The Contact Has Begun

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Summary: READS LIKE A COMIC BOOK!
Review: This book is enjoying reading but the author sounds like a child speaking or it's experiences. also there are some silly chapters in the book, like the female allien making sexually passes at the author,and the alliens having english names for the abductee.Or the tales of how much he liked allien ice cream and every thing was a heaven like state.there was also to many unbelivable details in the book,about the # of allien speices in the universe etc. ect. good book for a young person looking for a comic book.

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Summary: Much ado about Nothing
Review: This book is a joke. I expected far better from a journalist. What astounds me most is the generalizations he makes about the abduction phenomenon based on his own scant,ambiguous experiences. I learned NOTHING additional about abductions from this book.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: Excellent brief book about an alien abduction experience. Author claims he was a total skeptic (Los Angeles Times staffer retired), and claims to have been abducted for almost 3 days, given a consciously recallable tour of an astoundingly gigantic alien spacecraft or "mother ship" located on the dark side of the moon (in orbit). He is told that outright contact with aliens is imminent. Aliens are now 600 to 700 years ahead of Earth human medical science in their understanding of the human body. A must read for anyone with an open mind and interest in the future. Bizarre and tantalizing account.

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Summary: I couldn't put it down!
Review: It's a fascinating read, and of course what makes it fascinating is the glimmer of hope that it might actually be true. An advanced ET civilization coming to help our world? Why not? Hard to believe that an individual of Mr. Krapf's background would lay all of his credibility on the line if he didn't truly believe that it happened. If he had intended it to be fiction why only a year or two to prove his case? I'm sorry that none of the other 'deputy envoys' were allowed to release their information at the same time, since it leaves Mr. Krapf high, dry and "swinging in the wind." To all you naysayers out there, just enjoy the book and dream for awhile what the world might be like if it were true. And if doesn't turn out - well it was fun to dream for a while. But hopefully he'll be vindicated in a year or two and we'll all be cheering at what an interesting universe this is.

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Summary: OUTSTANDING, EDUCATIONAL AND EYE-OPENING
Review: THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH WILL BE VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT WHAT THE ALIENS FROM THE PLANET VERDANT HAVE IN STORE FOR OUR PLANET EARTH. THIS BOOK IS VERY READABLE, INFORMATIVE AND TRUELY ABSORBING. FINE JOURNALISM IS IN PLACE HERE! THIS IS NOT TO BE MISSED. CONGRADULATIONS TO PHILLIP H. KRAPT. [I WAS NOT A BELIEVER, UNTIL NOW.] THIS BOOK SHOULD BE READ IN THE CONTEXT OF AREA 51 RELATED SUBJECTS. THE MOST EXCEPTION STATEMENT EVER MADE ON ALIEN ENCOUNTERS.

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Summary: This book did not connect with me on any level.
Review: I really wanted to like this book. I bought it because it seemed to have a lot going for it. It was written by a reputable journalist, it had the endorsement of Louise Hay, and the story line seemed fascinating from the cover information. I am a very open minded person and have read extraterrestrial accounts that I would rate very high in credibility. I cannot, however, rate this book among them. The author's style does not form any type of emotional bond with the reader and there are so many statements in this book that are just odd. The ET's say that they have located Heaven. It has a physical location within the space of our 3 Dimensional Universe and has 12 pearly gates. One of their ships got stuck there once. They also claim the Roswell incident was real but that the military covered it up so completely that no one in the upper echelons of government ever found out about it, not even the President. Huh? This is a strange book that left me feelin! ! g strange. If you want to read an excellent account of extraterrestrial communication I recommend the beautiful, powerful, and very credible SONGS OF THE ARCTURIANS by Patricia Pereira. It has everything that this book tried to be.

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Summary: He should have researched the real thing more first
Review: This book would have been more believable had the author bothered to first check into more serious and credible books on the subject before composing this. As a person who has studied the subject my whole life (though I'm just 25) there were plenty of sore thumbs that gave this story away for what it is, a story. The ironic thing is that perhaps more people in the mainstream will now give at least a moment of thought to this very real and important issue, but it is also unfortunate because it could be damaging to the authentic individuals exploring this subject. My mom pointed out that the author's name is likely a pen name, and you can tell for yourself what it sounds like. I would wait to buy the book until the "new city" appears in the desert. Jesse

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Summary: An amazing story to come from such a source. Reality or no?
Review: Had this story been told by any person other than a career journalist with 25 years as a Metro Desk editor with the L.A. Times, it would be filed in the "OK, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE" drawer. But as fantastic as the story sounds, one does have to consider the source. Would Krapf have a motive for passing off a piece of fiction as reality? He now claims (I've interviewed him three times) that he has lost long-time friends since telling the story, that money isn't exactly pouring in from the book, to put it mildly, and that many former colleagues now shun him. Motive? Not so far. And he seems just as uncomplicated and direct in conversation as he is in the almost journalistic prose of the book. Could he simply have wanted to try his hand a fiction in a minor way after so many years writing and editing the facts. Perhaps; but then why insist that it happened? (He has subsequently said than he cannot rule out the possibility that it was some kind of "intern! ! al" experience, but his senses tell him otherwise.) It's an interesting, thought-stimulating (and fast) read, and very important if it represents a physical -- or even psychic -- reality. This is not something from a wacko wearing an aluminum foil helmet.

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Summary: Another contribution to the noise floor
Review: The author put in something for everyone; alien abduction, alien T&A, God and Heaven, the solution to earth's problems, and totally benevolent aliens giving us everything for nothing. This book seems like a novel, designed to augment the author's retirement plan but not contributing much towards answering the big question.

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Summary: A Storyline for Star Trek?
Review: I read the book in one sitting, enjoyed it but kept feeling like there was too much similarity to an unwritten Star Trek episode. I think it would be great if it were true. The author, having worked for the LA Times, gave it some initial credability (perhaps that should have made me more skeptical) but the more I read the more I kept getting a feeling that this was fabricated. Of course I'll have egg on my face if in a couple of years some "famous" people start fessing up to being "taken" and the new city appears in the desert. A good read non-the-less.