Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill
255 Pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Release Date: February 22, 2022
Nonfiction (Adult), Science, Earth Studies, Conspiracy Theories
The author is a journalist and investigates the roots behind the Flat Earth Theory. She attends a Flat Earth Theory convention and speaks with many attendees. From their perspective, she makes connections to other conspiracy theories. She discusses past events including the Holocaust, moon landing and space travel, and JFK assassination. From there, she moves to more recent event like 9/11 and a shadow government, Sandy Hook mass shooting, anti-vaccines, COVID pandemic, and the 2020 election and the people that speculate their veracity (e.g. Alex Jones and Donald Trump).
When I first started reading this book, I stopped and reread the description as nonfiction. I thought I was reading a Sci-Fi novel. I restarted reading it and fell down the rabbit hole. I was unaware people still believed the earth was flat. After finishing this book, I conducted my own research and was amazed at the history and the people following this claim.
