Two book-related entries for your postprandial enjoyment:
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First, some news about Chris Carter's excellent book Science and the Near-Death Experience, which I reviewed here.
Chris did a radio interview about the book for a show called The X-Zone. Streaming audio here; iTunes download here. (X-Zone archives are here.)
Chris also was interviewed by Skeptiko, but that podcast isn't online yet. Keep watching this space.
On Amazon, Chris replied at length to some questions and comments in a reader review. You can read his detailed comments here.
If you've read the book and liked it, why not leave a positive review at the Amazon.com or Amazon UK sales page?
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Serious novels about NDEs are rare, but I read one recently which was well-researched, thoughtful, and intelligent. The book is A Benevolent Virus, by Frances O'Brien. It's sold by Amazon, and there's a website about it.
Book description:
What happens when we die? And what happens to those of us who are propelled into the strange reality of a near death experience? How do we re-integrate into the world when our understanding of reality has been turned upside-down? A Benevolent Virus follows the intertwining stories of two NDE survivors who struggle to make sense of their lives in the wake of an NDE. Ann Richards, a successful television reporter is faced with the breakdown of her marriage and her career as she struggles to get to the truth of her experience. Daniel Breton, an ex-Marine who was near-fatally injured in Fallujah, tries to find meaning in his NDE by recording the stories of others who have had similar experiences. Both Ann and Daniel are set on a spiritual adventure that forces them each to explore ideas of consciousness and the quantum universe that challenge their old worldview.