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I was wondering if anyone was working on an alterna book. I have the book Mountain Kings and I would love to see a book like that one alterna. Would be an extremely interesting read to see data, hear stories, pictures, etc.

I think your referring to the big Mountain King book by Hubbs.. Which I think it as great book, but I wish more of the black & white photos were in color & I would like it to be available in hardcover.. Of course I would be willing to pay more for it..

I have not heard of anyone working on a similar Alterna book. But, it would be great to have one available and i would be first on line to buy one at any cost..

There is an Alterna movie that is due out in the Summer of '08.. You can see the details and a short teaser video here at http://alternarushthemovie.com/

Merry Christmas!

~ Mike Russo

How about Alterna by Merker? Not as detailed info as the other but it is very good and has great color pictures!

http://lm-digital.com/

Jim

You are right Jim, the Merker book is very nice and has some great photo's.. I assumed that he knew about the Merker book and was looking for somthing more along the lines of the Hubbs book..

Speak to you soon

~ Mike Russo

I don't know that anyone can write an alterna book along those lines, I really don't think anyone has that depth of knowledge about alterna, they just kind of pop up in your light - if they are there that is. The formula is go to generally the right place,start to look and keep looking, you never know where they are, they could literally be anywhere!

I always think they are tough to "hunt" and there is not a lot of science to the hunt, it is more of a test of persistence. They live mostly way under ground, if you find one out it's like you are catching them with their pants down so to speak, they even seem to be embarassed at being seen, like "oops you got me".

Jim

i reckon most of the natural history would be based on our capive notes and the few really natural observations recorded over the past decades....don't forget dennie miller's thesis and beryn tryon's paper....were is tryon now??....how is terry harris ???