Hubbard may have been a complete nut and his "religion" may leave some things to be desired, but he wrote some damn fine science fiction. If you want to see his core beliefs in the guise of science fiction, read Battlefield Earth and also the mission earth series, his dekalogy satire of earth, drugs, politics, and aliens trying to save us from ourselves. They are a blast to read, and after you read battlefield earth, you wonder how travolta could fuck up that story so badly.
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