A message from former Sagan Society President, Keith Lankford:

I would like to announce the creation of The Sagan Society Library. I have on my own shelves books that are just sitting there unread. So, I have decided to make a donation to The Sagan Society a total of nearly 100 books that members are welcome to check out for a short period of time for reading or researching.

These books focus mainly on topics of concern to The Sagan Society but also include some notable fiction, too (which, in my opinion, skeptics and supporters of science and freethought should read).

For now, I will keep the books in a special bookcase at my place until a more permanent location can be found.

Checking out books is limited to TSS members only and will last for a period of 2 - 3 weeks, depending on the book's length. The terms are that you take good care of the book(s) and return it in good condition, on time. If a book is damaged severely or is lost, you must pay an amount of money that will cover the cost of its replacement. If a book is overdue, I will give you a warning. If not returned by the end of the fourth week, you will forfeit your privileges in borrowing from the TSS Library and must either return the book or cover the cost of replacing it. (Extensions can be granted depending on the circumstances.)

Your donations to the TSS Library are most welcome since I have only a small fraction of what's out there. What I would like to have more of are books on humanism and freethought. Please contact me if you would like to make any donation. 

If you would like more information on a particular book, please e-mail me at Keith_Lankford@gactr.uga.edu. A list of the current books in the library are below. 

Keith Lankford
Former President, TSS

Nonfiction - including some books of questionable content.

1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History by Jeffrey C. Stewart.

1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Science by James Trefil. 

12th Planet, The by Zecharia Sitchin.

Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism by Philip Kitcher.

Alien Encounters: The Secret Behind the UFO Phenomenon by Chuck Missler & Mark Eastman.

Bible Prophecy: Failure or Fulfillment? by Tim Callahan.

Big Book of Conspiracies, The by Doug Moench.

Big Book of Hoaxes, The by Various.

Big Book of Martyrs, The by John Wagner.

Big Book of the Unexplained, The by Doug Moench. 

Big Book of Urban Legends, The by Robert Loren Fleming & Robert F. Boyd, Jr.

Big Book of Weirdos, The by Carl A. Posey.

Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millenium by Carl Sagan.

Bizarre Beliefs by Simon Hoggart & Mike Hutchinson.

Broca's Brain by Carl Sagan.

Carl Sagan's Universe by Yervant Terzian & Elizabeth Bilson, eds.

Comet by Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan.

Coming Plague, The by Laurie Garrett. 

Common Sense by Thomas Paine.

Communion by Whitley Strieber.

Conspiracy of Silence by Kevin D. Randle.

Cosmic Connection, The by Carl Sagan.

Cosmos by Carl Sagan.

Demon-Haunted World, The: Science As a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan.

Dinosaur in a Haystack: Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould.

Divine Proportion, The by H. E. Huntley. 

Does God Exist?: The Debate Between Theists & Atheists by J. P. Moreland & Kai Nielsen, et al.

Dragons of Eden, The by Carl Sagan.

Earth in Upheaval by Immanuel Velikovsky.

Encounters With the Paranormal: Science, Knowledge, & Belief by Kendrick Frazier, ed.

Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy & Democracy by Frederick Clarkson.

Fads & Fallacies In the Name of Science by Martin Gardner.

Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem by Amir D. Aczel. 

Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis by Sigmund Freud.

From Elsewhere: Being E.T. in America by Scott Mandelker.

Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond.

Histories by Herodotus.

How To Stop an Alien Abduction by CE4 Research Group, Inc.

How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age byTheodore Schick, Jr. & Lewis Vaugn. 

Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite by Rudy Rucker.

JFK, The Book of the Film: The Documented Screenplay by Oliver Stone & Zachary Sklar.

Last Recreations, The: Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystification by Martin Gardner.

Last Three Minutes, The: Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe by Paul Davies.

Life---How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? by Watch Tower Society. 

Man Who Saw Tomorrow, The: The Prophecies of Nostradamus by Erika Cheetham.

Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works, A by Jonathan Swift.

Moon Shot by Alan Shephard & Deke Slayton.

Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan, et al.

Mysteries of the Unexplained by Reader's Digest.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass.

Night Is Large, The: Collected Essays 1938-1995 by Martin Gardner. 

Origin of Species, The by Charles Darwin.

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan.

Questioning the Millenium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown by Stephen Jay Gould.

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory: a clear explanation that anyone can understand by Albert Einstein.

Religions of Man, The by Huston Smith.

Religions of the West by Ninian Smart.

River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life by Richard Dawkins.

Roswell Report, The: Case Closed by Cptn. James McAndrew. 

Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There, A by Aldo Leopold.

Scams from the Great Beyond: How to Make Easy Money Off of ESP, Astrology, UFOs, Crop Circles, Cattle Mutilations, Alien Abductions, Atlantis, Channeling, and Other New Age Nonsense by Peter Houston.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search For Who We Are by Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan.

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained By Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P. Feyman.

Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space- Time by Richard P. Feynman.

Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Religion by Chet Raymo.

Survival at Auschwitz by Primo Levi.

Third Chimpanzee, The: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal by Jared Diamond.

Tour of the Calculus, A by David Berlinski.

Transformation: The Breakthrough by Whitley Strieber.

UFO Experience, The: A Scientific Inquiry by J. Allen Hynek.

UFO's: A Scientific Debate by Carl Sagan and Thornton Page, eds.

Uppity Old Atheist Woman's Dictionary, An by Carol Faulkenberry. 

Whole Shebang, The: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report by Timothy Ferris.

Wreck of the Titanic Foretold? by Martin Gardner.

Notable Fiction

Bible Stories for Adults by James Morrow.

Blameless in Abaddon by James Morrow.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Contact by Carl Sagan.

Country of the Blind and Other Science Fiction Stories, The by H. G. Wells with Martin Gardner, ed. 

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.

Demolished Man, The by Alfred Bester.

Devil's Dictionary, The by Ambrose Bierce.

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Firestar by Michael Flynn.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott.

God: The Ultimate Autobiography by Jeremy Pascall.

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee. 

Island of Dr. Moreau, The by H. G. Wells.

Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick.

Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.

Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut.

Stars My Destination, The by Alfred Bester.

This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow.

Towing Jehovah by James Morrow. 

Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester by Robert Silverberg, ed.