Jason Colavito

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Jason Colavito
Occupation Author
Education Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
Notable works The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft And Extraterrestrial Pop Culture
Website
jasoncolavito.com

Jason Colavito (born 1981) is an American author. Colavito wrote The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture (2005) and is a contributor to Skeptic magazine.[1][2][3][4][5]

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.[2][6] In the spring of 2002, Colavito and two of his classmates from a television journalism class at Ithaca College interviewed ancient astronaut theorist Giorgio A. Tsoukalos in the living room of Tsoukalos's Ithaca home.[7]

Colavito's work has largely focused on debunking "alternative archaeology"[1] through his website Lost Civilizations Uncovered, his newsletter The Skeptical Xenoarchaeologist, books and the media. His work has been cited in The Huffington Post[8][9] and on the History Channel.[2][10]

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 (Chariots of the Gods?) and Graham Hancock, as well as its overall influence on "extraterrestrial pop culture".[11]

Bibliography

  • The Cult of Alien Gods: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture (2005)
  • Knowing Fear: Science, Knowledge, and the Development of the Horror Genre (2008)
  • A Hideous Bit of Morbidity: An Anthology of Horror Criticism from the Enlightenment to World War I (2009)
  • The Orphic Argonautica (2011)
  • Faking History: Essays on Aliens, Atlantis, Monsters, and More (2013)
  • Jason and the Argonauts Through the Ages (2014)
  • Foundations of Atlantis, Ancient Astronauts and Other Alternative Pasts: 148 Documents Cited by Writers of Fringe History (2015)

References

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  10. ↑ "AAD Podcast – Jason Colavito Interview". Retrieved 2015-05-20.
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