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Title:Arcana Caelestia
Notice:Directory listings are in topic 2
Moderator:NETRIX::thomas
Created:Thu Dec 08 1983
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1300
Total number of notes:18728

1098.0. "Heinlein doing Hubbard?" by OASS::MDILLSON (Generic Personal Name) Mon Aug 24 1992 16:31

    Please tell me the Robert Heinlein is not trying to pull an L. Ron
    Hubbard.  I just picked up a book this weekend called _How to Win Back
    Your Government_ by Robert Heinlein.
    
    When last I checked, he was dead.
    
    He is still dead, isn't he?
    
    Huh?
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1098.1Old manuscriptSSAG::JSLOVEJ. Spencer Love; 237-2751; SHR3-2/W28Mon Aug 24 1992 21:2114
I think this was mentioned elsewhere in this notesfile, but it was definitely
mentioned in Locus.

This book was written a long time ago.  Some part of it may be in (or mentioned
in) his "Expanded Universe", and I believe that it was mentioned in passing in
"Grumbles from the Grave", which is collected correspondence edited by his wife
(sort of autobiographical).

It is being published now because of the election, and the widespread
disillusionment with our government.  Heinlein was very disillusioned with some
aspects of our society but not with our *form* of government and this was his
perhaps misguided (no one wanted it at the time) effort to rekindle idealism.

						-- Spencer
1098.2Hubbard FlicksOLDTMR::FOXMon Aug 24 1992 22:524
    I thought rumor floated around a while back about some of Ron Hubbard's
    books being made into big budget movies. Anybody ever here this?
    
    J
1098.3From SF Chronicle?JUPITR::MORWAYSat Nov 20 1993 17:243
    I have, but I cannot remember the details, although I think it was
    Battleship:Earth.
    
1098.4Supposed to be a move 10 years agoCSC32::T_HUTCHINWed Nov 24 1993 19:308
    
    My copy of Battlefield Earth says "soon to be a major motion picture".
    However, it's ten years old and the new releases don't make this claim.
    
    It was a great book but unlikley to be a great movie (unless someone
    such as Cameron is directing).
    
    Terry