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5.0 out of 5 stars
I Liked It..., Jul 23 2001
...This is a book of satire, for sure. The sex, greed and lies of modern society are portrayed quite well. LRH is the founder of Scientology, a fascinating subject, with the answers to the lies, sex and "rockecenter" related issues of today. Soltan Gris is great. Could not put this book down! (Oh, psychiatry IS evil, in case you were wondering). :)
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A blaze of glory! Great book!, Jun 23 2000
Fortune of Fear is the fifth book in Hubbard's great Dekology Mission Earth. It ushers back in the character Countess Krak who arrives on Earth. She makes her way from Turkey to Atlantic City and joins her lover the hero of the story Jettero Heller, whom by now is well into his plan to salvage Earth. Their mortal enemy, Soltan Gris, is actively attempting to sabotage Heller's mission. This book blazes a trail from the Mediterranean to the Swiss banks and back into a mafia-contolled casino, where the action is intense. You will love how Soltan get himself into such bizarre situations, and digs himself further everytime! A wonderful story, and a charming look at our world from a very talented author.
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By now we've all rediscovered Archie Comix . . ., Jun 12 2000
This series began well, with much promise, and I remember reading each book avidly as a teenager. Ten years later, returning to the series out of boredom and a need for something to read on the commuter train, I've found that by book 5, if not 3, I've really lost any interest in what is going on. The subplots raise a smile now and then, but the "satire" is generally cheap, the plots could have been taken from any number of cheap, poorly written romances and fantasy novels (and maybe this was the point), and there is too much of everything. Too much "satire", too many subplots, too much of the same thing. Gris was endearing in the first book or two, but by book 5 you'll have seen just about everything you're going to see. The only difference is the way Hubbard continues to represent used plots and worn out ideas under "new", "exciting" contexts. I wouldn't call this science fiction. I'm not sure I want to call it literature, at some points, but it does have its endearing parts here and there. It reminds me of how it felt to be a teenager, now and then, but I think Archie Comix had more content, and they were only 20 pages long, instead of 400. Even better, you only need to read three or four comix (that's only about 50 to 80 pages) to find out the first one had everything you'll find in the ones to come (compare to 800-1600 pages). And if the plot failed (as it does quite regularly by book 5), you can always just look at the pictures to get you through to the end.I. E. It won't take much hunting to find better.
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