Louis Theroux, Church of Scientology , BBC 2 tonight 9pm

[bobh]

great author though,

mission earth is a very good, i picked up the first volume in a small book market in Bryon bay, then read the rest of them fairly quickly to number 6, got to Sydney and couldnt get number 6, of course this was before the internet, had to wait till i got home and ordered them from a book store

Battlefield earth was good aswell, shame they made into a film

Dianetics is interesting and as with most stuff like that very open to personal interpretation, you would never try and turn it into a " holy book " though

the Scientology are whack jobs though, but are they anymore a whack job than people who follow other religions with blind faith ? ? ?

Having got through the first couple of Mission Earth volumes, I stuck with it, buying the next few, almost gave up, but finished the series via the library, hoping it got better and tied up all the threads. It didn't.
Glad I didn't waste too much money.
Some 'interesting' themes from the early books just vanished without trace, and parts of the later books were bordering on sado-porn.

Battlefield Earth was effectively two stories - one about the occupation, which was decent, but ended with the death of Terl; the book then rambled on into the second half, which was a satire on banking, but was shite, as was the film.

[blue matt]

Having fot through the first couple of Mission Earth volumes, I stuck with it, buying the next few, almost gave up, but finished the series via the library, hoping it got better and tied up all the threads. It didn't.

about 5 was the point where it started to go a little astray for me, but i didnt know if that was the break in it for me ( as i couldnt get 6 till i got home a few months later ) or was it that you couldnt write that much and keep it on track and a good read ? ? ? i didnt know and as i havent gone back to them, i still couldnt answer that