# Help Me Finad This Book? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finad-this-book/455839 "2008-07-09T15:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finad-this-book/455839/1 "2008-07-09T15:30:51Z")
I have been to AMAZON, ABE Books, etc., with no luck. It was called “SOVIET SPACE HOAX”, published in the mid-1960’s and was written by an ex-Russian aerospace engineer. The point of the book was an expose of the Russian manned space program-the author talked about doctoring photos, misrepresentation, false reports, etc.,which were intended to convey a false picture of Soviet achievements in space. anyway, i’d appreciate any help in finding it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finad-this-book/455839/2 "2008-07-09T15:54:23Z")
The only book I’m familir with is James Oberg’s (and articles he’s written on the topic). Searching “Soviet Space Hoax” and “Russian Space Hoax” turns up nothing. And this Wiki page lists no 1960s books (but does list Oberg’s. And the Straight Dope): > **[Lost Cosmonauts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program_conspiracy_accusations)** > > The Lost Cosmonauts or Phantom Cosmonauts are subjects of a conspiracy theory, which alleges that Soviet and Russian space authorities have concealed the deaths of some cosmonauts in outer space. Proponents of the Lost Cosmonauts theory argue that the Soviet Union attempted to launch human spaceflights before Yuri Gagarin's first spaceflight (Vostok 1, 1961), and that cosmonauts onboard died in those attempts. Soviet military pilot Vladimir Ilyushin was alleged to have landed off course and be... Are you sure you’ve got the title right? Damn – just noticed this: [http://www.bautforum.com/archive/index.php/t-1650.html](http://www.bautforum.com/archive/index.php/t-1650.html) > [@](#): > > Bill Kaysing may have been the first APOLLO Hoax believer, but he was not the first SPACE Hoax believer. > > That “award” goes to a rather unknown guy named Lloyd Mallan. > > In 1966, he wrote the book “Russia´s Space Hoax”, claiming that the Soviet space program had been faked. > [http://www.weirdvideos.com/kaysg01.JPG](http://www.weirdvideos.com/kaysg01.JPG) > In 1975, James Oberg wrote about Lloyd Mallan: > > "Observers who do not believe in the superiority of socialism may be tempted therefore to disbelieve the entire Soviet space program. John W. Campbell called this the “Say-it-isn’t-so” syndrome, and described it and its chief prophet, Lloyd Mallan, in a definitive article in “National Review”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finad-this-book/455839/3 "2008-07-09T15:58:20Z")
Here you go – on Amazon: > **[Russia's space hoax;: Documented proof that the Soviet space program has been...](https://www.amazon.com/Russias-space-hoax-Documented-mechanics/dp/B0007ELCD8)** > > Russia's space hoax;: Documented proof that the Soviet space program has been faked (A Special Science & mechanics news book) \[Mallan, Lloyd\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Russia's space hoax;: Documented proof that the Soviet... > **[Russia's space hoax : documented proof that the Soviet space program has been...](https://www.amazon.com/Russias-space-hoax-documented-program/dp/B0017KHZ3M)** > > Russia's space hoax : documented proof that the Soviet space program has been faked. on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Russia's space hoax : documented proof that the Soviet space program has been faked. One copy available for $9.95 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-finad-this-book/455839/4 "2008-07-09T15:58:31Z")
I found [Soviet Space-Man Hoax, by Gerald L. K. Smith](http://www.amazon.com/Soviet-Space-Man-Hoax-Gerald-Smith/dp/B00108K77W%3FSubscriptionId%3D1NNRF7QZ418V218YP1R2%26tag%3Dbookfindercom0e%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00108K77W) and [Russia’s space hoax;: Documented proof that the Soviet space program has been faked, by Lloyd Mallan](http://www.amazon.com/Russias-space-hoax-Documented-mechanics/dp/B0007ELCD8%3FSubscriptionId%3D1NNRF7QZ418V218YP1R2%26tag%3Dbookfindercom0e%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0007ELCD8) at Amazon.