Hubbard was a pretty good sci-fi writer until he followed though on his observation that he could create a religion out of thin air. Bright guy for a while and good on the keyboard.
I remember reading that book and saying, over and over, “Why didn’t he end it here?”
I don’t think he had an editor.
It just went on and on.
Not the worst book I’ve read, and not the best. If there was Scientology in it, it didnt leave a mark.
The movie was campy. Just too much information to stuff into a couple of hours. Mini Series perhaps (a la The Stand) but not a moview.
Wait. I detect a pattern. Hubbard was a pretty good sci-fi writer until he followed through on his observation that he could create a religion out of thin air. Joseph Smith was a pretty good story teller until he followed through on his observation that he could create a religion out of this air.
No wonder it's Mitt's fave book.
(For the record, it's not MY observation that I bring up Joseph Smith's story-telling ability; it's actually his mom who said such--that he could enrapture family members in his pre-Mormon years with great yarns).