepting
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termed a Fortean classic. Coleman terms himself the first Vietnam era conscientious objector to base his pacificist ideas on Fortean thoughts.
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was also heavily influenced by Fort's work and mentions it often. Author Donald Jeffries referenced Charles Fort repeatedly in his 2007 novel
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Coleman, Loren (2007). "Mysterious America: The Ultimate Guide to the Nation's Weirdest Wonders, Strangest Spots, and Creepiest Creatures".
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attracted by such a group would be spiritualists, zealots, and those opposed to a science that rejected them; it would attract those who
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Fort's work has inspired some people to consider themselves "Forteans". The first of these was Hecht, a screenwriter, who in a review of
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and as sources of ideas. "Fortean" phenomena are events which seem to challenge the boundaries of accepted scientific knowledge, and the
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Fort and Anna lived intermittently in London between 1920 and 1928, so Fort could carry out research in the Reading Room of the
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to embark on a world tour to "put some capital in the bank of experience". He travelled through the western United States,
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this theory, or any of his other proposals, he himself noted, "I believe nothing of my own that I have ever written".
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being found and thoroughly read by one of the book's protagonists, and being an inspiration to the main characters.
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Notable literary contemporaries of Fort's openly admired his writing style and befriended him. Among these were:
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Examples of the odd phenomena in Fort's books include many occurrences of the sort variously referred to as
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and writer who found major success publishing similar oddities in a syndicated newspaper panel series named
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is similar to Knight's book, in German language, and contains more detailed chapters on Fort's philosophy.
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orthodoxy, be it that of fringe devotees or mainstream science. Science-fiction writers of note including
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His uncle Frank A. Fort died in 1916, and a modest inheritance gave Fort enough money to quit his various
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Fort published five books during his lifetime, including one novel. All five are available on-line (see
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on Charles Fort, characterising Fort's prose as "well-nigh unreadable, yet strangely exhilarating".
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This article is about the American writer, and source of the term "Fortean". For other uses, see
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Kidd, Ian James. "Holding the Fort: how science fiction preserved the name of Charles Fort" in
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The Fortean influence on science fiction : Charles Fort and the evolution of the genre
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ancestry. His father, a grocer, was an authoritarian, and in his unpublished autobiography
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in marvels are no more prejudiced and gullible than people with a psychological need
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Fort mentions the physical abuse he endured from his father. Fort's biographer,
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that were not explained well by the accepted theories and beliefs of the time.
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The silences of science : gaps and pauses in the communication of science
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Carroll, Robert Todd. "Fort, Charles (1874–1932)" (pp. 148–150 in
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also uses the works of Fort to illuminate his main characters, notably
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Politics of the Imagination: The Life, Work and Ideas of Charles Fort
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Boyle, Tanner F.; E. Palumbo, Donald; Sullivan III, C. W. (2021).
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has an entire chapter on Fort, "The Vanished Civilizations", in
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Fort was pleasantly surprised to find himself the subject of a
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and the tendency of journalists and editors of newspapers and
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The Book of the Damned: The Collected Works of Charles Fort
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in 1973 and renamed in 1976) investigates such phenomena.
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After he collapsed on May 3, 1932, Fort was rushed to
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Fort's collections of scientific anomalies, including
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Noted UK paranormalist, Fortean, and ordained priest
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Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural
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Tarcher/Penguin. p. 144. 1827: 1825: 1823: 1821: 1819: 1817: 1815: 1813: 1811: 1086:falls of frogs, fishes, and inorganic materials 1020:they are, they are still influenced by various 722:Fort was born in Albany, New York, in 1874, of 2488:at Sacred Texts.com. Retrieved January 4, 2009 1966:. New York: J.P. Tarcher/Penguin. p. 68. 1240:. Other notable Fortean societies include the 868:. Fort died only hours afterward, probably of 661: 8: 3189:. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 3171:Kidd, Ian James. "Who Was Charles Fort?" in 2499:Unexplained Phenomena: a Rough Guide special 2037:. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. p. 188. 1743:List of skeptics and skeptical organizations 3035:Der Ritt auf dem Kometen. Ăśber Charles Fort 2851:(Rev. ed.). New York: Paraview Press. 2139:"Charles Fort, Enfant Terrible of Science," 916:From this research, Fort wrote four books: 3275:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 3168:no. 51 (Winter 1988–1989), pp. 40–48. 3116:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 2134: 2132: 1800:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 1469:American crime and science-fiction author 668: 654: 117: 38: 3485:20th-century American non-fiction writers 2998:Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science 798:Fort wrote 10 novels, although only one, 3017:Charles Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained 2720:. New York: Paperback Library (#52-384). 2522:Charles Fort: prophet of the unexplained 2035:Charles Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained 1704:List of magazines of anomalous phenomena 1298:gifted child are advised to read Fort's 1755: 1371:first published the novel which became 946:but it was abandoned and absorbed into 129: 3402:"Skeptoid #488: Who Was Charles Fort?" 3268: 3109: 3069:(paperback). Head Press. p. 206. 2797: 2116:"Charles Fort and a Man Named Dreiser" 1793: 737:As a young adult, Fort wanted to be a 3445:American writers on paranormal topics 3049:(Stein & Day, 1964), pp. 91 2995:has a chapter on Charles Fort in his 2109: 2107: 1911:. Prometheus Books. pp. 277–80. 1547:, K-156, c. 1962, and H-24, c. 1966; 1473:included an excerpt from Fort's book 1302:rather than the works of baby doctor 1209:INFO Journal: Science and the Unknown 1039:, wrote that Fort was "essentially a 938:(1932). One book was written between 898:INFO Journal: Science and the Unknown 452:Prizes for evidence of the paranormal 7: 2819:Martin, Robert (November 11, 2022). 2028: 2026: 1936: 1934: 1932: 1930: 1928: 1898: 1896: 1761: 1759: 1352:were also fans of the work of Fort. 1132:, and was an early proponent of the 3182:no. 180 (Aug/Sept 2006), pp. 24–25. 3175:no. 216 (Dec 2006), pp. 54–55. 1515: 1118:giant wheels of light in the oceans 908:, and upon the death of its editor 3475:20th-century American male writers 3348:International Fortean Organization 2734:(Harcourt Brace, 1955), pp. 81, 87 2674:"Confessions of a Fortean Sceptic" 2048:Barrett, David V. (May 28, 2008). 1943:"Charles Fort: His Life and Times" 1658:, New York City, 2008, paperback, 1640:, New York City, 1998, hardcover, 1096:(a term explicitly used by Fort), 894:International Fortean Organization 442:James Randi Educational Foundation 25: 3490:American male non-fiction writers 2459:for a similar type of skepticism. 2243:Journal of Literature and Science 1527:(1901, unpublished autobiography) 1496:'s bestselling children's novel, 3455:American people of Dutch descent 3393:– contains links to Fort's works 3383: 2525:. London: Gollancz. p. 70. 2431:, p. 201 (emphasis in original). 49: 3480:Novelists from New York (state) 3465:20th-century American novelists 2745:Vareli, Mary (April 28, 2017). 1738:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry 1356:'s teleportation-themed novel, 1124:). 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Jefferson, North Carolina. 952: 381:Reportedly haunted locations: 32:Charles Fort (disambiguation) 3460:19th-century American people 3391:Mr. X, Consulting Resologist 3046:The Morning of the Magicians 2716:Russell, Eric Frank (1966). 2472:, Visible Ink: 1998, p. 200. 1414:The Morning of the Magicians 1090:spontaneous human combustion 988:, who wrote the foreword to 957:Fort suggested that a Super- 776:Career as a full-time writer 3382:(public domain audiobooks) 3185:Kripal, Jeffrey J. (2010). 2298:. Visible Ink. p. 235. 1260:Religious scholars such as 1134:extraterrestrial hypothesis 1110:unidentified flying objects 1010:Ripley's Believe It or Not! 220:Electronic voice phenomenon 27:American writer (1874–1932) 3511: 3353:The Charles Fort Institute 2627:, p. 5; Orion Books; 1956. 2234:Sleigh, Charlotte (2015). 1114:unexplained disappearances 1080:. Reported events include 29: 2898:The Whisperer in Darkness 2821:"Fortean TV (DVD review)" 2751:Paradox Ethereal Magazine 2643:. X. 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Index

Fortean anomaly
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Albany, New York
The Bronx
Anomalistics
a series
Paranormal
Astral projection
Astrology
Aura
Bilocation
Breatharianism
Clairvoyance
Close encounter
Cold spot
Crystal gazing
Conjuration
Cryptozoology
Demonic possession
Demonology
Doppelgänger
Ectoplasm
Electronic voice phenomenon
Exorcism
Extrasensory perception
Forteana
Fortune-telling
Ghost hunting
Magic

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