[meteorite-list] Fictional book about meteorites

From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu <lebofsky_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:55:25 -0700 (MST)
Message-ID: <59977.71.226.60.25.1209552925.squirrel_at_timber.lpl.arizona.edu>

Hi All:

Has anyone actually purchased the book? It is not clear from the emails
that I have seen. If anyone has, would they be willing to write a review
of it for Meteorite?

Thanks.

Larry

On Tue, April 29, 2008 12:30 pm, mexicodoug at aim.com wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
>
> You won't like this answer, but the image on the back cover of the book
> which is apparently the referenced image in the credit on the back flap of
> the book available at your link:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/sitbv3/reader?ie=UTF8&p=S05G&asin=0060741414
>
>
> Is of an erroneously ablating meteoroid in outer space with a fiery
> tail and an atmospheric entry-ablative form which is actually part image
> made by Frank Whitney(Getty Images) supposedly of a painting he
> photographed of a comet near earth with the fiery entry-syled bolide tail
> and no coma, and used as an example of an asteroid in the below link. The
> erroneous celestial representation was apparently cut out of the image and
> digitally pasted above a picture of the Black Hills, though the topography
> looks something like Alpine New Mexico ...
>
> http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2005/12/07/c
> omet256.jpg http://www.greatdreams.com/asteroids.htm
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Best Buying,
> Doug
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Jensen <meteoriteplaya at gmail.com>
> To: Meteorite <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 2:19 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fictional book about meteorites
>
>
>
>
> Hi List
> Here is a fictional book with the plot line about a meteorite.
> In the information on Amazon they give photo credit for a meteorite.
> Does anyone know which meteorite they used?
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Go-Big-Home-Will-Hobbs/dp/0060741414
>
>
>
>
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