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March 17, 2008 at 10:59:25

Stephen King's Son, Takes a Shot at 9/11 Truth Author, While New Film Director Embraces His Work!

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It was a busy weekend on the 9/11 truth front, as the Director of the explosive new feature length film on 9/11 truth issues, Reflecting Pool, joined a growing chorus of 9/11 truth researchers and activists, who have pointed out the reality that historical-fiction works, can draw many more eyes to look at the hard facts of the 9/11 attacks. Especially in an age when corporate media is actively censoring factual coverage of the 9/11 questions. Mark Twain's work on the evil's of slavery in a fictional book that got people of his time thinking, is a historical case in point of the power of current-event-fact-related novelistic narrative.

In recent months such 9/11 truth heroes as David Ray Griffin, Professor Steven Jones, Kevin Ryan, Janice Matthews, and many others have pointed out the value of historical-fiction narrative, in the form of "The Shell Game," by New York Times best selling author, Steve Alten.

The book is laced with historical facts, which leave many readers, even Bush Republicans re-thinking everything about current events and America's future. However, beyond the historic facts laced in the book, the author has become a voice for truth as he gains corporate media attention for his novel. And in the interviews the leap from fictional narrative to cold hard, disturbing, facts regarding 9/11 are taking front and center.

For example, the historical fact nature of Alten's latest work was best heard in Alten's recent interview on National CBS Radio's Jim Bohannan Show, where 9/11 truth facts became a critical part of the interview, and Bohannan allowed Alten to read directly from "The Shell Game" the historical facts that lead Bohannan to ask Alten if he thought the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks.

A four minute clip of this interview can be heard on mp3 at:
http://theshellgame.net/interview.mp3
or at TheShellGame.net

The other aspect of historical-fiction is that it weaves 9/11 truth issues into the most unlikely of venues, such as a Book Fair in Florida this weekend.

This weekend the 9/11 truth telling novelist of "The Shell Game," author Steve Alten, had a heated exchange with famed horror novelist, Stephen King's son Joe, when both sat on a book fair panel in Ft. Meyer's Florida. When Alten began speaking of the shocking facts he'd discovered regarding the events of 9/11 Joe Hill (son of Stephen King), became skeptical of Alten's conclusions which pointed to US government involvement in the events of 9/11. Alten stood strong, pointing out that the facts he'd offered regarding the War Games, etc. on 9/11 were indisputable historically recorded facts.

Now, on the other hand, on this same weekend, "The Reflecting Pool" Director, congratulated Alten for his courage in taking this issue on in his work, and beyond. Jarek Kupsc, the Director of the new film "The Reflecting Pool," wrote Alten and described what he thought "The Shell Game" offered the struggle for truth, regarding the events of 9/11/2001. However, beyond the book's value as a tool to fight for truth, the talented director commented on Alten's raw courage, for having taken on the dragon of 9/11 truth in his work.

Below are both a trailer for the new film "Reflecting Pool" as well as comments by its director on the importance of "The Shell Game," and other creative fictional works that rely heavily on 9/11 truth facts, and how they can in some ways touch many more people, faster. With an end goal of drawing more eyes to the profound non-fiction works and the truth around 9/11.

Steve [Alten],
I admire your cohones. To come out with this book this particularly important election year makes me (and many other people) more hopeful that the tide will turn. To my knowledge, “The Shell Game” is the first novel of note to deal with the issue of false flag operations as they directly relate to September Eleven. I don’t see how anyone who reads your book would look at 9/11 without the highest suspicion that the official story is simply not true. Allegorizing 9/11 into the sphere of near-future political deception, you make a very persuasive case for the total complicity of the Bush administration in perpetrating the biggest tragedy on American soil since the Indian Holocaust. As we both know, one cannot look at 9/11 from the perspective of the United States alone. Two preemptive wars under false pretenses, over a million civilian deaths in the Middle East, thousands of dead American troops, record suicide rates among the Iraq veterans, the demise of the Bill of Rights – coupled with solidifying dictatorial powers in the hands of a rogue, unelected President under the aegis of the Machiavellian mind of his Vice President – all this is stranger-than fiction reality of today’s world.

It is “The Shell Game’s” greatest achievement to raise these issues so openly and offer an all-too-plausible scenario for a future self-inflicted attack that would tip the world into an irreversible
direction of global chaos. Lastly, I would like to commend you for focusing so much attention on the ecological issues, specifically on finding renewable, alternative sources of energy that would permanently wean us off the oil spigot. As you suggest in your book, if you compare the U.S. military bases in the Middle East with the existing or proposed gas and oil pipelines, both maps would overlap. Shouldn’t such picture be enough to persuade public opinion that whatever we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan has nothing to do with democracy and freedom?

This much is certain – we are both dealing with something of enormous importance in the medium we understand best – creative work. Some will dismiss it as speculative fiction. Others will understand that the best way to reach larger masses is to appeal to emotions and
to invite the reader or the audience to share in on imaginary experiences if only to avoid the real ones. Such emotions, when supported by undisputable facts, are capable of forging very strong
reactions to real issues.

Thank you for helping to awaken those in the dark, and for shattering delusions about the nature of the powers-that-be.

My very best,

Jarek Kupsc
writer/director
The Reflecting Pool
www.reflectingpoolfilm.com

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By William E. Douglas, Jr., who is author of "The Amateur Parent – A Book on Life, Death, War & Peace, and Everything Else in the Universe." Bill has been a guest columnist for the Kansas City Star, The Business Journal, and other media worldwide. His past essays include, "Exposing the 9/11 Conspiracy Wingnuts," "The Explosion of the 9-11 Truth Movement -- US Media's Dirty Little Secret," "Good Night, and Good Luck - WMD, NIST, Popular Mechanics, 9/11 and Media Crimes" and also "Why the Jewish Community Should Demand 9/11 Truth."

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I'm a dull and simple lad
Cannot tell water from champagne
David WattsI'm a dull and simple lad
Cannot tell water from champagne

The Shell Game is an exciting, quick read.

The Shell Game is an exciting, quick read. While hanging on to the gripping plot, the reader learns a lot of mind-opening facts about the real world we live in and leaves the reader scratching their head about why they haven't heard any of these things in the media. And, many will come away understanding that he world isn't quite what they thought it was; in fact, far from it.

Watch the very interesting trailers at www.theshellgame.net

by David Watts (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 16 diaries, 227 comments) on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 12:43:43 PM

Just a person that knows he matters and placing more on acceptance than expectation... And while this explanation is viewed apparently by some as limited, here's some more personal information that those same some believe I "need" to testify that I can post here at OpEdNews.com:
I have an undergraduate degree (BA even - not a foppish BS) in biology/environmental science with an emphasis on environmental/ecological systems (they are, like, um, so complex), a master's degree in public he...

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Tom MurphyJust a person that knows he matters and placing more on acceptance than expectation... And while this explanation is viewed apparently by some as limited, here's some more personal information that those same some believe I "need" to testify that I can post here at OpEdNews.com:
I have an undergraduate degree (BA even - not a foppish BS) in biology/environmental science with an emphasis on environmental/ecological systems (they are, like, um, so complex), a master's degree in public he...

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"The Shell Game" - a fast fading fictional thriller

"The Shell Game" is yet another irrelevant tool of the 9/11 Truther Movement. I no longer feel compelled to explain the book's relationship to a publisher of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints works, Cedar Fort, Inc. - http://www.cedarfort.com/ .
But if some still want to check out this connection, you can view the news releases that accompanied the distribution of "The Shell Game", alongside other LDS books like "Heaven Scent", "Latter-day Saint Heros and Heroines", and "Don't You Marry The Mormon Boys" - http://www.cedarfort.com/news/index.html .
In fact, you can get an e-book version of "The Shell Game" at Cedar Fort's web site - http://www.cedarfort.com/catalog/9781599550947.html . And don't forget to check out the trailer information at Cedar Fort on this fast-fading fictional thriller - http://www.cedarfort.com/sweetwater/shellgame.html .

by Tom Murphy (3 articles, 4 quicklinks, 10 diaries, 1708 comments) on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 1:13:04 PM

Hater of Nazis above all. Hobbies include activism, military model building, military history, exciting and vital conversation with retired crooks. Retired
John HanksHater of Nazis above all. Hobbies include activism, military model building, military history, exciting and vital conversation with retired crooks. Retired

It's all in the ...

buckets and buckets of coverups.

by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1186 comments) on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 1:23:07 PM

A well traveled and slightly worse for wear 72 year old Englishman; widower, several children and grandchildren and a penchant for wondering 'what is the hidden agenda' in almost everything I read. A keen interest in American culture (an oxymoron?) (JOKE!) and politics and an international world view, except where I haven't got first hand experience of the parts of the world I have not visited. Editor of some books about the Qur'an and Islam. Teacher of English in little known countries like Mau...

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ibrahim turnerA well traveled and slightly worse for wear 72 year old Englishman; widower, several children and grandchildren and a penchant for wondering 'what is the hidden agenda' in almost everything I read. A keen interest in American culture (an oxymoron?) (JOKE!) and politics and an international world view, except where I haven't got first hand experience of the parts of the world I have not visited. Editor of some books about the Qur'an and Islam. Teacher of English in little known countries like Mau...

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Why do you care?

I've seen your many many put downs of the Shell game and the truth movements on particularly this site. You seem to have some sort of obsession with it. If it is soooo fast fading, why do you continually keep on keeping on?
Do you get paid bt the word?

by ibrahim turner (25 articles, 31 quicklinks, 5 diaries, 175 comments) on Monday, March 17, 2008 at 10:39:56 PM

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