

Campell's Astounding Science Fiction, the same editor and magazine that serialized the original Dune book.

The founder L Ron Hubbard originally was a pulp science fiction writer, and in fact, his book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, was first publicised through John W. You may also be surprised to learn the extent Scientology is linked with science fiction. Quark of fate? Quentin as in "Quentin Butler" is also the name of L Ron Hubbard's son. The third author listed on the same book is Octavia Butler as in "Octavia Butler" of Legends of Dune. In fact, listed as the author with L Ron Hubbard on Volume IX of L Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future is again none other than Kevin J Schwartz Anderson. Again, what he avoids mentioning is that the complete title of the event is the L Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest, established by L Ron Hubbard in 1983 and still funded and run by the Church of Scientology.

Something else you may also recall is that Kevin J Anderson often makes references to the Writers of the Future science fiction contest every year. The success of the book signing and the initial rapid rise on the best-sellers list is said to be due to the mobilization of church members, cited as a common tactic whenever a book under Hubbard's name is published.
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One reviewer wrote, "as you'd expect from both Hubbard and Anderson, the pacing is brisk and the action plentiful." By the way, the full title of the book is Ai! Pedrito, When Inteligence Goes Bad.

intelligence operations, particularly in Latin America, and was expanded into a novel by Kevin J Anderson. The original story, according to the foreword, is based on Hubbard's involvement in U.S. You may recall that Kevin J Anderson is famous for setting the Guinness World Record for the "Largest Single Author Signing." What he usually avoids mentioning is that the book signing was for a book co-authored with none other than L Ron Hubbard titled Ai! Pedrito. Rather, we want to go to the heart of the theme of these new books and shed light on the one source that in the darkness of space binds them all. The purpose of this paper is to examine the philosophical foundations of the Legends of Dune written by Kevin J Anderson.ĭue to the lack of time and space, we don't intend to delve into the elaborate plotting of the new books, nor explore the direct influence of such diverse works as Star Wars, Terminator, Battlestar Galatica, and even the Transformers, which has recently been made into a cinematic production. Publishers Weekly, Dune: The Machine Crusade, "Dune fans will enjoy the sweeping philosophical power that surfaces, invoking the senior Herbert's remarkable vision." Publishers Weekly, Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, "The kind of intricate plotting and philosophical musings that would make the elder Herbert proud,"
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Anderson has assumed writing the Nebula and Hugo award-winning series with the help of Herbert's son Brian. Though fans believed they had bid a sad farewell to the sand planet of Arrakis upon Herbert's death in 1986, Kevin J. His Dune series of books set numerous sales records and helped bring the genre out of the realm of space opera and into the hallowed halls of literature. There is no question that Herbert did for science fiction what Tolkien did for fantasy. Spice Planet-Dune-Arrackis-Rakis-Arruckus The Philosophical and Spiritual Foundations of the New Canon of Dune Dunecon 2007 Panel White Paper Part 1 of 5
