Where the hell is L Ron Hubbard?
Ever since he told that convention that if he wanted to make a million dollars he wouldn’t be an author, he’d start a religion, then started Scientology, he lost his street cred as an author. I thought the novel “Battlefield Earth” was pretty good ... and the movie the absolute worst adaptation of a novel ever made. Or maybe the 80’s movie of “Dune” has that honor.
Where is L.Ron Hubbard? Well, from an historical perspective, I guess he ought to be on this list. (But so should many better authors.) Writing-wise I find him very dated. JMO.