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The link to http://www.prometheusbooks.com/site/catalog/book_727.html is broken. I suggest someone fixes this, because i don't know my way around editing. Thank you 81.207.100.251 (talk) 19:47, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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The publication date is incorrect. I gave my grandmother a copy of this book, circa 1975. She died in 1977, so the 1982 publication is clearly incorrect. Geo Swan (talk) 16:04, 9 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Irrelevant phrase?

This sentence...

In April 1992 Geller sued the Prometheus Books in Miami, Florida for $4 million alleging libel made in two other books. This was thrown out in 1994 and the judge ordered Geller to pay $20,272.89 in legal fees.

...doesn't seem relevant to me. What does this sentence have to do with The Truth About Uri Geller? Thanks. GoogolplexForce (talk) 01:33, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Promethteus Books published the book in question, how about that for relevance? Also: First Geller sued Randi, then Prometheus and finally Randi AND Prometheus. Even though the latter two lawsuits are not explicitly about TTAUG, they can be seen as having a connection because of the parties involved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.107.39.92 (talk) 19:35, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whole article needs revision

First point, the section about the cereal box suit should be deleted. It is both irrelevant and misleading. Irrelevant because it has NOTHING to do with the book. Misleading because it misrepresents the result. Only the suit against CSICOP was dismissed. The suit against Randi succeeded, with Randi making an undisclosed settlement. This is a pretty big discussion, and irrelevant to this particular page.

The part about suing Prometheus is totally back to front. It was Randi's book TTAUG that contained the offending phrases 'brought to court', etc. The statement about him being arrested was in the book Physics and Psychics from prometheus, citing Randi as a source. It was Paul Kurtz, not Randi who made a statement admitting he had misunderstood the words. Geller did not lose the case. He settled for a public apology, and a correction. Prometheus paid HIS legal fees.

Some facts on the case from Marcello Truzzi, one of the founding fathers of CSICOP. http://www.uri-geller.com/psir.htm

80.194.30.137 (talk) 22:02, 23 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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