I had a lot of fun with this book. It's great to suspend disbelief and imagine that there really is a civilization out there. Aside from this, the value of works like this is that they bring out many things for which we have no answer. Academia needs to address itself to the Dogon and not simply wave their mythology off - vacuums have a way of being filled up. ( )

A classic in the "ancient astronaut" genre, Temple's book is the best on the subject. He doesn't make huge leaps (Sitchin), or fabricate evidence (Däniken), he lays the evidence out, cites all of his sources, and makes a good case. Did the Dogon know Sirius was a binary (or trinary) star? Did they know other strange stuff? A good read. ( )