I have heard of the the ‘forever war’ by Joe Halderman, never had a chance to read it yet.
I think the first dianetics articles Hubbard wrote came out in Astounding Science Fiction Magazine in 1950. Wiki has the first mention of thetans in 1951. I can’t find any mention of the ‘Brains of Earth’ coming out in a magazine, but I would think if it did it would have been after 1950 for sure. I think it was probably just Vance poking fun at Hubbard, although I can’t find any mention that they knew eachother. It might have been strange had they not, I don’t know.
Jack Vance is 97 years old, probably my fav.
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I like Roger Zelazhny too!
I remember when RZ passed away, Mr. LTOS was very sad, as he used to wait eagerly for his next book.
Although I am a Believer, my Faith goes back at least 3000 years, to the call of Abraham out of Ur.
I can’t imagine believing in something when the proof of its fictional origins has a copyright date and an ISBN number! LOL!
It sounds like Vance was having fun with LRH’s invention! hahaha