Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #71882 in Books
• Published on: 1988-02-01
• Released on: 1988-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 320 pages

From School Library Journal
YA Strieber has a reputation for writing well-researched nonfiction. Were it not for this reputation, readers would be more tempted to dismiss as fantasy this account of visits he has received from a non-human group. In the winter of 198586, the visits became both more frequent and more visible. Strieber sought the help of a counselor/hypnotist, who did not accept the alien hypothesis. Eventually Strieber's wife was also hypnotized. The accounts both Striebers gave under hypnosis and the memories that surfaced after hynosis, as well as several witnesses to aspects of the visitations all corroborate that something abnormal occurred. Strieber is careful not to jump to any conclusions; in fact, he philosophizes at length about the possibilities which include aliens, an as yet unidentified aspect of the human mind, or some generally invisible earth inhabitant such as fairies. The book is fascinating as long as it sticks to the basic account, and the ways in which the Striebers chose to research the phenomena. The passages of hypothesizing are more longwinded and will be of less interest to young adults, but they do remind readers that the Striebers have not accepted a single answer to the puzzle even now. Any readers who have interest in the unexplained will appreciate this book. Dorcas Hand, Episcopal High School, Bellaire
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
"...COMMUNION is surely the most throught-provoking book on UFOs and alien visitation published so far." -- Rocky Mountain News

"A convincing case." -- Houston Chronicle

"A fascinating story...And it certainly could be true." -- Detroit News

"Patently honest...There is no doubt this man has endured experiences of compelling realism." -- Vermont Sunday Magazine

"Powerful...Strieber’s storytelling ability makes his own terror and confusion feel real to the reader...Compelling reading." -- Seattle Times

"Powerfully written and involving!" -- New York Times

"Should give second thoughts to even the most hardened skeptic!" -- Dow Jones News

"Strieber comes through as both sensible and sincere...His book deserves to be taken seriously." -- Boston Herald

"Vividness of detail and depth of feeling...Convincing!" -- New York Tribune

About the Author

Whitley Strieber is the bestselling author of the horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger, and this memoir, Communion—all of which were made into feature films. His books The Grays and 2012: The War for Souls are both being made into films, and his Web site, unknowncountry.com, is the largest of its kind in the world. Strieber was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas.

Customer Reviews

An Entertaining Version of "Reality"
I have always thought of UFO-ology as what will replace the conventional Big Man In The Sky religion with little grey men from beyond the sky. It stands to reason as man has evolved and found that there is no god in the clouds that they would look elsewhere. Of course, since 9/11, all knee jerk sheep have ran back to the cross and the flag, waving the emblems of their belief, hoping they will be safe from the latest bogeyman. All that said, Communion is more entertaining than the bible and at least seems more possible than an old man, talking bushes, virgins having babies and what not. A pleasant diversion nonetheless.

A message from the Pleiades
My name cannot be pronounced by earthlings, but you may call me Sananda. I represent the Ashtar Command, and the entire Intergalactic Parliament. Indeed, I have been your representative on it ever since I made ascension from Galilee 2000 years ago, over-seeing your spiritual development (and it aint easy, you monkeys).

Trust me, earthling, this book is a HOAX. None of it ever happened. I teleported Mr. Strieber to Spaceship Koot Hoomi and graciously offered him an interview, but instead the rogue rushes to the printer with some kind of weirdo hash-induced hallucinogenic horror story, I dare say.

We NEVER tortured Mr. Strieber, we didn't threaten his son and wife, and the wolf wasn't me either. Nor are we a civilization of insects. I'm a human, have a turban on my head and long, golden, flowing hair. I have a golden beard too. My assistants are highly evolved penguins. They don't look like insects, unless you're high on substance abuse or something.

CITIZEN OF EARTH, do NOT but this book! Have you read the sequel, Transformation? It was me and St. Germain who complained about Communion in that bookstore. We had to wear green masks from a nearby Halloween keg party. Strieber assumed we were evil space alien. The know-nothing.

And no, we wont steal any souls in 2012. You stole your own souls eons ago. Why do you suppose you are stranded on psycho planet instead of being up here with us luminescent Ascended Masters?

Be good to your neighbour, don't poison his dog, and don't kill each other. Make sure Georgia and Russia negotiates a cease fire, and read some good books instead. May I recommend "Voodoo Science" by Robert Park (it helped us repair those constantly malfunctioning space ships of ours - I mean, anti-gravity COME ON). Also read "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. It may actually make you live longer, and save the planet. WHAT YOU CALL CANCER COMES FROM YOUR TEETH.

Forget about this FRAUDULENT WORK.

Master Sananda (aka The Brother of Jesus), Over and Out!

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A very credible, intelligent, and entertaining fraud
The whole topic of alien abduction is a little hard to make an unbiased decision on. Either you "believe" or you "don't". I will start by saying that I do believe in the possibillity of extra-terrestrials seing what I would definetly have to describe as an UFO on one occassion. Regardless of my own experience I do have to say that this book while definetly intelligent, thoughtprovoking, and creepy fell a little flat towards the second half. The reason for this is because Whitley Streiber is far more concerned with establishing the credibility of this phenomenon than the sharing of his experience.
This at times starts to ring really hollow emotionally. He even is willing at times to dismiss his experience as an mental abberation but then point out how he thinks(and knows through research and testimony)that a government cover up is in effect. It's a little like peddling since his website is as impersonal as this book pushing the latest conspiracies, books, dvd's, and of course his wife's journals. Hey everyone has to make a living and maybe the Greys told him to do that!
Without sounding to jaded because I do believe just keep in account that he was an established Horror writer before this. He is very intelligent and entertaining writer and tries to bring an objective point of view to a very polarized topic and that probably accounts for the success of this book. Ultimately though someone who experienced something outside the box doesn't need acceptance or credibility. They know wether or not what they experience happened or not