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Abduction

Human Encounters with Aliens

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Abduction

By: John E. Mack
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A Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, John E. Mack, the author of A Prince of Our Disorder, presents accounts of alien abduction taken from the more than 60 cases he has investigated, and examines the implications for our identity as a species. Mack's Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens is a fascinating investigation of real-world alien encounters, and explores how extraterrestrial encounters affected the way people regarded the world—including heightening their sense of spirituality and their environmental concern.

John E. Mack was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and focused his career on the connections between different cultures and individuals. His book is masterfully narrated by Audible listener favorite, Brian Arens.

Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

©1994, 2014 Daniel Mack (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
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Required Reading

This book should be required reading for those researching the phenomenon. It is a master class in the abduction phenomenon and is a great starting point.

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Masterpiece

One of the best books I’ve ever read on the phenomenon of UAPs and abduction.

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A teenage boys version of the red shoe diaries for aliens.

You know I’m three stories and I’m seriously tired of hearing teenage boys talk about how they got off with an alien girl. Like a simpleton cosplay fantasy. I finally got to a story about a woman and what did I have to hear about? How she needs to mount her husband to avoid the alien trauma. Like dude, get a job with a soft porn company already, Just no.

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Gripping recounts of abduction experiences

Loved this book. The abduction experiences recounted are so interesting to listen to. I also appreciate the authors views and additional information of explanations of the events. Clearly something is happening that defies our usual explanations of reality

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Dry - drones on

Very slow moving audio book - too heavy on the analyst side - found it very dry almost like a medical publication.

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Fascinating book on the phenomenon.

Highly recommended for anyone interested in the abduction phenomenon. Regardless of your opinion on the "reality" of the experiences recounted in this book, the trauma of these people is very real. Abduction is an unsung classic of abduction literature and may very well be the definitive book on the subject. Brian Arens does a great job narrating. I found his voice comforting and sincere.

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Enjoyable Read

This is one of those books I enjoyed having on in the evening before going to bed. The narrator was good and stories were interesting. Could have used about another hours worth.

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So very detailed

author made you feel as part of the sessions. I love books like this when I drive

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Odd

Author Mack's examination of the experiences of "abductees" starts off well, and does manage to hold the reader's waning interest through to the very end. Much of it was a slog, though.

I've tried to keep an open mind on the topic but find that about half the material presented here is just too absurd to swallow. If aliens are intent on saving the planet from humankind's destructive greed, they need to find a more productive way of reaching the people who control the levers of government and industry than in resorting to plucking people out of their beds in the middle of the night. On a more personal level, these concerned ETs must refine their methods of creating hybrids if they hope to populate the earth with responsible, thinking humanoids; listless hybrid children who have to be taught how to play are not likely to grow into the strong leaders who will lead us into responsible stewardship of our suffering planet.

Narration is fine.

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This was a good book

I enjoyed listening to it, other than the pace at which the narrator reads at had to keep it at 1.2x the entire time.

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