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Creative ownership is under pressure from pirates, but APPLE seeks to enslave us! - posted 2 weeks 11 hours ago
The new iBook licensing agreement means that content that you create in the software is de facto owned by Apple because you cannot sell it anywhere except through Apple marketing outlets. And if they reject it, you cannot sell it to anybody else, either. In other words, if you create in the software, you become a sort of indentured servant to Apple. It's as if Microsoft said that content created in Word was owned by them and could only be distrubuted through outlets they controlled. It is EXACTLY the same thing and mark my words, the entire software industry will sieze on this.
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Excellent review of Solving the Communion Enigma in Library Journal - posted 2 weeks 3 days ago
I never expect good reviews, so it's always a relief and an amazement when one comes along. Look at this, from the Library Journal:
"Strieber has reached people around the world through his best-selling fiction (The Hunger), nonfiction (Communion), and the movies adapted from those books (The Day After Tomorrow). He famously claims that throughout his life he has come into contact with UFOs and extraterrestrials. With this book, he attempts to connect a lifetime's worth of those experiences into a cohesive whole. In doing so, he explains his belief that crop circles, cattle mutilations, UFO sightings, alien abductions, near-death experiences, and implants are legitimate phenomena that should be further investigated. Strieber now believes that there are dimensions of reality that exist beyond current perceptions and that these phenomena are part of those alternate realities. No matter your beliefs, Strieber's writing has impact—even 25 years after he first commanded readers' attention with Communion. VERDICT Everyone interested in UFOs, other dimensions, or the mysteries of life will want to read Strieber's new work. He may be wrong and (according to skeptics) he could be crazy, but he certainly presents stimulating ideas."
How about them apples! Now, if only the stores start stocking it, maybe it will find a life.
"Strieber has reached people around the world through his best-selling fiction (The Hunger), nonfiction (Communion), and the movies adapted from those books (The Day After Tomorrow). He famously claims that throughout his life he has come into contact with UFOs and extraterrestrials. With this book, he attempts to connect a lifetime's worth of those experiences into a cohesive whole. In doing so, he explains his belief that crop circles, cattle mutilations, UFO sightings, alien abductions, near-death experiences, and implants are legitimate phenomena that should be further investigated. Strieber now believes that there are dimensions of reality that exist beyond current perceptions and that these phenomena are part of those alternate realities. No matter your beliefs, Strieber's writing has impact—even 25 years after he first commanded readers' attention with Communion. VERDICT Everyone interested in UFOs, other dimensions, or the mysteries of life will want to read Strieber's new work. He may be wrong and (according to skeptics) he could be crazy, but he certainly presents stimulating ideas."
How about them apples! Now, if only the stores start stocking it, maybe it will find a life.
Folks on the FB Whitley Strieber Society are questioning whether or not it's really me posting there. - posted 4 weeks 2 days ago
It's really me. Nobody has hacked Unknowncountry, and I'm the only guy who can post here.
so yes, the Whitley of the Whitley Strieber Society is really me.
so yes, the Whitley of the Whitley Strieber Society is really me.
Tape a cop and spend your life in prison in Zimbabwe--and Illinois - posted 10 weeks 3 days ago
Eavesdropping statues are being used to terrorize American citizens into not making those recordings of police brutality that have been appearing in the news in recent years. The man in this story tried to sue the police over the confiscation of some automobiles he owned. When he was refused a court reporter, he recorded the hearing himself. The result? He faces 75 years in prison. Recording public officials while they are on duty should never be illegal, but it is in 6 states. The fact that Illinois would seek to put this man away for life for attempting to document what he believed was illegal police activity is absolutely terrifying. Our country is getting closer every day to becoming a bureaucratci dictatorship. To see a local news story about this case, click here.
Leslie Kean weighs in on the White House ET denial. - posted 11 weeks 7 hours ago
Leslie Kean has published an important article in the Huffington Post that illustrates the difference between the two groups who are seeking a more truthful response from the official world regarding UFOs. Steve Basset of the Paradigm Research Group, who was responsible for the White House petition demanding acknowledgement of an ET presence, has said that he expected the denial, and is using it as a "baseline" with the media, which can be pushed against with new evidence. Leslie makes the point that no official source is even close to acknowleging an ET presence, and a much different approach should be taken, that concentrates on confronting them with the best existing UFO evidence, not with demands that they are far from meeting. Her bestselling book UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record, was written in pursuit of this goal. She feels that Mr. Basset's approach sets back the cause of official recognition of the phenomenon, rather than advancing anything.
To read Leslie's Huffington Post story, click here.
To visit Stephen Basset's Paradigm Research Project, click here.
To read Leslie's Huffington Post story, click here.
To visit Stephen Basset's Paradigm Research Project, click here.
A bizarre roar is being heard in Pensacola. Anybody else hearing this? - posted 12 weeks 5 days ago
From an Unknowncountry reader:
"I have something to add to the catalog of strange sounds being reported from around the world. I live about 40 minutes from the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Helicopters overhead are common and the pilot trainees do touchdown landings less than a mile from my house. So, I am used to sound in the sky. But, on occasion I hear what I can best describe as the very loud roar we would hear in a WWII movie scene of a group of propellar planes simultaneously preparing for takeoff. I've heard this many times, have taken a look out the window, but missed whatever it was (I thought). But, today the roar was the loudest I have every heard. It sounded like that group of WWII planes was flying low over my house. I went outside and scanned a clear blue, but empty sky. I waited, but nothing came into view. After a few minutes the sound receded toward the West, then returned for a bit, then receded again. I heard it once more, but it was distant. I think the whole episode lasted 15 or 20 minutes. I checked with a friend...she heard it also."
If you have noticed anything similar in your area, please write whitley@strieber.com and let us know.
"I have something to add to the catalog of strange sounds being reported from around the world. I live about 40 minutes from the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Helicopters overhead are common and the pilot trainees do touchdown landings less than a mile from my house. So, I am used to sound in the sky. But, on occasion I hear what I can best describe as the very loud roar we would hear in a WWII movie scene of a group of propellar planes simultaneously preparing for takeoff. I've heard this many times, have taken a look out the window, but missed whatever it was (I thought). But, today the roar was the loudest I have every heard. It sounded like that group of WWII planes was flying low over my house. I went outside and scanned a clear blue, but empty sky. I waited, but nothing came into view. After a few minutes the sound receded toward the West, then returned for a bit, then receded again. I heard it once more, but it was distant. I think the whole episode lasted 15 or 20 minutes. I checked with a friend...she heard it also."
If you have noticed anything similar in your area, please write whitley@strieber.com and let us know.
If you're a kid in Michigan, bullying is ok--as long as you say 'Jesus made me do it.' - posted 12 weeks 6 days ago
The Michigan legislature has just passed a law that encourages harrassment for religious reasons. It's disguised as an anti-bullying act, but a clause secretly included by the state senate makes it legal for students to bully those whose religious beliefs they dislike. So, if you're a member of a minority religion in Michigan--say, a Wiccan or a Ba'hai or a Muslim--it's just fine for Christian children to bully your kids all they please. Personally, I'm just sick to death of things like this happening. The people who pass legislation like this are beyond shame. They are sick and evil. To learn more about this new law, click here.
William Henry talks about his new book 'Secrets of Sion' on his video blog. Fascinating, beautiful stuff. - posted 13 weeks 2 days ago
To watch William's new blog, click here. (Also a remarkable passage on the inner meaning of Steve Jobs' life. Very moving.)
The internet is doing an 'east coast tsunami' hystericon. The truth? Even if el Hierro erupts, no big deal. - posted 13 weeks 5 days ago
Leave it to internet hysterics to overstate the case. Unless el Hierro blows to bits, the feared east coast tsunami is unlikely. For more (real) information on the volcano, click here.
Jeff Kripal has written a terrific article about the unexplained. He did the intro for Solving the Communion Enigma. - posted 14 weeks 7 hours ago
Jeff is the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Rice University, which isn't the only thing that makes him way, way cool. His new book, Mutants and Mystics, will be featured on Dreamland shortly. To read his mind-expanding article, click here.
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