Recently was working a local con as a vendor and before the show starts I go around to the other vendors and buy whatever comics or books to add to my collection. This guy had Battlefield Earth for 50 cents. I saw the movie at a dollar theater when I was in the Air Force and thought it was lackluster to put it nicely. I’ve had people insist the book is much better so I’ll give it a read. I’ve avoided his sci-fi due to who he was but are any worth a read? Just out of curiosity I think I’ll read Dianetics one day since I remember those commercials as a kid.
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Nope, haven't read it. And, if we're talking...interesting sci-fi, what about Donald Barr's (US AG Bill Barr's father) "fictional" book on underage sex trafficking, Space Relations?
Haven't read that either, to be clear, but, wow, it's wild it exists. The dude who gave Epstein his first job, whose son then oversaw Epstein's death...yeah, pretty weird stuff.
He might not have started a whole-ass religion, but it's still pretty insane.
Never heard of that. Now I’m curious
It's actually fucking insane.
The protagonist is literally convinced by the PDF slavers, and starts abusing young girls. Again, written by the father of the Attorney General of the United States, back in Trump's first term.
I'll send you a link, if I remember. I probably won't, to be fair. But it's fucking crazy. Look up Donald Barr.
Just read the synopsis. No way you can write that much underage rape and not be a pedo.
Will do. That is insane. Granted I do believe some fiction (books, tv, movies, etc) are clearly sending a message. Especially when you go down the Illuminati or predictive programming rabbit hole
I've heard about it multiple places, but this was one of them:
Tucker Carlson with Daryl Cooper, "the True History of Jeffrey Epstein and Ongoing Cover-Up"
Donald Barr bit starts within the first few minutes, and is even compared to L. Ron Hubbard explicitly, actually.
Thanks
That was somehow the weirdest part of that interview.
I refuse to have anything to do with L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. I will not touch anything he wrote.
Yea I see his books at used bookstores in the sci fi sections but never touch them. Only got Battlefield earth because some have insisted it’s a good book and I figured 50 cents wasn’t a bad deal
From what I remember when I lazily thumbed through one it was thoroughly unimpressive. Not hilariously bad like the movie, but generic and boring sci-fi without anything to really set it apart from the crowd.
The most unique parts are the barely concealed political/ideological stuff that would be repurposed into Scientology doctrine anyway.
There is a reason why even his cult doesn't use his books are a soft sell recruiting tool, because they aren't interesting enough to bait anyone. Instead they use the nonsense babble like Dianetics which can use pure confusion and "just thinking about it" to reel idiots instead.
True. Those commercials were on like crazy in the mid to late 80s
They knew how popular that kind of pseudo intellectual drivel can be, and as books like The Secret proved still are. Its a great bait to get people in and let them do their little mind games.
I think they really only stopped because "Scientology" became a household name instead of a bomb they could drop on you, so the bait stopped being effective.
That such a movie ever got made should tell you everything you'd need to know about Hollywoke and the type of people that crawl around in it.
Great point. That movie made me glad the solar theater let you eat a lot.
For an awesome sci-fi series check out the Galaxies Edge book series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/213397-galaxy-s-edge
It's like big boy Star Wars if John Gresham wrote it. Book one is good but really takes off with book 2. The audio books are fantastic .
I’ve heard of those. Been meaning to check them out. Thanks!
AA writing. Good if you like the subject, but not genre defining or the greatest work.
There are very few books I stop reading in the middle cause they are so bad. His was one.
Yikes! Not a ringing endorsement lol