The bandwidth afforded for interpersonal communication by our animal senses seems quite narrow. This, and ever increasing concentrations of power available to a small numbers of people (like some maniac with a suitcase nuke) is the prickly arrangement we presently have with nature. Trading our individuality for survival may be yet another.
I imagine it could go one of two ways, people would simply accept the full expression of their collective humanity warts and all as they say, or the collective mindset could use a process of democratic quorum and redact the mental patterns deemed unacceptable.
I have the book, and have read it. It it is based on some fascinating ideas, and starts off great, then is weak at the end. I have several of Whitley's recent fiction books - Hybrids, The Grays, and 2012, The War for Souls, and one other I can't remember. I recommend The Grays as a good read. The others are similar in starting off with a great idea and then not developing it to a satisfactory conclusion, in my view.
Yeah i wasnt too impressed with the sample chapters here http://www.hybridsbook.com/ He claims this is not fiction, but that since he has no proof this is real, he must write it as fiction I also think there is a lot to be said for this comment
Actually, I thought the first three chapters were riveting. The end of the book did not deliver, at least not for me. The concept of a hybrid as Whitley describes is fascinating. I am a subscriber to Whitley's site, and have been for years. That doesn't mean I automatically like all of his books, however.
I have many of his books myself, including some of his earlier fiction like the forbiden zone, the wolfen and the hunger. PW, were particulary scathing of hybrids though From Publishers Weekly Strieber, well-known for both horror (The Omega Point) and nonfiction about alien encounters (Communion), deals with the consequences of abandoned alien technology in this vapid thriller. Complex biomechanical hybrids, made with alien gene-splicing techniques and spawned in an underground facility deep below New Mexico, threaten the world, while the U.S. president rages against the scientists who have kept him in the dark. Human science proves ineffectual against the hybrids, and humanity's only hope lies in the first generation of hybrids, Mark and Gina, who are unaware of their own origin and hidden superpowers. Stilted prose, flat characters, cartoonish emotion, and implausible science combine to rob this book of any appeal.
For your information, we were offered a chance to interview Strieber by his book publicist. After offering to appear two or three times in the past, and backing out before the scheduled interview, Strieber wrote me and Chris to explain why he'd never come on the show. In short, he doesn't like being criticized in our forums. We're not asking anymore.
The best way to keep your ego intact is to only talk to those who adore you. Strieber cant handle the tough questions and is smart enough not to get himself cornered. So, my bet is he will become a regular guest on C2C and some other weenie radio and podcast shows that simply swallow his drivel hook, line, and sinker.
He's been a regular on C2C for years. Besides, it's not as if we have discussed him all that much in recent months. But his decision to chicken out will change that. Or maybe he wants to retain his status as one of the few major figures in the UFO field not to appear on The Paracast. He's actually the only one to refuse in recent memory.
I guessed a long time ago he reads these forums, and i think he's done himself a dis-service in declining to be interviewed. Criticism is an important vector in any form of communication. Feedback, even negtive feedback is an honest form of input, and is useful even ,as a catalyst for change and improvement. Imo the loss is Mr Streibers, he had the opertunity to address those criticisms, and in doing so possibly changing the perceptions of those who did so.
Given that one would have to report their findings after death, it seems you are forever going to appear quite prescient in that statement.
