Charles Hoy Fort

**Charles Hoy Fort** (ing-gú: Charles H. Fort; 1874-nî 8-gue̍h 6-ji̍t－1932-nî 5-gue̍h 3-ji̍t) sī tsi̍t-ê tsuan-bûn gián-kiù  ê Bí-kok tsok-ka hām gián-kiù-guân.  "Fortean"  hām "Forteana" ū-tang-sî-á iōng teh biâu-su̍t kok-tsióng tsit-luī hiān-siōng. Fort ê tsheh bē kah bē-bái, pīng-tshiánn koh-teh ìn-suat tang-tiong. Fort ê tsok-phín kè-sio̍k kik-lē tio̍h tsông-pài-tsiá, in kiò ka-kī tsò  "Forteans", pīng-tshiánn íng-hióng kho-huàn sió-suat ê bóo-mih hong-bīn.

Fort siu-tsi̍p ê kho-ha̍k huán-siông hiān-siōng, pau-kuat "" (The Book of the Damned, 1919), i-kî huâi-gî thāi-tōo hām su-sióng lâi-guân íng-hióng tsiânn-tsē kho-huàn tsok-ka. "Fortean" hiān-siōng hó-tshin-tshiūnn teh thiau-tsiàn kong-jīn kho-ha̍k tì-sik kài-hān sū-kiānn,  (1973-nî tshòng-li̍p kiò-tsò "The News" m̄-kū tī 1976-nî kái-miâ) tuì tsit-ê hiān-siōng tsìn-hîng tiâu-tsa.

## Sing-pîng
Fort tī 1874-nî tshut-sì teh New York tsiu Albany, Fort ióng-iú Hôlân-âng ê hiat-thóng. I-ê lāu-pē sī tsi̍t-ê tsa̍p-huè-siong, mā sī tsi̍t-ê tsuan-tsè tsu-gi-tsiá, teh Fort iah-bē tshut-pán ê tsū-tsuān "Tsiânn-tsē pōo-hūn (Many Parts)" lāi-té, Fort kóng-tio̍h i hōo i-ê lāu-pē  khóo-to̍k-kuè ê tāi-tsì. Fort ê tuān-kì tsok-tsiá Damon Knight piáu-sī, itui kuân-ui ê bô sìn-jīm khai-síteh gín-á sî-tsūn siūtio̍h ê tuì-thāi. Fort tsá-nî tō puê-ióng tshut kiông-lia̍t ê to̍k-li̍p ì-sik.

Tsò tsi̍t-ê liân-khin ê sîng-liân lâng, Fort siūnn-beh tsiânn-tsòtsi̍t-miâ phok-bu̍t ha̍k-ka, siu-tsi̍p lê-á-khak, khòng-bu̍t-tsit kah tsiáu-luī. Sui-bóng Fory hông biâu-su̍t tsò hò-kî hām tshong-bîng, m̄-koh i pīng m̄ sī tsi̍t-ê hó ha̍k-sing. Tsò tsi̍t-ê tsū-ha̍k-tsiá, Fort tuì sè-kài ê hong-hù tì-sik tsú-iàu sī in-uī i kóng-huàn ê kò-jîn ua̍t-to̍k.

Tī 18 huè ê sî-tsūn, Fort lī-khui New York khai-sí sè-kài sûn-huê lú-hîng, í-sú "kā tsi̍t-kuá tsu-kim tâu-ji̍p king-giām gîn-hâng". Fort iû-li̍k Bí-kok se-pōo, Scotland hām England. it-ti̍t-kàu teh Hui-tsiu lâm-pōo phuà-pēnn uî-tsí. Teh Fort tńg--khì kàu tshù ê sî-tsūn, hōo i uì sè-hàn tio̍h si̍k-sāi ê Anna Filing lâi tsiàu-kòo. In nn̄g-ê tī 1896-nî 10-gue̍h 26-ji̍t teh Sìng-kong-huē kàu-tn̂g kiat-hun. Teh tsit-kui-nî lâi, tsit-tuì sin-hun hu-hū teh Bronx sing-ua̍h teh sòng-hiong tsi-tiong; m̄-koh Fort tsik tshì-tôo uī pò-tsuá kah tsa̍p-tsì siá kòo-sū bôo-sing. Tī 1906-nî, Fort khai-sí siu-tsi̍p ī-siông tsîng-hóng ê kì-lio̍k.

## Tsù-sik

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## Tsham-khó bûn-hiàn

Fort published five books during his lifetime, including one novel. All five are available on-line (see External links section below).
* *[[Many Parts]]* (1901, unpublished autobiography)
* *[[The Outcast Manufacturers]]* (1909; B.W. Dodge), novel
* *[[The Book of the Damned]]* (1919), Reprinted by Ace Books, K-156, c. 1962, and H-24, c. 1966; Prometheus Books, 1999, paperback, 310 pages, .
* *[[New Lands]]* (1923), Reprinted by Ace Books, H-74, 1968, and later printings, mass market paperback. 
* *[[Lo!]]* (1931), Reprinted by Ace Books, K-217, c. 1965, and later printings, mass market paperback. 
* *[[Wild Talents (book)|Wild Talents]]* (1932), Reprinted by Ace Books, H-88, c. 1968, and later printings, mass market paperback. 

**Posthumous editions**:
* *The Books of Charles Fort* (1941; Holt), intro by Tiffany Thayer, index by Henry Schlanger.
* *Complete Books of Charles Fort*, Dover Publications, New York City, 1998, hardcover,  (with introduction by Damon Knight)
* *The Book of the Damned: The Collected Works of Charles Fort*, Tarcher, New York City, 2008, paperback,  (with introduction by Jim Steinmeyer)

## Ên-sin ua̍t-to̍k

* Gardner, Martin has a chapter on Charles Fort in his *[[Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science]]* 1957; Dover; .
* Knight, Damon, *Charles Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained* (1970) is a dated but valuable biographical resource, detailing Fort's early life, his pre-'Fortean' period and also provides chapters on the Fortean society and brief studies of Fort's work in relation to Immanuel Velikovsky; intro by R. Buckminster Fuller.
* Magin, Ulrich, *Der Ritt auf dem Kometen. Über Charles Fort* is similar to Knight's book, in German language, and contains more detailed chapters on Fort's philosophy.
* Pauwels, Louis has an entire chapter on Fort, "The Vanished Civilizations", in *[[The Morning of the Magicians]]*.
* Pauwels, Louis, *The Morning of the Magicians*  (Stein & Day, 1964), pp.&nbsp;91 *et seq.* Reprinted by Destiny in 2008, .
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* Carroll, Robert Todd. "Fort, Charles (1874–1932)" (pp.&nbsp;148–150 in *The Skeptic's Dictionary*, Robert Todd Carroll, John Wiley & Sons, 2003; )
* Clark, Jerome. "The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis in the Early UFO Age" (pp.&nbsp;122–140 in *UFOs and Abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge*, David M. Jacobs, editor; University Press of Kansas, 2000; )
* Clark, Jerome. *The UFO Book*, Visible Ink: 1998.
* Dash, Mike.  "Charles Fort and a Man Named Dreiser." in *Fortean Times* no. 51 (Winter 1988–1989), pp.&nbsp;40–48.
* Kidd, Ian James. "Who Was Charles Fort?" in *Fortean Times* no. 216 (Dec 2006), pp.&nbsp;54–55.
* Kidd, Ian James. "Holding the Fort: how science fiction preserved the name of Charles Fort" in *Matrix* no. 180 (Aug/Sept 2006), pp.&nbsp;24–25.
* Lippard, Jim. "Charles Fort" (pp.&nbsp;277–280 in *Encyclopedia of the Paranormal*, Gordon M. Stein, editor; Prometheus Books, 1996; )
* Skinner, Doug, "Tiffany Thayer", *Fortean Times*, June 2005.
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* Wilson, Colin. *Mysteries*, Putnam, 
* Ludwigsen, Will.  "We Were Wonder Scouts" in *Asimov's Science Fiction*, Aug 2011

## Tsham-ua̍t
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*A. B. Frost

## Guā-pōo liân-kiat

* International Fortean Organization 
* The Charles Fort Institute 
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* Mr. X, Consulting Resologist – contains links to Fort's works 
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Lūi-pia̍t:1874 nî chhut-sì
Lūi-pia̍t:1932 nî kòe-sin