Communion

Communion is a book by American ufologist and horror author Whitley Strieber that was first published in February of 1987. The book is based on Strieber's own alleged experiences with non-human, possibly extraterrestrial entities. Communion was a Number 1 New York Times bestseller in the Non-Fiction category, and was on the list for fifteen weeks in hardcover and for thirty-six weeks in paperback. Hardcover sales neared 300,000. Paperback sales e... more

Communion is a book by American ufologist and horror author Whitley Strieber that was first published in February of 1987. The book is based on Strieber's own alleged experiences with non-human, possibly extraterrestrial entities. Communion was a Number 1 New York Times bestseller in the Non-Fiction category, and was on the list for fifteen weeks in hardcover and for thirty-six weeks in paperback. Hardcover sales neared 300,000. Paperback sales exceeded 2,000,000. It was the 3rd bestselling mass market paperback of 1988. A 2008 trade paperback edition presents a new preface by the author. The cover painting of an alien was rendered by Ted Seth Jacobs. The painting is considered one of the most widely-recognized popular culture images of a "grey" alien. "The Communion cover," Jacobs recounts, "was painted in my small apartment on East 83rd St, in New York City. Whitley sat with me first for a drawing of the Alien. As I sketched, he would indicate how to change the portrait so that it... less