[meteorite-list] New meteorite book _The_Fallen_Sky_

[michael cottingham]

WOW- maybe that explains my 5 children and the thousands of meteorites  
that have passed through my hands....

I wonder if Wilt Chamberlain ever collected meteorites?

Best Wishes

Michael Cottingham

On Jul 23, 2009, at 12:36 PM, MeteorHntr at aol.com wrote:


> You had to go and stop the sample pages where the topic on the last

> paragraph states::

>

> "The very act of collecting, many say is  sexual..."

>

> Thanks, now we all will have to go out and buy this just to  find  

> out what

> he is talking about.

>

> While I have heard people in the field  tell others to go do  

> "something"

> with themselves, I never really thought of  meteorites and meteorite

> collecting in the terms of being sexual in  nature.

>

> And you say there is 448 pages of this?

>

> Steve Arnold

> of  "Meteorite Men"

>

>

>

> In a message dated 7/23/2009 1:42:53 P.M. Central  Daylight Time,

> cynapse at charter.net writes:

> My copy of The Fallen Sky arrived  today.  I've had just a few  

> minutes to

> look

> over it so no major details,  but it is a sizable hardback (448  

> pages of

> text not

> counting index, notes,  and such) and is divided into 10 sections,  

> each on a

> different  meteorite-related topic. Section 7 is "A Serious Case of  

> the I

> Wants:

> The  Passions of the Dealers" which should particularly interest  

> many list

> members  as a few of you make cameo appearances.

>

> I did a quick scan of a few  sample pages from that chapter.  I  

> didn't work

> to

> make them actually  look good (which might require disarticulating the

> pages to

> get the inside  edges flat) or to give a whole segment, but just to  

> give an

> idea

> of the  contents.

>

> http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/the_fallen_sky/

>

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