P. J. Alling wrote: > L Ron Hubbard was at his best an average SF writer, at worst he was just > a hack. His ideas didn't stand up to the logic that makes a good story > cause you to suspend your disbelief, His characters are one dimensional > their dialog wooden. His heros are motivated by simple operant > responses and his villains are cut from the same cloth as Snidely > Whiplash and should come equipped with a handle bar mustache to twirl. > How he was able to create a convincing religion to bilk widows and > orphans out of heir inheritances is beyond me.
Just as the other world-class confidence men have ~ a gift of gab, a gripping presentation (in person) and just enough home-spun truth to give pause to the natural skeptic. That he was a colossal fake seems to have skipped the less-than-discerning minds of those just waiting for something or someone to follow! He was just one more snake-oil salesman of the many this past century has produced. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
