Conspiracy theories, occultism, UFOs and pseudoscience. Society abounds with the conjectures of people thinking far, far outside the box.
It's easy to brush them off as mere lunatics or dreamers who have lost touch with reality, but novelist Hiroshi Yamamoto sees them as shining examples of what not to do as a writer — and good for a hearty laugh, to boot.
"I've learned so much during the process of verifying the accuracy of these 'outrageous books,' " said Yamamoto, who is also chairman of The Academy of Outrageous Books, an independent organization of roughly 130 members ranging from writers and scientists to Shinto priests and fortunetellers.
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