The Twelfth Planet

Book 1 of the Earth Chronicles

By: Zecharia Sitchin

Narrated by: Bill Jenkins

Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

The product of 30 years of intensive research, The Twelfth Planet argues persuasively that humanity sprang from extraterrestrial forebears. Sitchin provides startling evidence of a superior race of beings who once inhabited the earth. You'll hear the story of how they traveled here from the stars and planted the genetic seed that would ultimately blossom into a remarkable species - the human being.

©1976 by Zecharia Sitchen (P)1997 by Alternative Audio

Critic reviews

"A dazzling performance...Sitchin is a zealous investigator." (Kirkus Review)

The answer to all mans great mystery's revealed

i loved every minute of the book

the only complaint is its only 2:30 long .

Entertaining if you don't take it seriously

While this book poses some interesting ideas based on ancient texts, it's very hard for me to believe these aren't just nice coincidences. Hey, anything's possible, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and simple hypotheses do not equal "evidence." That's all fine, and everyone's BS detector is set to different points, but what really bugged me about the book wasn't so much the hypotheses, because really any hypothesis is a valid one from my standpoint. It's going from there to "proof" that is really the key, and Sitchen seems to decide at some point that just piling up multiple hypotheses equals proof. He decides for us, he doesn't let us decide. He jumps into statement that either he proclaims blatantly as "fact" or at least implies it by his language. If he simply argued this as his opinion based on the sources he's used, that would have been great, but he jumps way beyond that. To me that becomes completely unscientific and thus completely invalid. Some will say that science is to constraining for things like this, and to you I say, fine, but wild, fantastic guesses don't usually prove true, and besides, in science you ARE allowed to make such guesses, but you also have to make guesses that can either be SOMEHOW proven right or wrong...

Worth Reading

I read it many years ago. A very intriguing and mind opening book of research.

Really enjoyed it

I really enjoyed this book. I'm a big fan of Zacharia Sitchin. If any of this is possible it's amazing in its Inception.

Life changing

Just listen to it you'll thank yourself for opening your mind to this just try it

Mind Blowing

I am not new to this kind of knowledge. Nevertheless, I was very please with the story laid out so nicely in this book.

Food for thought

This book inspired thought, and deserves a good vetting. I found the subject interestingly challenging.

So Amazing It's Difficult To Accept

Where does The Twelfth Planet rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Zecharia Sitchin blazed a new trail when he single-handedly translated the epic history of humankind from Sumerian tablets. This book is best not compared to other books as it presents a unique record from uncontested translation.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

Very interesting the way the ancient Sumerian history confirms certain biblical stories yet highlights the gross misinterpretation which has been taken as

Have you listened to any of Bill Jenkins’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

If you could give The Twelfth Planet a new subtitle, what would it be?

The history you SHOULD have been taught.

Any additional comments?

Wow. Could this all be true? Would certainly explain a lot about the world we live in.

Great book, old recording

It’s due for a reread. Sounds about 40 years old. With an open mind he makes an obvious legit point that the Sumerians did it first, all followed behind

Seek and you shall find

I like the fact that answered a lot of questions that I had as a youth pertaining to Christianity. It's a great read or listen