[meteorite-list] New meteorite book _The_Fallen_Sky_

From: michael cottingham <mikewren_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:53:47 -0700
Message-ID: <3AA3C647-322C-42A9-B54A-42A73B8942A3_at_gilanet.com>

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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Received on Thu 23 Jul 2009 03:53:47 PM PDT