Interesting though I think he takes too cynical a view of Hubbard's earlier actions ... my understanding is that he invented a religion for a science fiction story along with many other author's at the time (The Golden Age Of Science Fiction) and found that some people were dumb enough to think it was real. Hubbard wasn't a very good writer (I read some of his stuff at the time, it was pants) so he turned to the scam as a money making venture ... he has subsequently *written* one book, "Battlefield Earth" which, whilst not particularly well written, is classic space opera and from that POV quite good (I've read it several times and I said "written" in quotes because I find it difficult to believe Hubbard actually wrote it .. think someone else did under his name).
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