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| Author | Whitley Strieber |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Avon |
Publication date | February 25, 1987 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 978-0-380-70388-3 |
| OCLC | 17375661 |
| Followed by | Transformation |
Communion: A True Story is a book by American ufologist and horror author Whitley Strieber that was first published in February 1987. The book is based on the supposed experiences of Whitley Strieber, who experiences "lost time" and terrifying flashbacks, which hypnosis undertaken by Budd Hopkins later links to an alleged encounter with aliens.[1] Communion was a nonfiction best seller for six months in 1987.[2]
The book was later made into a film directed by Philippe Mora and starring Christopher Walken as Strieber and Lindsay Crouse as his wife, Anne. A 2008 trade paperback edition presents a new preface by the author.
Strieber compares the "familiar" being he sees, whom he describes as female, to the Sumerian goddess Ishtar.[citation needed]
- ^ Colin Groves in Skeptical - a Handbook of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal, ed Donald Laycock, David Vernon, Colin Groves, Simon Brown, Imagecraft, Canberra, 1989, ISBN 0-7316-5794-2, p. 4
- ^ "Whitley Stieber: UFO cultist or serious author?". The Daily Spectrum (Saint George, Utah). November 10, 1988. p. 9.