Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Prophets of Doom
Daniel Cohen · 1999
73/100
👍 Worth It
Cohen takes doomsday prophecy seriously enough to research it thoroughly and skeptically enough to keep it intellectually honest — a combination that works well for curious teenagers who can handle the Koresh and Heaven's Gate chapters with some parental context. The Y2K-era framing has dated the Millennium Edition noticeably, but the historical sweep from the Sibyl to Cayce holds up as a solid educational survey.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety70
substance78
craft75
originality72
accuracy74
hype72
age-fit75
human-eye72
Penny’s verdict73
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