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THE ALIEN'S GUIDE TO PLANET EARTH - THE BOOK (The Aliens Guide to Planet Earth - Book 1) [Kindle Edition]

James F. Coyle
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NOW ALSO AVAILABLE - The Alien's Guide to Planet Earth BOOK-2

The on-going story of a humble alien tourist travelling the planet meeting all sorts of interesting innovative women.... particularly those wild Aussie ones!

Bakir Breezlebob was one of the first generation Mammarians to migrate to earth but he had to adopt a human form to fit it with earth society. Which was why he chose a very common earth name of course.  His natural shape was that of a large round purple tube. He arrived as a tourist 2000 years ago but due to a union dispute between spacecraft pilots and management he got temporarily stranded. The dispute is not yet resolved. He has been married 78 times and claims he has women nearly figured out. This book starts by explaining how he adjusted to Earth conditions then goes on to describe a number of his marriages and world travels in a highly humorous manner.

BUYER COMMENTS;
....... "Possibly the best comedy material I have ever read. This author is unique!"
....... "This book is comedy fantasy at its best. One of the most entertaining reads I've had in years! But don't read it unless you have a sense of humour!"
....... "There were a few one-liners in this that made me laugh so hard it hurt. This is not for the "science-minded" or staid or serious person. It is pure fun. More, Mr. Coyle! More"!
....... "Much funnier than  The 3rd Rock from the Sun TV series."


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...........He became fascinated with earth infants and took great delight in watching them develop. Of course Mammarian infants were not born, hatched, cloned or issued as punishment by the enemy as some earthlings were. They evolved naturally from the basic purple state which is as pure as you can get and the envy of all other galactic races. This small group of unfortunate earthlings were at a serious disadvantage in life and usually ended up employed as 1-star reviewers for various e-book companies. Which will explain a lot to authors who are reading this...........

............Later on he met a group of missionaries who had travelled as far as New Zealand but they were somewhat disillusioned as half of their team had been eaten by the locals. Bakir quite wisely decided to leave his visit there for a couple of hundred years until the locals had had a good feed................

....It took Bakir a long while to figure it out. This knife and fork business was strange. On his home planet of Mammary the purple tubes merely stuck one end of the tube in the food and sucked furiously. Of course you had to remember which end of the tube was for sucking because the other end was for blowing. Most adult tubes got this right but of course the youngsters got tangled at times and produced disgusting results.......

........Earth society had successfully developed crime to a very high level and Bakir felt they should be awarded an intergalactic certificate in appreciation of their endeavours. I mean where else could you go to get successfully robbed, mugged and sexually assaulted...... all in one night?...........

........Bakir suddenly decided to go on vacation to Earth, which was about as far away from problems as anyone could get. In fact it was so far away that the space crew had to pack 5 years supply of cut lunches in the freezer. It was a long trip even at 10,000 times the speed of light. And it was dead boring with all those planets flashing past like fence posts on a fast horse. Fortunately the Mammarians had a neat board game which turned out to be a super evolved type of chess and each game lasted over 6 months. They used small furry critters as chessmen and this worked well until one of the critters would let out a rebel yell and rush off to the bathroom. The onboard food didn't always agree with them........

AUTHOR'S COMMENT - This book was inspired by the "3RD Rock from the Sun" TV series.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 255 KB
  • Print Length: 129 pages
  • Publisher: KDP Kindle (19 May 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0084V0T12
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #129,154 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Mainly good and certainly different 3 Sep 2012
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This is an interesting narrative of an alien's experiences on Earth after having been left behind on Earth when the staff of his spaceship company went on strike a couple of thousand years ago (he is a long lived alien!). The book is divided into various segments some of which can be bought separately plus one grouping of the first six segments, and takes the narration forward from Roman times up to the modern world - which is the vast majority of the book. I did prefer the first part of the book, maybe because the narration was still very fresh but also because once the alien reaches modern times the book becomes virtually a travel guide to modern Australia and New Zealand plus a few other side trips. It has some interest as a travel guide though for me, too much on Australia & New Zealand. What saves the book though is frequent comments from the narrator comparing aspects of life on Earth with 'life' on his home planet or elsewhere in the inhabited universe. It is these comments which make the book worthwhile and often fun as well as being a good commentary on how we earthlings do things. Less on the travel guide aspects and more on the comparisons with aliens would have made for a much better book, but as it is, it is still fun and worth reading. The writing style is a bit stilted on the lines of 'I did this then I did that and then I did something else' and doesn't flow well but not so badly as to detract too much from one's enjoyment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious! Interesting perspective 22 Jun 2012
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Every now and again I need a jolt of something that changes my point of view and makes me think. This book does that in spades, and at the same time there are some intensely funny passages that make the whole book well worth the read. I like this kind of humor. I like this kind of story. Coyle pokes fun at all of us, and even pokes fun at himself. Well done!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Amusing and Funny 30 Mar 2013
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This was an amusing and funny read. I liked it and enjoyed the author's little alien tale which pokes fun at us and our planet. The humor is a bit bizarre so probably not for everyone. But I'm a bit warped anyway.

It reads more like a Jay Leno monologue with all narrative, no dialogue and no real story or plot to speak of. I think the author could have improved and lengthened the tale by adding some of these elements and made it a much better book.

It is a very short novella and I read it in one night. The first of a series and I would read others based on this one.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic and free 28 Dec 2012
By lmp
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I would have paid for this book, it was one of those books that you couldn't put down, a funny story from an aliens point of view about an alien who moved to earth and lived on the planet for hundreds of years in human form and his outlook on people! really funny and also sad in parts! Even if you have to pay for this it is worth it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and entertaining 6 Oct 2012
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I read this book while relaxing on holiday by the pool. I wish I hadn't because several bits in the book made me laugh out loud. I was getting some strange looks!

Some reviews have compared the book to 'The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy' If anything this put me off slightly as I was probably too young to understand the humour when I tried to watch the TV show. I would be tempted to try again after reading 'The Aliens guide to planet Earth' the story is very funny and at times thought provoking.

I am so glad I gave it a go and would highly recommend it. My other half is keen to read it after I related some of the funnier bits to him. Just so he knew why I was laughing so much.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Purple Tubes a gogo 5 Oct 2012
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O.k. I have to admit it - I liked this book. It shamelessly borrows from Douglas Adams "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" series - (I mean-"Bakir Breezlebob {Zaphod Beeblebrox} & the `Bad news` drive -{Bistromatic drive?}) BUT is still quite original in the most part and will bring a smile to your face. Its a bit small (128 pages) but it kept my attention so not a bad effort.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars great reading.... 29 Sep 2012
By LTH
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If your into hitch hikers guide to galaxy you'll love this...great look at the human race and its attitudes,I had no idea there was so many purple tubes lurking around,,I've often been told about books that are 'laugh out load' but never had one until now. Just had to carry on reading..
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dreary 12 Jan 2013
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Didn't bother to finish this. It's just a series of observations about an alien who has liherein earth 2000 years. it didn't pull me in.
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