I couldn’t say for sure that Ron even authorised Mission Earth. I remember when the book ‘Battlefield Earth’ came out and I did the publicity up and down the UK for it working for New Era and had a letter back from Ron.
I suspect these were just his fantasy musings that he cobbled together over the years for a bit of fun. There was a lot of over-blown false PR about mission earth….. and pardon the pun, but how on earth could he write 10 books in such a short space of time.
The drummed up PR was ridiculous. Even my friend, the late Sir Arthur C Clarke didn’t have much to say about that one Terl!
He definitely wrote it. He forwarded the pages of manuscript to ASI for proofreading/typo correction. Vaughn Young talked about this. He was sitting around with nothing else to do….
Mission Earth is quite the perverted tale. COB no doubt wants to remove many a semicolon. If you took out all the smut there would barely be eight volumes left.
On the Freewinds there was a SO member who gave a touch assist to a public who complained about it.
Years earlier, I was on a Comm-Ev of this same staff member. He had been ordered by CO CMO Ship Jennifer (Rostig) Alpers to cease wearing female hotel uniforms on post. Yet he continued to do so.
I just realized that RB is a cartoon because a lot of people would not believe that the things in it routinely happen in the cult.
Dad read “Mission Earth” first, then Mum and I. There was some awkwardness when Dad knew I was reading the porn. It was Hubbard, so he couldn’t go against it. We all justified it as Hubbard revealing the aberrations of society, so that’s how we got through it.
How about waiting for the guy you like to notice you, approach you and strike up a conversation with you and from there, just going with the flow? What a concept, eh?
Very funny RB, very funny. I have only read a few chapters in the first Mission Earth book. It was almost as bad as Dianetics. I did read Battlefield Earth, but only because I was laid up with sciatica and heavily drugged.
Beware people, the BE movie only covered the first half of the book. There could easily be a sequel. And I don’t think Forest Whittacre or Barry Pepper would sign up again.
I enjoyed the book. It’s much better than the movie because it takes its time to establish everything. And it doesn’t have John Travolta trying to undermine it. I particularly enjoyed the explanation of both how the psychlos are controlled and how they control their empire, as well as how Johnny figured it out and undid both. How it all worked, Johnny’s workaround and why this hadn’t happened before in the entire time their empire existed because it basically required this.exact.situation to occur actually made sense.
That said, one thing i found jarring was every time the author put his opinions into Johnny’s thoughts. For example, when Johnny disapproved of taxation because ‘every man knows best how to spend his money.’ He’s a stone age primitive! From a tiny tribe! They don’t have money, let alone taxation! Stuff like that pulled me out. But i enjoyed the rest, FWIW.
“Battlefield Earth” from the hack Hubbard, is okay. It unfolds at a pace that assists comprehension of the world, and doesn’t contain the sick shit that’s in “Mission Earth”.
Totally Off Topic, but I must share that there are tee shirts for sale online that say, “Sorry I’m Late. I Didn’t Want To Come”.
How I would LOVE to be able to get invited to a major event and wearing one of these! LOLOL! How amusing it would be to take off my coat or jacket AFTER sitting down, and then, mid event, or, after the event, be spotted wearing this! What would they do, I wonder? Tell me to leave? Physically escort me out the door?
And wouldn’t it be wonderfully funny if we could send every Still In one of these tee shirts!
How David Miscavige was involved into the making of the movie “Battlefield Earth”, what he said before it came out and after it flapped; and how he was trashing John Travolta when talking with with Tom Cruise about it. It’s an example which shows clearly the character of DM.
I couldn’t say for sure that Ron even authorised Mission Earth. I remember when the book ‘Battlefield Earth’ came out and I did the publicity up and down the UK for it working for New Era and had a letter back from Ron.
I suspect these were just his fantasy musings that he cobbled together over the years for a bit of fun. There was a lot of over-blown false PR about mission earth….. and pardon the pun, but how on earth could he write 10 books in such a short space of time.
The drummed up PR was ridiculous. Even my friend, the late Sir Arthur C Clarke didn’t have much to say about that one Terl!
He definitely wrote it. He forwarded the pages of manuscript to ASI for proofreading/typo correction. Vaughn Young talked about this. He was sitting around with nothing else to do….
Mission Earth is quite the perverted tale. COB no doubt wants to remove many a semicolon. If you took out all the smut there would barely be eight volumes left.
Feel my finger. He he ha ha
On the Freewinds there was a SO member who gave a touch assist to a public who complained about it.
Years earlier, I was on a Comm-Ev of this same staff member. He had been ordered by CO CMO Ship Jennifer (Rostig) Alpers to cease wearing female hotel uniforms on post. Yet he continued to do so.
I just realized that RB is a cartoon because a lot of people would not believe that the things in it routinely happen in the cult.
Dad read “Mission Earth” first, then Mum and I. There was some awkwardness when Dad knew I was reading the porn. It was Hubbard, so he couldn’t go against it. We all justified it as Hubbard revealing the aberrations of society, so that’s how we got through it.
How about waiting for the guy you like to notice you, approach you and strike up a conversation with you and from there, just going with the flow? What a concept, eh?
Pathetic and hilarious at the same time, RB.
Satan delights in describing Hell. Hubbard became Satan. Too bad I did not see it earlier.
Lol
Very funny RB, very funny. I have only read a few chapters in the first Mission Earth book. It was almost as bad as Dianetics. I did read Battlefield Earth, but only because I was laid up with sciatica and heavily drugged.
Beware people, the BE movie only covered the first half of the book. There could easily be a sequel. And I don’t think Forest Whittacre or Barry Pepper would sign up again.
I enjoyed the book. It’s much better than the movie because it takes its time to establish everything. And it doesn’t have John Travolta trying to undermine it. I particularly enjoyed the explanation of both how the psychlos are controlled and how they control their empire, as well as how Johnny figured it out and undid both. How it all worked, Johnny’s workaround and why this hadn’t happened before in the entire time their empire existed because it basically required this.exact.situation to occur actually made sense.
That said, one thing i found jarring was every time the author put his opinions into Johnny’s thoughts. For example, when Johnny disapproved of taxation because ‘every man knows best how to spend his money.’ He’s a stone age primitive! From a tiny tribe! They don’t have money, let alone taxation! Stuff like that pulled me out. But i enjoyed the rest, FWIW.
“Battlefield Earth” from the hack Hubbard, is okay. It unfolds at a pace that assists comprehension of the world, and doesn’t contain the sick shit that’s in “Mission Earth”.
Totally Off Topic, but I must share that there are tee shirts for sale online that say, “Sorry I’m Late. I Didn’t Want To Come”.
How I would LOVE to be able to get invited to a major event and wearing one of these! LOLOL! How amusing it would be to take off my coat or jacket AFTER sitting down, and then, mid event, or, after the event, be spotted wearing this! What would they do, I wonder? Tell me to leave? Physically escort me out the door?
And wouldn’t it be wonderfully funny if we could send every Still In one of these tee shirts!
Grammar again, sorry: “…and BE wearing one of these!”
How David Miscavige was involved into the making of the movie “Battlefield Earth”, what he said before it came out and after it flapped; and how he was trashing John Travolta when talking with with Tom Cruise about it. It’s an example which shows clearly the character of DM.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDk8YvgNlw