Majestic

by Strieber

Cassette Audiobook , 1989

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Collection

Anomaly Archives

Publication

Simon & Schuster Audio (1989)

Description

When an unusual aircraft crashes in the New Mexico desert, an operation code named Majestic is sent to investigate. How do they handle what they discover? Are there really aliens involved? How can they communicate with them?

User reviews

LibraryThing member endersreads

I first became interested in Whitley Strieber from his work with Art Bell. I have had an interest in the Roswell incident for a much longer period. I find Strieber's credibility to be lacking. Of course Majestic is fiction, with actual documents spread within. I believe Strieber has an honest

curiosity into the subjects he writes about; but as selling some of his obviously fictionized writings as non-fiction, he has turned many away. It's like a UFOlogist who is found to be making hoax pictures--they should be punished and excommunicated. Now, that being said, and knowing what Strieber is, I still enjoy his writings--plan to get his 2012. Majestic here starts out well. We who know the Roswell case well will enjoy the trip back. Towards the end, very much like UFOs themselves, things become a bit abstract. I felt a bit let down, yet the historicity Strieber presents here is worth the trip. You can still catch Strieber occasionally on our beloved Coast to Coast AM.

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LibraryThing member hobreads

Over-promises, under-delivers. Strieber tells a pedestrian tale of wonder - of visitors from the stars and the military's reaction to it. The novel has prose interspersed with military documents, transcripts and the like - which were interesting - and many what-do-we-do-next moments that, while

believable, were not terribly exciting.

In the Author's note in the beginning, Strieber talks of conversations in 1988 with an uncle, a colonel, who has alien-related information for him, the talk spurred by Strieber's then-recent book: "Communion". He writes: "My uncle asked me if I've ever heard of the Roswell Incident. I told him I had, but only vaguely.

Pardon me? He wrote a 300+ page book on aliens, has had 2-3 years in between his New York abduction and this moment and.... "only vaguely"?

If you're looking for what this book was trying to deliver, try watching Spielberg's "Taken". If you found parts of this book scary, try watching "Paranormal Activity".

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LibraryThing member niquetteb

The author relates true facts and documents about the alien landing/sighting in Roswell in the '40's. He also interviews one of the head people in charge of keeping everything a secret and laces some with fiction.

LibraryThing member Huba.Library

Interesting story; relates to most other novels in encounter genre.

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