<ul> <li>This edition includes the following editor&#39;s introduction:<i> </i><i>The importance of Charles Fort&#39;</i><i>s </i><i>&quot;The Book of the Damned&quot; as a precursor of pseudoscience</i></li></ul><br />Originally published in 1932, &ldquo;Wild Talents&rdquo; is the fourth and final non-fiction book by American author Charles Fort, known for his writing on the paranormal.<br /><br />&ldquo;Wild Talents&rdquo; deals largely with a number of anomalous phenomena, as well as his ongoing attack on current scientific theories. The book tries to fit the various phenomena described into Fort&#39;s new theory of psychic and mental power &ndash; the &quot;Wild Talents&quot; of the title &ndash; that are detailed below.<br /><br />The author&#39;s writing style and tongue-in-cheek sense of self-deprecating humour is prominent, particularly in the section on his own purported psychic experiences.