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11:11 - Stories About the Event

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This was an amazing book. It is not just stories. It's about a plan at work in the cosmos that is just beginning to be revealed. I was shocked to learn that thousands of people around the globe are seeing this number and these patterns, and they have been seeing it since the 1980s. What does this mean? The book does not give concrete answers, but it does explore the way this number pattern intersects with the everyday lives of a great diversity of people. Some of the stories are shocking. Some just made me think alot about my own life and what is important to me. If there is some great mystery in the cosmos that is at work, there are profound implicaitons.

I believe this book is more about the hidden connections that exist between what we understand to be reality and what may co-exist in alternate dimensions or altered states of consciousness. I can't seem to worry so much about my car and working for a weekly paycheck anymore. Instead I think about my soul and where it fits in to the meaning of life.

I cannot recommend this book enough. A friend who was in one of Professor Sargent's classes recommended it to me. It has changed both of our lives. This book is more about people than it is about numbers.

11:11 Stories About the Event ventures outside everyday living where characters meet a darkly fated dimension of time that asserts itself. Although powerful individually, as a collection, these stories demonstrate the complexity of emotional faculty as its characters, whose lives are locked in circumstance, make choices against the lottery of their fate with the numerical sequence, 11:11. It is a provocative read!

If you like short stories,then this is the book for you.There is a good variety of different stories,and I really enjoyed reading them.You will not be bored with this book.It's definitly worth checking out.

I found this collection of short stories to be an enjoyable, thought-provoking read that touched on many issues and situations that everyone can relate to, such as: insecurity and the loss of love in "Beener;" despairation in "If At First;" hypocracy in "Whatsoever You Do;" family troubles in "Bittersweet Ending;" and hidden secrets in "Ashes." Although this collection is mainly science fiction, it will be enjoyed by all readers since it touches on so many elements of human life. And as the title reflects, in each of the stories the number 11, 111 or 1111 is present. Sometimes the numbers don't play a major role, but the occurances in the stories mirror the same occurances the authors seem to experience, which makes finding the 1111 in each story as fun as finding the director cameo in a Hitchcock film. It's a diverse collection with something for everyone, particularly the Science Fiction fan.

Let me start by saying that reading this book was like walking in a fun house at a carnival. You never know what you'll get at every turn. There is definitely something for everyone in this book dedicated to the number 11. The four authors of this book...and by the way, MOJO comes from taking the first letter from each of their names...successfully put together a wonderful variety of stories. Where else can you read a book that can tell you a sweet story about a 3 legged dog. Then read a story about a town terrorized by a vicious vampire followed by a story about warm memories surrounding a car. Then turn a page and spend the next thirteen minutes reading about events that leave you breathless. I can't recommend this book enough to anyone looking for an eye opening experience, which simply surrounds the number 11 in some unique fashion. Don't be surprised if after you read this book you suddenly realize that every time you look at your watch it happens to be 11 minutes past or till the hour.

...These stories are excellently crafted. The characters are realistic and unforgettable. You will find yourself laughing and crying along with them as they battle inner and outer demons along the journey of life. I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. De Los Santos read "If At First" in my english class. I was hooked! The eleven things is so weird. I don't think the writers know what it even means. All of the stories are different. So there is something there for everyone...

This book was absolutly terrible! I consider myself to be an avid reader and have read some pretty bad stuff, but this is by far one of, if not THE worst book I have ever read! I had to sit thru JJ Sargent in my writing class at college and hear him preach about how good of a writer he is! I should have known not to read it based on his admitting he had a part in writing it(He is the "J" in MOJO). But I plunged ahead and now regret doing so. To anybody who wants to read this book: find something else to do with your time, anything would be better. Even fans of the sci-fi genre would be hardpressed to enjoy this.

I found the stories intriguing. Let's face it, these people are not Stephen King, but they sure have a unique perspective and imaginations that are inspired. I have no doubt that they will one day all be well-known.

Stories that stood out for me included "Stanley Thorton and the Three-Legged Dog," (reminded me of Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, but I don't know why) "Retropolis" (very much like a Bradbury story) and "Whatsoever You Do" (could Christopher Lee star in the film?). Some of the others that stood out were Olson's stories about her friends CeCe and Sue who fought for self-identity and love in a dark world of drug addiction and carnival folk.

I still don't know what 1111 means after reading this book. But that is part of the experience. I don't think that there are any answers.

I bought this book by accident when I was looking for a book about the September 11 tragedy and bumped into this one though the writers website called 1111book. I was going to return it but then I started reading it. This book is not about the World Trade Center attack. It's about people who see the number 11:11 on clocks and all over the place too. I read the introduction and it creeped me out because never thought something like this could be real and it is like the X-Files too. The stories in the book are not real life stories but they are fictional creations. Why did the writer use fiction to prove that this 11:11 thing is real? I don't know. But after reading some of the stories like Ashes and Spirits Are Sleeping I started to think it has something to do with God but it's funny too. In one story about a man who needs to go to the toilet and it's all a joke. That one is called Syncronicity. And there are some stories that are very lifelike too. If At First is about a boy who wants to commit suicide but he can't. And there are a few stories about girls who do drugs and get pretty messed up with junkies and carnival people. It's hard to say what made me fall in love with these stories. Maybe it's because they are all different and the people seem real but I think it's because I bought it by accident and that is sort of strange. Since I have read it I am seeing 11:11 now too so am I going crazy?

As the title suggests I found this book a non event and for something that was presumably written by English masters etc a waste of time and effort. I enjoy fantasy and sci fi but this was really wimpy.I was told not to waste my time by a friend and she was right!