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		By: GL		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409364</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[GL]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 12:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409056&quot;&gt;Mads Storm Andersen&lt;/a&gt;.

Bottom rung low rent &quot;sci-fi&quot; for the late 20&#039;s and early 30&#039;s, complete pulpy crap and risible now. I barely made it half way through before literally throwing my $2.50 remainder copy (a couple of months after it first appeared like a fungus in the book shops here) out my bedroom window.

He churned out pulp level crap all his life. What&#039;s next, are you going to tell us was one of the Golden Age Greats?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409056">Mads Storm Andersen</a>.</p>
<p>Bottom rung low rent &#8220;sci-fi&#8221; for the late 20&#8217;s and early 30&#8217;s, complete pulpy crap and risible now. I barely made it half way through before literally throwing my $2.50 remainder copy (a couple of months after it first appeared like a fungus in the book shops here) out my bedroom window.</p>
<p>He churned out pulp level crap all his life. What&#8217;s next, are you going to tell us was one of the Golden Age Greats?</p>
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		By: mwesten		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409272</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So they can put a single book on a USB drive whilst most of Hub&#039;s &quot;non fiction&quot; (sic) remains languishing in hardback and on CD. 

I know of no one under 40 who even has the ability to play CDs let alone ever wish to buy them. And that&#039;s the same Google-savvy market that&#039;s nigh on impenetrable to the CoS as it is. But if they dare release Hubbard&#039;s output in digitalised form, it&#039;ll be freely available across the far reaches of the interwebz the following day. All that lost revenue...what a pickle!

Of course, a religious organisation that actually cares about its mission (and wants its teachings spread far and wide) would embrace the digital age. 

I&#039;ll let any lurking scientologists here think on that for a wee while.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So they can put a single book on a USB drive whilst most of Hub&#8217;s &#8220;non fiction&#8221; (sic) remains languishing in hardback and on CD. </p>
<p>I know of no one under 40 who even has the ability to play CDs let alone ever wish to buy them. And that&#8217;s the same Google-savvy market that&#8217;s nigh on impenetrable to the CoS as it is. But if they dare release Hubbard&#8217;s output in digitalised form, it&#8217;ll be freely available across the far reaches of the interwebz the following day. All that lost revenue&#8230;what a pickle!</p>
<p>Of course, a religious organisation that actually cares about its mission (and wants its teachings spread far and wide) would embrace the digital age. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll let any lurking scientologists here think on that for a wee while.</p>
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		By: b		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409137</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408908&quot;&gt;Alcoboy&lt;/a&gt;.

Gimme that old soft shoe, &#039;cause nothin&#039; else will due...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408908">Alcoboy</a>.</p>
<p>Gimme that old soft shoe, &#8217;cause nothin&#8217; else will due&#8230;</p>
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		By: bixntram		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I read one godawful excerpt from one of Hubbard&#039;s works, Battleship Earth or Mission Earth whichever.  It went on and on about male prostitutes on a space ship.  It&#039;s most interesting that he would spend so much time writing about gay &quot;space sex&quot; considering the cherch&#039;s views of homosexuality.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read one godawful excerpt from one of Hubbard&#8217;s works, Battleship Earth or Mission Earth whichever.  It went on and on about male prostitutes on a space ship.  It&#8217;s most interesting that he would spend so much time writing about gay &#8220;space sex&#8221; considering the cherch&#8217;s views of homosexuality.</p>
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		By: bixntram		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409133</link>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408859&quot;&gt;Zee Moo&lt;/a&gt;.

I read &quot;More Than Human&quot; many decades ago.  I can&#039;t recall much of the plot, but it was a good read.  Sturgeon was one of the giants of the sci fi world back then.  I suspect Hubbard&#039;s body thetans all had green eyes.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408859">Zee Moo</a>.</p>
<p>I read &#8220;More Than Human&#8221; many decades ago.  I can&#8217;t recall much of the plot, but it was a good read.  Sturgeon was one of the giants of the sci fi world back then.  I suspect Hubbard&#8217;s body thetans all had green eyes.</p>
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		By: Mads Storm Andersen		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I for one quite like Battlefield Earth. I still read it now and again. A bit on the long side but good scifi. Mission Earth on the other hand.. 1-3 Was good, 4-5 ok, 6-7 started to get weird and &quot;perverted&quot; , 8-10 Don&#039;t know, since I quit halfways through 7:)

/M]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I for one quite like Battlefield Earth. I still read it now and again. A bit on the long side but good scifi. Mission Earth on the other hand.. 1-3 Was good, 4-5 ok, 6-7 started to get weird and &#8220;perverted&#8221; , 8-10 Don&#8217;t know, since I quit halfways through 7:)</p>
<p>/M</p>
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		By: Mark Kamran		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409040</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Kamran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409013&quot;&gt;Jere Lull&lt;/a&gt;.

<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f44c.png" alt="👌" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f923.png" alt="🤣" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409013">Jere Lull</a>.</p>
<p>👌🤣🤣🤣</p>
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		By: otherles		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409033</link>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408908&quot;&gt;Alcoboy&lt;/a&gt;.

I once advocated replacing water boarding with snow boarding. &lt;B&gt;

    Marine: Welcome to the fine State of Colorado, n*mbn*ts! This is a snowboard! You will ride this snowboard down the side of this (very steep) mountain! You will have fun!

    Jihadi: But fun is forbidden in Islam!

    Marine: Well that&#039;s too f*ck*ng bad, n*mbn*ts! [SHOVE!]

    Jihadi: AHHHHHHHHHHHH! &lt;/B&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408908">Alcoboy</a>.</p>
<p>I once advocated replacing water boarding with snow boarding. <b></p>
<p>    Marine: Welcome to the fine State of Colorado, n*mbn*ts! This is a snowboard! You will ride this snowboard down the side of this (very steep) mountain! You will have fun!</p>
<p>    Jihadi: But fun is forbidden in Islam!</p>
<p>    Marine: Well that&#8217;s too f*ck*ng bad, n*mbn*ts! [SHOVE!]</p>
<p>    Jihadi: AHHHHHHHHHHHH! </b></p>
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		By: Glenn		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409023</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408975&quot;&gt;Joe Pendleton&lt;/a&gt;.

Joe,

Thanks VERY much for the great &quot;morning chuckle&quot;.  

:)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408975">Joe Pendleton</a>.</p>
<p>Joe,</p>
<p>Thanks VERY much for the great &#8220;morning chuckle&#8221;.  </p>
<p>🙂</p>
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		By: Jere Lull		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-409018</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jere Lull]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408860&quot;&gt;Zee Moo&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;m surprised you allow that those numbers might be REAL.  We all should remember that no number in scientology is real.  It&#039;s just plucked out of the air after a particularly juicy fart.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/hawking-hubbard-fiction/#comment-408860">Zee Moo</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m surprised you allow that those numbers might be REAL.  We all should remember that no number in scientology is real.  It&#8217;s just plucked out of the air after a particularly juicy fart.</p>
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