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L. Ron Hubbard


Born
in Tilden, Nebraska, The United States
March 13, 1911

Died
January 24, 1986

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With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

Then too, of course, there is all L. Ron Hubbard represents as the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology and thus the only major religion born in the 20th century.

While, as such, he presents the culmination of science and spiritual technology as embodied in the religion of Sc
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Fear

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Quotes by L. Ron Hubbard  (?)
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“Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind.”
L. Ron Hubbard

“When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. The only reason a person gives up a study or becomes confused or unable to learn is because he or she has gone past a word that was not understood.”
L. Ron Hubbard

“To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.”
L. Ron Hubbard

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What is L. Ron Hubbard's best fictional work?

Battlefield Earth
 
  2 votes, 40.0%

Mission Earth series
 
  2 votes, 40.0%

Typewriter in the Sky
 
  1 vote, 20.0%

Slaves of Sleep
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

To the Stars
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Final Blackout
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Fear
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Death's Deputy
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Buckskin Brigades
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Ole Doc Methuselah
 
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Kingslayer
 
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