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Steve Alten Newsletter
June Update
June 2006
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in this issue
-- COMING in June: RESURRECTION in paperback!
-- DOMAIN 2012 Doomsday Prophecy Special:
-- MEG MOVIE update:

Dear Leisa,

Did you miss out on the last poster giveaway? You will have a second chance in June. We also have an air date of the DOMAIN TV special, and lots more!

COMING in June: RESURRECTION in paperback!
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If you read DOMAIN, then you’ll definitely want to read RESURRECTION, book 2 in the Domain trilogy. Resurrection was one of the most difficult books to write, because it takes place during the years 2012- 2032. . .and beyond! There is even a side story about super-hurricanes and what we can do to fight them (the novel was written back in 2002).
If you haven’t read DOMAIN, purchase both books, it makes for great summer reading!

FREE POSTER OFFER! : Purchase RESURRECTION or THE LOCH :

If you order a copy of RESURRECTION (paperback only) or The LOCH (either trade paperback or hardback) at Amazon.com between the hours of 7 AM and 9 PM on WEDNESDAY June 7 or THURSDAY June 8 , then forward the e-mail with your receipt and your street mailing address (US citizens only) to me at Meg82159@aol.com I will send you a special PERSONALLY SIGNED limited edition poster of ANGEL feeding at the real Tanaka Lagoon. The poster actually retails for more than either book! (Indicate to WHOM the poster should be signed).

Write down the date: WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY April 7-8 on Amazon.com. Click on the RESURRECTION link below.

Please don’t order on April 9th and ask me for the poster. The idea is to see if we can drop the book’s Amazon ranking below #100. For $7.99 you will get a great book and a signed poster of a 70 foot Megalodon feeding! Not too shabby.

Resurrection link...

DOMAIN 2012 Doomsday Prophecy Special:
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Last September I was in Chichen Itza with the director and producers of 2012: Doomsday Prophecy, filming an hour special that will appear on The HISTORY CHANNEL on Thursday AUGUST 3rd. Check your local listings for run times. I’ll remind you again in July & August, but you won’t want to miss this one, it features some of the best footage, special effects, and complete explanation of the Mayan prophecy and what might happen that I have ever seen.
Oh yeah, I’m in there too on a cameo. (will that get me in the union?)

SHELL GAME – Character Contest NEW Update:

I have now completed roughly 85% of the novel, and this one is something very special. The SHELL GAME is about the end of oil, and the next 9-11 that is being manipulated to bring us into a war that will lead to the darkest days in civilization’s history. I’ve been working on the book for 2 years now and everything I am writing seems to be happening. I am pushing to release The SHELL GAME in Spring 2007.

The following readers have been selected (so far) to be actual characters, based on your entries and how you agreed to help publicize The LOCH. In no particular order:

Kelly Brewer, Steve Murphy, Colin Bradley, Betti Fortier, Charles Wallace, Mitchell Wagner, Kris Hamilton, Brian Dean Westly, Patrick Blanchard, Dick Lawrence, Frank Nasuti, Silas Whitener, Cesar Diaz, Susie Perlman, Aaron Combs, Vanessa Shannen- Anderson, Denice (Daisy) Webb, Ken Keene, Keith Allan, Mike (the TURK) Turzman, Suzie Perlman, Cesar Diaz, Silas T. Whitener, Aaron Coombs, Roxanne Dunlap, Christina Jordan, Mario Childress, Jerry Bobo, Beth Newman, Gary Groves, Shane Torrance, Marco Fatiga, Shawn Eastburn, Jeff Anders, Ramzi Karim, Howard Steven Lowe, D.L. Garst, Jim Leary, Scott Santa, Susan Campbell, Jessica Turner, Garret Matsuura, Kira Nicole Gillean, Gary Lee Schafer, Eric Bi, Mark Tetreault, Elliot Green, Joseph Kendle, Patricia Moreau, Richard Cacciato, Benjamin Simon, Dave Schall, Richard Weldon Small, Michael Bach- Marklund, Adrian Paul Neary, Steven Alan Klemz, Dawn Darconte, Ray Henry, Doug Dvorak, Geordie McGillivray, Brian Doyle, Kelli Doyle (and Grandpa, too), Joseph Poschner, David Ashton, Jennifer Wienner, Christian Felter, Laura Whisenant, Stephen Patrick Murphy, Danelle Henk, Christopher Santoro, Bob Prichard, Robert Thornton, Rodney Lemeni, Ellen Wulf, David Keller, Ace Futrell, Garry Archer.

When possible I have included something personal in your description. If you see your name on the list, I need you to please FULFILL YOUR OFFER and help spread the word about purchasing The LOCH paperback, which is now out in stores.

I’m now closing The SHELL GAME contest as I have more than enough entries to finish the novel. However a new contest will be announced soon for my 9th novel. You will only know about it by reading the newsletter updates.

MEG MOVIE update:
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MEG was presented at Cannes Film Festival. I hope to have an update in July. Here’s hoping MEG ate the competition.
Next Alten novel after Shell Game.

The jury is out. It was supposed to be MEG 4: Hell’s Aquarium, but I want that book to be released just before the MEG movie, and that date was pushed back to 2008. That could still change, but I will let YOU DECIDE in a reader poll I will announce next month.

For those of you who prefer PHOBOS (book 3 of the DOMAIN trilogy) the RESURRECTION paperback sales could sway my verdict on that book. And no, I will NOT be writing a LOCH sequel or anything to do with Bigfoot!

This month’s LIVING TIP from a reader:

Because of these recent abductions in daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things to do in an emergency situation...It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!

2. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you....chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. DON'T DO THIS!) The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE. a. If someone is in the car with a gun to your head DO NOT DRIVE OFF, repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF! Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes bail out and run. It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.

5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage: A.) Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat. B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars. C.) Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at NIGHT!)

7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN, Preferably ! in a zig -zag pattern!

8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP. It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

9. Another Safety Point: Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last, and she called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her "Whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a window, and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, "We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, DO NOT open the door." He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby's cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby's cries outside their doors when they're home alone at night.

That’s all for now. Please stay safe, stay in touch, spread the word about RESURRECTION & THE LOCH, but most of all, know this author greatly appreciates you.

Steve Alten

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email: meg82159@aol.com
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