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The Watchers
Vintage paperback
386 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 1990
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August 31, 2012
This book is a bit too whack-a-doodle even for a UFO book. Even for me! And I love these kind of books usually. I find the mythos of UFOs and the abduction phenomena make for enjoyable reads that fill me with all kinds of ideas for original fiction. This book however...where shall I begin?
The Watchers relies heavily on the drawings of the main female "witness," and is comprised mostly of transcripts from hypnosis sessions conducted by the husband of the alleged witness. Mm hmm, okay. So not only are these transcripts so bad that they need pictures to show you what she's rambling about, the fact that her husband is the one guiding her through these memories makes it all the more unbelievable. I mean, when I read this crap I want to sort of think that possibly maybe it could have happened, you know? This book sucks the fun right outta that!
"Betty" herself is completely unsympathetic as a character (yes, I'll call her a character) - a parody of the archetypal abductee (right down to her religious fanaticism!). The fact that the author buys into everything she comes up with - without hesitation or question - further spoils this reading for me. I mean come on!
I don't know why I even continued on with the second half of the book, but I did, unfortunately. The book's second half serves up the author's own hypnosis sessions! Didn't see that one coming. Seriously, reading his rambling sessions with all of the parentheses highlighting his "gasps," and "sobbing uncontrollably" kind of made my skin crawl.
I'm a bit disappointed my boy Whitley Streiber wrote the intro for this. I love his books because he takes most everything with a grain of salt. His books are creepy - believably creepy. You know, I want to believe. This book just makes me want to kick something.
The Watchers relies heavily on the drawings of the main female "witness," and is comprised mostly of transcripts from hypnosis sessions conducted by the husband of the alleged witness. Mm hmm, okay. So not only are these transcripts so bad that they need pictures to show you what she's rambling about, the fact that her husband is the one guiding her through these memories makes it all the more unbelievable. I mean, when I read this crap I want to sort of think that possibly maybe it could have happened, you know? This book sucks the fun right outta that!
"Betty" herself is completely unsympathetic as a character (yes, I'll call her a character) - a parody of the archetypal abductee (right down to her religious fanaticism!). The fact that the author buys into everything she comes up with - without hesitation or question - further spoils this reading for me. I mean come on!
I don't know why I even continued on with the second half of the book, but I did, unfortunately. The book's second half serves up the author's own hypnosis sessions! Didn't see that one coming. Seriously, reading his rambling sessions with all of the parentheses highlighting his "gasps," and "sobbing uncontrollably" kind of made my skin crawl.
I'm a bit disappointed my boy Whitley Streiber wrote the intro for this. I love his books because he takes most everything with a grain of salt. His books are creepy - believably creepy. You know, I want to believe. This book just makes me want to kick something.
October 6, 2012
I swear I was walking down the street reading this book--I think one of the best UFO/Abduction
related reads and I would recommend it for any interested in the subject, very descriptive,
with vivid pictures drawn by one of 'abductees', better than a Streiber read.
related reads and I would recommend it for any interested in the subject, very descriptive,
with vivid pictures drawn by one of 'abductees', better than a Streiber read.
March 27, 2019
Excellent read on the most incredible abduction case I've ever heard of. I believe this is like 3rd in the series on the Andreasson case. An examination of the details of the case from the perspective of the Aliens as Fallen Angels or "Watchers".
December 10, 2018
Great alien sass back with awesome drawings. Fancier versions not as good.
June 14, 2011
i found Ray Fowler to be the perfect guide through what is at its core a book of selections from the transcripts of Betty Luca's hypnosis sessions regarding her many 'abductions'.
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