Coevolution: The True Story of a Man Taken for Ten Days to an Extraterrestrial Civilization [Paperback]

Alec Newald (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 194 pages
• Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Pr; illustrated edition edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932813658
• ISBN-13: 978-0932813657
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,310,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Coevolution - The True Story of a man taken for 10 days, January 14, 2000

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Teresa (Fort Worth, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coevolution: The True Story of a Man Taken for Ten Days to an Extraterrestrial Civilization (Paperback)

The reviews had me curious enough to buy this book. I was severly disappointed with the information available. It seems Alec is rarely given the answers he seeks by these Aliens. Thus, leaving the reader in the same position.

Personally, I battled inside if this story was true or not. I looked at it from both angles. I checked out a reference he gave from the CFR and found it to be non-existant. Alec did not do his homework well on this point leaving me doubtful and wondering how many other holes I can find.

I would not recommend anyone buying this book, unless they want to use it to verify the information put in it....as Alec is so good at telling his reader to research all these things for themselves. I recommend going to the library and doing an inter-library loan for this book. And, most of this story can be gleened straight from the internet under UFO and different conspiracy theories. It didn't offer any new information.

The way I see it, Alec either held back good information or he's telling tall tales. Anyone who buys into what he's stating has obviously not searched deep enough within themselves nor read enough good research to see that this book will leave them with more questions than answers.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a Disappointment, January 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Coevolution: The True Story of a Man Taken for Ten Days to an Extraterrestrial Civilization (Paperback)

It was with excitement that I waited for this book to arrive. By the time I had finished it, I felt deflated and misled.

Although I am not trying to discredit Mr. Newald, his story seemed to ring very hollow to me. Several things left me saying "huh?", not the least of which were his numerous references to "other" information he had, but preferred not to share in this tome (saving it for another book, perhaps?). These pieces of information were related to his experience "there" and suspicious activity "here" after he was returned home.

For being gone,and usually conscious, for a period of 10 days on another planet (and/or in another time)the book is very short, only 193 pages.

This book may be superb for the neophyte, but those with a lot of UFO reading under their belt may very well be left feeling as I did: "Huh?"

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COEVOLUTION will take your breath away!, February 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Coevolution: The True Story of a Man Taken for Ten Days to an Extraterrestrial Civilization (Paperback)

COEVOLUTION by Alec Newald takes one's breath away! This book caused quite a sensation when it first came out in 1989 because Newald claimed that he had been abducted by members of an alien civilization where he claims he spent 10 days. The book has several professionally done drawings of aliens whom he met and locations he visited on their home world, called Haven. His adventure starts on a drive from Rotorua, New Zealand to the city of Auckland. Somewhere in the hills under an overcast sky, something very strange happens to him. We are propelled along in his adventure. He reminds us every now and again that he knows that his reader must be incredulous at what he writes. Nonetheless, he claims it is all true.

This book bears a great resemblance to Phillip Krapf's recent book, THE CONTACT HAS BEGUN. Both authors claim that they were firm non-believers in UFOs and ETs--until the abduction sequence occurred. Both claimed to have been abducted by benevolent aliens who represent themselves as having humankind's best interests at heart. Both claim that they are in the vanguard whose duty it is to inform the rest of us regarding paradigmatic changes about to confront all of us on planet Earth.

COEVOLUTION strikes me as an interesting a book as one will ever find in this genre. It sounds like science fiction, but there is a ring of truth to what Newald writes, no matter how outlandish it may sound. Slowly but surely, mankind is being prepared for a great revelation soon and Newald's book helps blow the cob webs out of people's parochial thinking. It's a great read!