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Originally Posted by Manabi
I think Battlefield Earth and the Mission Earth series shows what happens when an author is no longer beholden to an editor. Hubbard could write some entertaining stuff, but he desperately needed someone to reign him in. By the point he wrote those books he was surrounded by Scientology sycophants and no one dared to even try to do so. I think there's a decent story in both books, buried under an avalanche of word salad.
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I didn't mind
Battlefield Earth up to a point. Then it did get too much and should have ended. The problem is getting the story without the fluff is not easy and given that there are many good books, not worth the effort.