Leaving the community in 1977, he started and ran a small business in [[New York City|NYC,]] marketing the slide storage system he had devised 20 years earlier. The business was successful enough to allow him to focus on his interest in non-human intelligences. After selling his business in 1981, he researched the material for his first book, Dolphins, ETs & Angels that [[Bear & Co.|Bear and Company]] published in 1984. | Leaving the community in 1977, he started and ran a small business in [[New York City|NYC,]] marketing the slide storage system he had devised 20 years earlier. The business was successful enough to allow him to focus on his interest in non-human intelligences. After selling his business in 1981, he researched the material for his first book, Dolphins, ETs & Angels that [[Bear & Co.|Bear and Company]] published in 1984. |