Whitley Strieber

Louis Whitley Strieber (born June 13, 1945) is a US writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, which professes to be a non-fictional description of his subjective experiences with non-human entities; see alien abduction. Also for being the inspiration for the blockbuster movie about sudden climate change, "The Day After Tomorrow"

Communion and the visitors

On December 26, 1985, Strieber reportedly had an experience in which he thought he was abducted from his cabin in upstate New York by non-human beings of some kind. He wrote about these experiences in his first non-fiction book, the best-selling Communion (1987). Communion is generally interpreted as a claim of alien abduction, but Strieber says that he draws no firm conclusions about the nature or source of his experience. He refers to the beings as "the visitors," a name chosen to be as neutral as possible, and leaves open the possibility that they are not extraterrestrials and even that they exist only in his mind. He has repeatedly expressed his frustration with what he feels are fantastic claims incorrectly attributed to him.

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December 26 - 1985 - Communion - 1987 - Alien abduction - Extraterrestrial

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Strieber went on to write three more books about his experiences with the visitors, Transformation (1988), Breakthrough (1995), and The Secret School (1996). Each was commercially less successful than the last, and all three are now out of print. Other visitor-themed books of Strieber's include Majestic (1989), a novel about the Roswell UFO incident; The Communion Letters (1997, reissued in 2003), a collection of letters from readers reporting experiences similar to Strieber's; and Confirmation (1998), a non-fiction book presenting purported evidence for the reality of UFOs and abductions. An upcoming novel, The Grays (2006), will convey his cumulative knowledge, experience, and impressions of alien contact through a fictional narrative.

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1988 - 1995 - 1996 - 1989 - Roswell UFO incident - 1997 - 2003 - 1998 - UFO - 2006

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Strieber wrote the screenplay for the 1989 movie Communion, directed by Philippe Mora and starring Christopher Walken as Whitley Strieber. The movie covers material from both Communion and Transformation and introduces some new themes not present in the books.

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1989 - Communion - Philippe Mora - Christopher Walken

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