AW: [meteorite-list] Best ALH84001 Meteorite Book

[Dave Freeman mjwy/fossilalgae.com]

Dear Martin, List,
Ask Bob Haag....he is a top of the pile trader...
Dave F.

Martin Altmann wrote:

>May I ask a hypothetical question?
>
>It would be interesting to know, how collectors & dealers would estimate a
>gram price for ALH84001 if it would be available.
>
>Buckleboo!
>Martin
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>Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von MARK
>BOSTICK
>Gesendet: Montag, 20. Februar 2006 16:32
>An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Betreff: [meteorite-list] Best ALH84001 Meteorite Book
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>Hello List,
>
>I have not read that many of the dozen or more books on ALH84001.  Having 
>noted that, the better I have read is “The Hunt For Life on Mars”, where the
>
>writer uses a playful court like setting to defend and argue against the 
>case for life in ALH84001.  However, since I have not read many of them I 
>feel my opinion is very limited and therefore I asked NASA scientist Everett
>
>Gibson, one of the many people involved with this meteorite that last 10 
>years, and perhaps the second most involved person with this meteorite, what
>
>he thought the best book on ALH84001 is, and if I could share his thoughts, 
>which are presented below.
>
>“The best book on the ALH84001 meteorite was published February 14, 2006 and
>
>is officially released tomorrow, Feb. 21, 2006. The book is written by Kathy
>
>Sawyer, Senior Science writer for the Washington Post. Our team assisted 
>Kathy with the book but withheld some of the more interesting information. 
>The title, is "THE ROCK FROM MARS: A Detective Story from Two Planets". (I 
>believe that is the title. ) The book is published by Random House. It is 
>over 400 pages long and I believe it sells for around $29.95. The book is 
>available in most of the Barnes and Noble along with Borders book stores 
>because of its recent release. The book is not the final story (that must 
>wait until I write my book) but it comes very close to telling what went on 
>during our research and the unbelievable things occurring behind the scenes 
>at the White House and with the Journal SCIENCE. We were simply carried 
>along and had zero control of the actions going on after we had the 
>manuscript accepted by SCIENCE. Everett”
>
>On a background notes on who Everett Gibson is.  It was from Gibson’s safe 
>that the lunar rock was stolen from a few years ago (actually they took the 
>whole safe) and he is the person that brought the Monohans meteorite to NASA
>
>after it fell.  That is kind of brief, but both have been former list 
>topics.
>
>Clear Skies,
>Mark Bostick
>www.meteoritearticles.com
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