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  <title><![CDATA[Communion: A True Story]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;P&gt;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.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Six hours later, he found himself suddenly awake...and forever changed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thus begins the most astonishing true-life odyssey ever recorded -- one man's riveting account of his extraordinary experiences with visitors from&quot;elsewhere&quot;... how they found him, where they took him, what they did to him and why...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;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.&lt;/P&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1987</original-publication-year>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was stupider than a circular firing squad.]]></body>
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    <review id="26064856">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Being an astronomy fan myself, I often encounter the issue of UFO sightings and abductions in my readings. It seems that once you begin to discuss the cosmos, little green men have to enter the equation. Even though I really have no opinion on such things I thought it necessary to at least have read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26064856">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 16 10:47:54 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 16 10:48:28 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I doubted this to be&quot;the most ashtonishing true-life odyssey ever recorded - one man's riveting account of his extraordinary experiences with visitors from 'elsewhere'...&quot; , I expected to enjoy the story better than I did. <br/>Mr. Strieber's 'encounters' where a bit out-there, even...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20302221">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38807198">
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 28 09:41:22 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 28 10:07:46 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never read an Abduction/ UFO study book before. I picked this book up at a record shop on tour on the east coast this year. It's been out for a long time and I remember what a splash it made upon its initial release. I also used to listen to Strieber's radio show in Santa Cruz on AM while del...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38807198">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43685501">
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 20 07:00:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 28 15:45:16 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What made me interested in reading this book was seeing the movie some years ago and being scared of alien abduction.  The book was ok, the most interesting parts included the author debating about whether the beings were aliens or figments of his imagination.  There are transcriptions from him bein...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43685501">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27447395">
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  <date_updated>Wed Jul 16 13:35:18 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book totally freaked me out, and I couldn't finish it.  When I read it I was living in Austin which is where Whitley Streiber was living when he claims these events happened.  I woke up in the middle of the night for weeks seeing aliens in my bedroom.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="43916370">
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 22 07:27:06 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 22 07:32:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am almost tired of people reading this book expecting it to be 100% biographical in nature. Streiber himself has been clear that he is not totaly sure what it is really about. I always read it taking the visitors out of the equation and looking at Streibers subsequent examination of himself, and h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43916370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42965578">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1990</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 13 18:10:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 13 18:26:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My mom's best friend bought this for me when we were at the mall and I said I wanted to look around the book store. I was 11 or 12 at the time and it was summer vacation. Communion was on display and she bought it for me. She had written to Whitley Strieber about her own experiences with extraterres...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42965578">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37070521">
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 06 16:44:18 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 06 16:45:00 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Come on!!!  This book was ridiculous, how anyone can believe it's true is beyond me.]]></body>
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    <review id="787659">
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    <name><![CDATA[ein]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 18 21:36:46 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book freaked me out when I was a kid. Now I know it's all a bunch of BS.]]></body>
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    <review id="5330965">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book scared the pants off me when I was ten.]]></body>
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    <review id="73903401">
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 08 15:41:39 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 08 15:47:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first time I read this book I was a 13 year old with a definate belief in aliens and all things paranormal. My uncle gave me his tatered paperback of Communion which immediately sucked me in and kept me awake for weeks on end. Such a believable tale of facination and horrors in the night. I just...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73903401">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6590214">
    <user id="404117">
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was an early teen and it still gives me nightmares, no joke, over 15 years later.  He presents some ideas and perspectives on this whole &quot;abduction phenomena&quot; here that were pretty new at the time but are now very typical and often repeated (e.g. the aliens are the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6590214">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23030678">
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    <name><![CDATA[Raven]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Sydney, Australia]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[This isn't your typical &quot;little green men flew down in funny ships and took me away&quot; alien story so if you read this expecting that you might be either disappointed or surprised. Yes there is talk of &quot;visitors&quot; but this isn't some sci fi novel. What this is, is a man trying to un...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23030678">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="59808286">
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    <name><![CDATA[Rick]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book when I was thirteen. Bad move. Scared me out of my wits and gave me nightmares for years.  I don't believe for a second it is a true story, at least not now in my adult life...but the idea that it was real was the hook that as a thirteen year old boy it destroyed my mind. The only b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59808286">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="68651176">
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    <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I debated about which &quot;bookshelf&quot; to put this on. I'm going with science-fiction for now, but it could equally be placed on the psychology shelf or even, non-fiction. Maybe I need a separate paranormal category.<br/><br/>Why did I add this at 11:30 at night? Now I won't be able to sleep....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68651176">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed May 14 13:37:05 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this when I was in eleventh grade.  It freaked me out completely.  The fear and unease I felt long after reading it was just a preview of the scrupulosity affliction I suffered later.<br/><br/>4/6/09: I started re-reading this over the weekend.  I have wanted to for a long time because I wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22252705">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I saw this movie and it scared the living crap out of me! I am looking forward to the book. I wouldn't exactly call myself a believer. But Aliens just plain scare me and what better way to enjoy a scary book than to read something that may be happening?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book about 15 years ago and it scared the crap out of me!  I have since come to terms with my irrational fear of &quot;aliens&quot; (and anal probes! lol)...it's kind of like being afraid of Santa Claus - THEY DON'T EXIST!  Good read though.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Mar 05 10:51:27 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 05 10:52:13 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this book (especially the picture on the cover) scared the shit out of me when I read it when I was much younger. In fact, I don't even like looking at it now!<br/><br/>Props to any book that can give a good genuine scare though.]]></body>
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