Whitley Strieber
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 3.49 | 4883 Users | 488 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Communion |
| ISBN: | 0380703882 (ISBN13: 9780380703883) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.beyondcommunion.com/ |
| Series: | Communion #1 |
| Characters: | Whitley Strieber |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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On December 26, 1985, at a secluded cabin in upstate New York, Whitley Strieber went siding with his wife and son, ate Christmas dinner leftovers, and went to bed early. Six hours later, he found himself suddenly awake...and forever changed. Thus begins the most astonishing true-life odyssey ever recorded -- one man's riveting account of his extraordinary experiences with visitors from"elsewhere"... how they found him, where they took him, what they did to him and why... Believe it. Or don't believe it. But read it -- for this gripping story will move you like no other... will fascinate you, terrify you, and alter the way you experience your world.Describe Containing Books Communion: A True Story (Communion #1)
| Title | : | Communion: A True Story (Communion #1) |
| Author | : | Whitley Strieber |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 1988 by Avon (first published January 1st 1987) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Horror. Fantasy. Paranormal. Science Fiction. Aliens |
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Ratings: 3.49 From 4883 Users | 488 ReviewsJudgment Containing Books Communion: A True Story (Communion #1)
This book is difficult to rate because I am not sure how much Strieber is telling his initial "alien contact" experiences the way they happened to him, or how he has ended up remembering them after gaving gone into hypnotherapy and discussed the subject with other contactees. You can tell that the author is a skilled horror/suspense novelist, whom I already know from his unconventional werewolf novel "The Wolfen": "Communion" is structured more like a novel with a clear narrative, than like mostI read this book for two reasons. I believed I had previously read it as a teenager, and Texas Monthly published an article at some point stating that The Secret School is one of the ten best reads by a Texas author written in the last 100 years. Unfortunately The Secret School is book 4 or 5 in this series so I thought I'd read it from the start.I quickly figured out I'd never have read this book as a teenager because it's monotonously boring. It's akin to reading the transcript of The
This is one of those embarrassingly bad books where the author begins the book with a repetitious, "No, guys, I am so seriously-serious. I'm not lying about this!" and you're like, "Yes you are." It astonishes me that so many people from the late-80's were duped into believing this knucklehead! The worst thing for me is that I want to believe, but guys and books like this are what steal away any belief in it. So sad...
This book was stupider than a circular firing squad.
On vacation in Martha's Vineyard, this book had me screaming in my sleep, nightly. My sleeping companion disliked being awoken in this manner in the dead of night. I had to stop reading it until the vacation was over. Shall we say it touched a nerve...
Obviously, it is easy to be skeptical when reading a fantastical account such as this. I am not a skeptic for the sake of being skeptical. However, there are a few important facts that you ought to know before diving into this.1. Strieber was a science-fiction writer before he wrote Communion.2. Strieber had sat in on several meetings with abductees prior to writing the book.3. Since writing this, Strieber has made what some would consider to be an attempt to construct a new-age religion out of
This book scared the pants off me when I was ten.
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