Comments on: Cryptozoologist, Fortean, Social Scientist, Museum Director Loren Coleman: A Complete Book List

By: Wolfie0827

Wolfie0827 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:20:52 +0000

Loren, that is because Wikipedia is run by a bunch of self-centered idiots (most not all.)

By: dconstrukt

dconstrukt — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:09:57 +0000

@loren…. any suggestions as far as which books you’d start reading first?

there seems to be so many interesting ones on this list!

By: Goodfoot

Goodfoot — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:19:27 +0000

Loren: Just today received a pristine, hard-cover edition of WEIRD VIRGINIA!!! A prized possession.

By: somebodyssquatchingme

somebodyssquatchingme — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:19:15 +0000

Hmmm, I have 9 of these books. Loren, you recommended “Tom Slick True Life Encounters in Cryptozoology” the last time I visited the ICM, and I am so pleased. It’s wonderful. Keep up the good work.

By: kryptos006

kryptos006 — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:58:18 +0000

I don’t know if any of you were counting, but, by my count, Loren Coleman stands at 8 forwards, 27 co-authored books, 22 chapter contributions (which include any articles or chapters that he wrote for any book), 14 introductions, 9 authored books, 6 additional editions of past books (at least out of the ones featured), 1 preface, and 2 co-authored chapter contributions, with known future publications at 1 authored book and 1 co-authored books. Needless to say, that is a formidable quantity of publications. I am working on my first cryptozoological publication (with only 2 publications otherwise) whereas Loren Coleman has achieved an unbelievable quantity of 89 publications! Wow.

By: Jonathan Poulsen

Jonathan Poulsen — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:30:11 +0000

I’ve read ‘Bigfoot: The True Story of Apes in American’ and ‘The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and other Mystery Primates Worldwide’. I enjoyed both of the books, but I’am very skeptical that all of the creatures in ‘The Field Guide’ are real, but I would say that the Patterson creature (known as a Neo Giant) is real.

By: Sincero

Sincero — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:46:35 +0000

Fascinating.

By: Ethologist

Ethologist — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:15:16 +0000

Yes, I was a rural youth and came from a poor and somewhat disconnected family. But, I would never have felt like a scene from ‘Hellraiser’ would exemplify me or my emotions though.

But hey, maybe if a social worker talked to me they would have images of an 80′s horror flick running through their cranium. Haha

I guess some book covers will always leave me in question.

In general (not speaking of the rural youth), I really do not get why authors do not have more input (and design control) over their published work. You would think that the publisher would see it in their best interest, as the writer should know their target audience.

In all seriousness though Loren, I think you should get to work. You don’t have your name attached to enough literature yet. (Yes, Cryptomundo, my first and last attempt at humor on here. Don’t worry.)

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:28:15 +0000

Dear Ethologist;

Let me ask you the obvious:

Have you ever been a “rural youth”? Do you know what that feels like?

Have you ever worked with rural youth? Can you imagine how that is experienced by those workers?

Not a real clue why the artist did it with so many emotional tones.

By: Ethologist

Ethologist — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:17:16 +0000

Loren, any insight into why the “Working with Rural Youth” cover looks like the cover to a horror novel?