I don't know whether this should surprise me or not.
I mean, I always imagined his science fiction would be a bit rubbish, but I'd never taken the man to be semi-literate. You don't get to be a famous author by having the writing standard of a 10-year-old, do you?
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:08,
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I actually read all 10 battlefield earth books
not that bad but accidently started reading the scientology book by mistake as I thought it was book 11.
gave up as it was bollocks.
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Tyronne Get To Falkirk, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:21,
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it's actually kind of interesting
in a "look at the progression of this guy's mentals" kind of way.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:26,
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I started reading the Dianetics book
had to stop as it was making me very angry.
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spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:28,
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really?
you're taking the piss, right?
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:15,
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I've got Dianetics, and it's piss boring,
but at least if it was handed in to a primary school teacher, you wouldn't get it back again with a list of corrections to do.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 1 Jul 2009, 14:17,
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