Previous SFF Author: Sarah A. Hoyt
(1911-1986)
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was the founder of the Church of Scientology, as well as the author of Dianetics and the body of works comprising Scientology doctrine. He was also an author in numerous speculative fiction genres for the pulp magazines and, later in life, returned to science fiction.
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Slaves of Sleep by L. Ron Hubbard
Potential readers of L. Ron Hubbard‘s Slaves of Sleep who might be put off by the author’s association with the cult of Dianetics and Scientology need not be concerned here. This novel first appeared in Unknown magazine in 1939, more than a decade before Hubbard’s first Dianetics article was published (in Astounding Science Fiction) in May 1950. Thus, in Slaves of Sleep, there’s not a mention of “auditors,” “clears” or “E-meters” to be found.
Sandy Ferber´s rating: 3 | L. Ron Hubbard | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
The professional reputation of Nebraska-born writer L. Ron Hubbard, it seems to me, has taken a double hit since his heyday in the 1940s. Hubbard, of course, was the founder of the cultish sect known as Scientology, and ever since the release of his initial article on Dianetics in the May 1950 issue of John W. Campbell’s Astounding Science-Fiction, and the founding of the group two years later, his name has been unavoidably linked to this oft-maligned pseudoreligion.
Sandy Ferber´s rating: 4 | L. Ron Hubbard | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future: Volume 30 edited by Dave Wolverton
The Writers of the Future contest is held in high regard within the SFF field, largely because of the many fine writers who have had a boost to their early careers through it and the prominence of the judges (and despite its association with L. Ron Hubbard, of which more later). This volume contains some excellently-written stories and some which weren’t to my taste but were well done anyway.
Mike Reeves-McMillan´s rating: 4 | L. Ron Hubbard, Mike Resnick, Orson Scott Card, Robert Silverberg | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Sarah A. Hoyt
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this sounds like a fun one
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Looking forward to reading the review.