steve@ncsc (09/06/85)
From: Stephen Mahan <steve@ncsc>
I'm not too familiar with scientology, but it bears a suspicious
resemblence to a cult featured in a Norman Spinrad book, 'The Mind Game'.
The novel concearns a hack sf author who finds that a novel he has written is
the basis for a cult. He takes over the cult, called Transformationalism,
and builds it into a multi-billion dollar empire. There are obvious parallels
between this and Hubbard's activities.
I recommend the novel highly.
steve
-------nep.pgelhausen@ames-vmsb.ARPA (09/11/85)
From: nep.pgelhausen@ames-vmsb.ARPA (about scientology) > ....to a cult featured in a Norman Spinrad book, 'The Mind Game'. The > novel concenrs a hack sf author who finds that a novel he has written > is the basis for a cult. He takes over the cult... This msg implied a level of parallelism between this novel & L. Ron H. This may be...but I don't think he took over Scientology...from what I understand he created it from the start....on the other hand, there is always R.A.H. & _Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land_..... -Richard Hartman max.hartman@ames-vmsb ------