The Real Truth About Alien Abductions [Paperback]

Andre Ness (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: 1st Book Library (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0759687498
• ISBN-13: 978-0759687493
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,545,894 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Outlandish book, October 23, 2005

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Jeffy Garcington (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Real Truth About Alien Abductions (Paperback)

The Real Truth About Alien Abductions is simply the most ridiculous book ever printed. I met Mr. Ness in a local libation establishment, and needless to say it is an experience I will never forget. He drew a picture for me and my comrades of an alien that had perpetrated him. He explained that the alien fed off of his aura and what a feast it must have been! I digress, this book personifies the author. Simply, it is crazy. His idea of government involvement with the aliens in a drug scandal is simply ridiculous and based on nothing but heresay. Also, the book appears to have been edited by a blind third grader.

Thank you Mr. Ness, we are all less intelligent for having read your book and having met you in person.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Reading this book was worse than meeting the author..., March 19, 2006

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Peter Sheldon "Shelltown" (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Real Truth About Alien Abductions (Paperback)

And meeting Mr. Ness was an awful experience. I realize the author is serious about what he's written and that makes is so much worse and more terrifying. The writing and editing are chaotic and the illustrations are funny in a scary way, mostly scary. Little bits of rehashed government/alien-abduction conspiracy, including anal probing, but with a new twist: Aliens are helping in the "War on Drugs."

I DID NOT PAY FOR THIS BOOK! I met the author in a bar. He is, in my opinion, a mess. Shouting and spitting. After Mr. Vess drunkenly raved to my fiends and I about "the truth" and his book, the bartender forced a copy on us. Another patron had given the copy to the bartender and he couldn't wait to get rid of it.

In all, it made me kind of sad.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars truly unbelievable, June 24, 2004

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David Group (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Real Truth About Alien Abductions (Paperback)

I read a lot of books dealing with fringe science, and I've seen some truly jaw-dropping stuff, both good and bad; this is one of the latter. There has been a lot of incredible silliness written about alien abductions, but this one takes the cake. Hell, it takes the whole bakery. The back cover states, "This book tells of how the government and an alien race are working together to win a war against drugs." Well, gee, the aliens can't be doing too much good, can they? Just watch the evening news.

There are numerous drawings which, even though they are only on the level of a fairly talented high-schooler, are probably the best thing about the book, as the text is written by someone who is barely literate. I confess I didn't actually read the whole book, but just sections here and there, much of which seems to deal with a government/alien conspiracy against the author and the author's ability to see invisible things no one else can see.

Some of the drawings are unintentionally(?) hilarious, such as the one on page 70, which shows the author being subjected to some kind of rectal oscilloscope by a Gray.

This book is good for a few sick laughs, nothing more.