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   Re: Defence of Tolkien Needed   
   17 Dec 09 10:47:28   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.tolkien, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: ojevind.lang@bredband.net   
      
   "Steve Hayes"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:ebmji5dggkicd8tve1kcgpno9df0fb539s@4ax.com...   
      
   > On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:39:19 -0400, Derek Broughton    
   > wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >>I think someone is getting confused with L. Ron Hubbard, who while a   
   >>better   
   >>fiction writer than a prophet, is still not in Haggard's class :-)   
   >   
   > Possibly.   
   >   
   > Elron's "Dianetics: the modern science of mental health" must be on the   
   > top   
   > ten list of most boring science fiction works ever written.   
      
   Yes, but before Hubbard went into the fake religion racket, he wrote some   
   quite good science fiction stories.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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