Making Contact: A Serious Handbook For Locating And Communicating With Extraterrestrials [Hardcover]

Bill Fawcett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 6, 1997

The first guide for UFO watchers that shows where to go, what to look for, and how to initiate contact with extraterrestrials, "Making Contact" assembles the most up-to-date information available, gathering the opinions of leading scientists, UFO researchers, historians, and sci-fi writers. Illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"When THEY land be ready, don't panic, and take notes." Making Contact is your alien landing handbook, complete with case studies, cautionary tales, diagrams, and guidelines for interplanetary contact. Tongue in cheek? Nope. This book is for real, aimed at preventing disaster when we first encounter extraterrestrials. Editor Bill Fawcett explains in the introduction: "There will be no more important event in our lifetime, perhaps in the history of the human being, than the first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization." From how to talk to ETs to alien first aid, experts in astronomy, UFOs, and biology tell you how to have a positive close encounter. Read this book and be prepared. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Bill Fawcett lives in the Chicago area.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow; 1st edition (August 6, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688144861
• ISBN-13: 978-0688144869
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jonathan Vos Post's and David Brin's chapters superb!, March 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Contact: A Serious Handbook For Locating And Communicating With Extraterrestrials (Hardcover)

There are chapters, essays, and appendices by a number of talented writers. Perhaps the most fascinating contributions are by Jonathan Vos Post and David Brin, former classmates at Caltech, who are now both well-known scientists and authors. Is it just a coincidence that Brin wrote "The Postman?" These two scientist/science fiction authors draw on a range of literature in SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), linguistics, anthropology, and the many works of fiction on the subject. A handsome acid-free paper book that just might change history if the person who first meets an extraterrestrial has read the contents and taken them seriously.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and Informative, October 22, 2000

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James R. Jenkins "Dorky Teacher" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Contact: A Serious Handbook For Locating And Communicating With Extraterrestrials (Hardcover)

For any UFO enthusiast, this is the best 5 bucks you will ever spend. I bought this book because of a gift certificate, and accidentally discovered perhaps the best kept secret on Amazon. It is full of intriguing history and speculation from extremely intelligent scientists and researchers.

The title is misleading. This book is a composite of essays about UFO contact. Some are deliberately written for the purpose of aiding a contactee. The rest are speculative essays on everything from possible extraterrestrial anatomy to potential historical impact. All of them are well supported, logical, and fascinating.

I honestly don't give five stars often, but this book deserves it. If nothing else, five dollars for a hardcover book is a great deal!

3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ive seen better, November 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Making Contact: A Serious Handbook For Locating And Communicating With Extraterrestrials (Hardcover)

ive seen a much more accurate book in my public library. this book did detail some things i was wondering about and the writiing was clear and concice so 3 stars.