“Do you think “I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM” could be made into a religion?”
The Sons of Elli.
Have you ever read Jack Vance’s ‘the ‘Brains of Earth’/’Nopalgarth’? I think it was published in the early mid 60’s although it could have been published earlier in astounding or something, it reads like a poke at Scientology. He also has a cult in the ‘araminta station’ series that is pretty scientology in vibe.
from a synopsis of the ‘Brains of Earth’ I found:
“In this the Xaxan race has solicited the help of scientist Paul Burke. They have spent centuries ridding their race of the Nopal. The Nopal are invisible brains that parasitically attach themselves to their victim and control their actions. The freeing of a Xaxan from the Nopal takes them from the Chitume (Possessed) status to the Tauptu (Purged) status.
Unfortunately the separation requires an electrical regimen similar to torture and is only good for 30 days before the Nopal tries to reattach itself. The Xaxan have purged all Nopal from their planet and are now bringing their fight to the home planet of the Nopal, Earth. All Earthmen possess a Nopal. When they purge Paul he is able to see the Nopal and finds his attitudes are changing.”
Freegards
I have not read “The Brains of Earth”, but if it pre-dates “Dianetics” then I think we have a case of plagiarism!
My dear late husband was the BIG sci/fi fan. He once wrote a personal letter to Joe Halderman and got a very nice personal letter back! :-)
(for those who don’t follow sci/fi, Joe Halderman was not the same as the Halderman in the Nixon Administration...different guy.) LOLOL.