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Worlds Beyond the Poles (Heathen Edition)

Physical Continuity of the Universe

Francis Amadeo Giannini Raymond a Palmer

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Heathen Editions
05 September 2025
Francis Amadeo Giannini (1898-1971), born Francis Armadeo Johnnene, was a philosopher, author, and four-time convicted burglar who wasn't afraid to think outside the globe. In his 1927 essay ""Physical Continuity of the Universe and Worlds Beyond the Poles,"" he hypothesized the universe is a ""Physical Continuum"" that continues past our poles, bridged by navigable causeways of land, ice, and water that forever link together all planets and stars. Known as The Giannini Concept, the Fortean Society described his theory as ""extremely contra-Copernican without owing anything to Tycho Brahe."" Discouraged because he lacked visual proof for his concept, he went silent for twenty years until he saw the first photos of Earth from space as captured by rocket V-2 No. 13 on October 24, 1946. Now armed with the proof he sought and emboldened by reports of military flights beyond the poles, including Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's establishment of a base at the South Pole, he refined and published his hypothesis in 1959 as Worlds Beyond the Poles.
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Imprint:   Heathen Editions
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   617g
ISBN:   9781963228472
ISBN 10:   1963228472
Pages:   408
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Worlds Beyond the Poles (Heathen Edition): Physical Continuity of the Universe

""The most novel planetary theory advanced since the days of the ancient astronomers."" -The Minneapolis Star Tribune ""The first man in 500 years to challenge the accepted picture of the cosmos as outlined by Copernicus five centuries ago."" -St. Louis Globe-Democrat ""The Society has belatedly come upon the Giannini Universe . . . It is extremely contra-Copernican without owing anything to Tycho Brahe."" -The Fortean Society Magazine ""The strange book written by Giannini has offered the one possibility by which it can definitely be proved that the Earth is shaped strangely at the North Pole, as we believe it to be at the South Pole."" -Raymond A. Palmer, Flying Saucers ""Giannini seems the archetypal crank; he spent his life promoting a revolutionary theory of the nature of the universe that seems only marginally comprehensible, and he saw himself, as do many would-be revolutionary theorists, as a martyr for his cause."" -Walter Kafton-Minkel, Subterranean Worlds ""If Giannini's theory about the planets ever is proved correct, he will assume the stature of a modern Christopher Columbus . . . In view of the latest findings by the Byrd expedition, it seems that Dr. Giannini's thinking definitely has a place in the efforts of science to push back the horizons of man's comprehension. Possibly his articles will stir our youth to greater interest and accomplishment in scientific fields. If so, the Giannini views - theory or fancy - will have served a constructive purpose."" -Herbert E. Wilson, The Rock Island Argus ""Such an important discovery, which Byrd called 'the most important' in the history of the world, should have been known to everyone, if information about it was not suppressed to such an extent that it was almost completely forgotten until Giannini mentioned it in his book Worlds Beyond the Poles."" -Dr. Raymond Bernard, The Hollow Earth


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