L. Ron Hubbard — A Writer
“Without a doubt, L. Ron Hubbard is one of the most prolific and influential writers of the twentieth century.” — Dr. Stephen V. Whaley
By 1950, the name L. Ron Hubbard had graced the pages of some two hundred classic publications of the day, including multiple issues of Argosy, Top-Notch and Thrilling Adventures. Among his more than 15 million words of pre-1950 fiction were tales spanning all primary genres: action, suspense, mystery, westerns and even the occasional romance. Enlisted to “humanize” a machine-dominated science fiction, the name L. Ron Hubbard next became synonymous with such classics as Final Blackout and To the Stars—rightfully described as among the most defining works in the whole of the genre. No less memorable were his fantasies of the era, including the perennially applauded Fear, described as a pillar of all modern horror. He was considered one of the high production writers of the pulp era and as a result of the frequency with which his stories were published wrote under 16 different pen names.
In the early 1980s, Ron returned to the world of popular fiction with two monumental blockbusters: the internationally bestselling Battlefield Earth and the ten-volume Mission Earth series—each volume likewise topping international bestseller lists in what amounted to an unprecedented publishing event. His screenplays, now being turned into novels, continue this tradition, when in 1998, Ai! Pedritio!—When Intelligence Goes Wrong and in 1999, A Very Strange Trip became his sixteenth and seventeenth fiction New York Times bestsellers.
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L. Ron Hubbard was a professional writer for over 50 years and wrote over 550 fiction and non-fiction books in 35 different fields.
His works include 60 million written words, not counting his 136 theatrical and screen plays, 3 music albums and over 100 poems and lyrics.
L. Ron Hubbard once stated: “I guess I must have written that line ‘By L. Ron Hubbard’ many thousands of times between 1930 and 1950. And every time I wrote it I had a sense of starting something pleasing, something exciting and, it worked out, something that would sell. 93 percent of everything I wrote was accepted first draft, first submission. I wrote adventure, detective stories, air stories, science fiction, fantasy, technical articles, you name it. Production was about 100,000 words a month most months, done on an electric typewriter, working an average of three hours a day, three days a week. Arthur J. Burks, Ed Bodin, Bob Heinlein, John Campbell, Willy Ley, Isaac Asimov, these and the rest of the greats were my friends.”
L. Ron Hubbard - Most Translated Author
In October 2006, Guiness Book of World Records awarded L. Ron Hubbard as the Most Translated Author. His books have been translated into 65 languages and have been published in over 156 countries.
L. Ron Hubbard - World’s Most Published Author
Guiness World Records also awarneded L. Ron Hubbard as the World’s Most Published Author, with 1084 published works.
In total, over 230 million of Mr. Hubbard’s books have been sold internationally.
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L. Ron Hubbard’s Bestsellers
In a time period spanning 23 months, from December 1985 to November 1987, L. Ron Hubbard had 10 consecutive New York Times bestsellers. No other author in the 20th Century has come close to that.
L. Ron Hubbard’s books repeatedly appear on bestseller lists worldwide. Some of L. Ron Hubbard’s books have appeared on bestseller lists over a hundred times (namely “Battlefield Earth” and his “Mission Earth” series).
Some of L. Ron Hubbard’s bestsellers include:
Mission Earth series:
Mission Earth 1 - The Invader’s Plan
Mission Earth 2 - Black Genesis
Mission Earth 3 - The Enemy Within
Mission Earth 4 - An Alien Affair
Mission Earth 5 - Fortune of Fear
Mission Earth 6 - Death Quest
Mission Earth 7 - Voyage of Vengeance
Mission Earth 8 - Disaster
Mission Earth 9 - Villiany Victorious
Mission Earth 10 - The Doomed Planet
Battlefield Earth
Fear
Final Blackout
A Very Strange Trip
Ai! Pedrito! - When Intelligence Goes Wrong
Galaxy Press is the publisher of L. Ron Hubbard’s fiction works: http://www.galaxypress.com
Stephen King said this about L. Ron Hubbard’s book “Fear”: “…a classic tale of creeping surreal menace and horror… If you’re not averse to a case of the cold chills—a rather bad one—and you’ve never read Fear, I urge you to do so. Don’t even wait for a dark and stormy night. This is one of the really, really good ones.”
L. Ron Hubbard & Dianetics
L. Ron Hubbard’s book: “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” was first published in May of 1950 and immediately went to the top of the New York Times bestseller list where it stayed for 28 consecutive weeks. Dianetics was the first book in history to receive the Century Award in commemoration of its 100 consecutive weeks on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list. Even today, Dianetics continues to sell at a fantastic rate, almost 57 years after it was first published. Dianetics, a non-fiction self-help book, has sold over 21 million copies world wide. Dianetics is available in 56 different languages.
http://www.dianetics.org
Bridge Publications, Inc. is the publisher of L. Ron Hubbard’s non-fiction works: http://www.bridgepub.com
Writer’s of the Future - http://www.writersofthefuture.com
Established and sponsored by L. Ron Hubbard in 1983, the “Writers Award Contest” was a budding competition aimed at discovering, and eventually publishing, deserving amateur and aspiring writers. The field of speculative fiction and fantasy, was chosen not only for Mr. Hubbard’s love of and success within the genre-but for the freedom of imagination and expression it provided as what he described as the “herald of possibility.”
Algis Budrys was the first Coordinating Judge of the Writers’ Contest and Editor of the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future anthology, two positions-among others-he would go on to hold for many years. To garner their professional expertise in the judging of the entries, he initially brought together such stellar names as Gregory Benford, C.L. Moore, Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Williamson and Roger Zelazny. Other notable names that have contributed to the judging since then include: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Ben Bova, Ramsey Campbell, Orson Scott Card,Hal Clement, Stephen Goldin, Frank Herbert, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Nevin, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Charles Sheffield, John Varley, K.D. Wentworth and Gene Wolfe.
Some other relevant links:
http://writer.lronhubbard.org
http://www.scientology.org/en_US/l-ron-hubbard/index.html
http://www.lronhubbard.org
L. Ron Hubbard learn to read and write at a very early age:
http://www.whatisscientology.org/html/part01/chp03/pg0086.html
