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Jason Colavito
OccupationAuthor
EducationBachelor of Arts
Alma materIthaca College, Ithaca, New York
Notable worksThe Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft And Extraterrestrial Pop Culture
Website
jasoncolavito.com

Jason Colavito (born 1981) is an American author. Colavito has written a number of books, including The Cult of Alien Gods (2005), The Mound Builder Myth (2020), and Legends of the Pyramids (2021). His work has also appeared in publications such as The New Republic, Slate, Esquire Magazine[1] and Skeptic magazine.[2][3][4][5][6]

Biography

Colavito attended Auburn High School, in Auburn, New York, and graduated summa cum laude from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology and journalism in 2003.[3][7]

Colavito's work has largely focused on debunking "alternative archaeology".[2] His work has been cited in by John Kelly in a The Washington Post opinion column[8], by Stephen Winick and Firas Al-Atraqchi in The Huffington Post opinion pieces,[9][10] and other publications, as well as on the History Channel.[3][11]

In 2005, Colavito authored The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture, published by Prometheus Books. In the book, Colavito explores the influences of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos on the popular works of Erich von Däniken (author of Chariots of the Gods?) and Graham Hancock, as well as its overall influence on "extraterrestrial pop culture".[12] According to his website, Colavito offers out-of-print works about alternative history, the occult, and speculative fiction through his print on demand business JasonColavito.com Books.[13]

In 2021, Colavito published articles regarding UFOs in Slate and The New Republic.[14][15][16] He was also interviewed for an article in Slate about the links between ancient aliens conspiracies and contemporary right wing conspiracies like QAnon.[17]

Bibliography

As author
  • The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture (2005). Prometheus Books
  • Knowing Fear: Science, Knowledge, and the Development of the Horror Genre (2007). McFarland & Company[18]
  • A Critical Companion to Ancient Aliens Seasons 3 and 4: Unauthorized (2012). Lulu.com
  • Faking History: Essays on Aliens, Atlantis, Monsters, and More (2013). CreateSpace
  • Unearthing the Truth: An Unauthorized Commentary on America Unearthed Season One (2013). CreateSpac
  • Cthulhu in World Mythology (2014). Atomic Overmind Press
  • Jason and the Argonauts Through the Ages (2014). McFarland & Company
  • The Mound Builder Myth: Fake History and the Hunt for a "Lost White Race", 2020 University of Oklahoma Press[19][20]
  • The Legends of the Pyramids, 2021 Red Lightning Books
As editor
  • A Hideous Bit of Morbidity: An Anthology of Horror Criticism from the Enlightenment to World War I (2009). McFarland & Company[21]
  • Unseen Horror: 15 Tales of Invisibility and the Macabre (2011). JasonColavito.com Books
  • The Faust Book: And Other Early Stories of Dr. Faustus (2011). JasonColavito.com Books
  • Moon Men!: A Lunar Anthology of Proto-Science Fiction, A.D. 200–1835 (2012). JasonColavito.com Books
  • Theosophy on Ancient Astronauts (2012). JasonColavito.com Book
  • Pyramidiots: Outrageous Theories about the Great Pyramid (2012). JasonColavito.com Books
  • Foundations of Atlantis, Ancient Astronauts and Other Alternative Pasts: 148 Documents Cited by Writers of Fringe History (2015). McFarland & Company
As translator
  • The Orphic Argonautica (2011). JasonColavito.com Books
  • The Xipéhux (2012). JasonColavito.com Books

References

  1. ^ Colavito, Jason (30 September 2021). "It's Time We Let James Dean Be the Queer Icon He Is". Esquire. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Beth Beer, Cuddy (November 21, 2005). "New Book Sends The Saucers Spinning; Author Rebuts Claims Extraterrestrials Created Civilizations On Earth". Syracuse, NY. The Post-Standard.
  3. ^ a b c Colavito, Jason. "Jason Colavito Biography". Jason Colavito. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  4. ^ "Cult of Alien Gods". California Bookwatch. April 1, 2006. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  5. ^ Callahan, Tim (June 22, 2005). "Dawn of the Aquarian age". Skeptic.
  6. ^ Cowie, Jonathan. "The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture". Non-Fiction Reviews. Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  7. ^ "Achievers". Syracuse, NY. Post-Standard. August 7, 2003.
  8. ^ "Perspective | I once made fun of UFOs. Now the U.S. government is giving me second thoughts". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  9. ^ Winick, Stephen D (July 8, 2014). "Killer Legends Available on DVD and iTunes". The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  10. ^ Al-Atraqchi, Firas (December 5, 2012). "Let's Not Omit History Because It Is Convenient". The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  11. ^ "AAD Podcast – Jason Colavito Interview" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  12. ^ Joshi, S. T. (2006). Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our Worst Nightmares. Greenwood. p. 126. ISBN 978-0313337802.
  13. ^ Colavito, Jason. "JasonColavito.com Books". Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  14. ^ Colavito, Jason (2021-05-21). "How Washington Got Hooked on Flying Saucers". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  15. ^ Colavito, Jason (2021-12-14). "Congress Is About to Send the Pentagon on a Wild Flying-Saucer Chase". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  16. ^ Colavito, Jason (2021-02-12). "What UFOs and Joe McCarthy Have to Do With the Assault on the Capitol". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  17. ^ DeVega, Chauncey (2021-06-21). "Why Tucker Carlson loves UFOs: Jason Colavito on the hidden links between conspiracy theories". Salon. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  18. ^ Wilson, D. Harlan (2009). "The Science of Horror, the Horror of Science Review Essay: The Science of Horror, the Horror of Science Knowing Fear: Science, Knowledge and the Development of the Horror Genre by Jason Colavito Review by: D. Harlan Wilson". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 20 (1): 109–116.
  19. ^ Timmerman, Nicholas A. (February 2022). "The Mound Builder Myth: Fake History and the Hunt for a "Lost White Race" by Jason Colavito, and: Colonizing the Past: Mythmaking and Pre-Columbian Whites in Nineteenth-Century American Writing by Edward Watts (review)". Journal of Southern History. 88 (1): 155–157. doi:10.1353/soh.2022.0013.
  20. ^ Jennings, Matthew (Winter 2021). "The Mound Builder Myth: Fake History and the Hunt for a "Lost White Race." By Jason Colavito". Western Historical Quarterly. 52 (4): 459–460. doi:10.1093/whq/whab093.
  21. ^ Ransom, Amy J. (March 2010). "Review: Delightful Horrors". Science Fiction Studies. 37 (1): 115–117. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

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