The used book market holds L R H's books in the esteem they deserve
Jens Tingleff
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Hi There!
I was idly wondering how expensive it would be to establish a library of
really crap sci-fi masquerading as religious scripture (i.e. get a copy
of "have you lived before this life" and "history of man" for showing
to "no aliens in here!" style victims of the mind-fuck perpetrated by the
criminal organisation known as the "church" <spit> of $cientology).
The answer is, ahh, not very expensive at all.
Advanced search on abebooks.com shows 13-odd thousand LRH books, with 1665
at a price of 1$ (the lowest price they record, I suppose).
Not so surprisingly, lots of 2007 published books at the 1$ price point.
Lovely booksellers comment on a 1st printing of science of survival "Early
printings of Hubbard's non sc-fi works are becomming scarse, later editions
having been altered subsequent to his death." Yep! :-)
Best Regards
Jens
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Tom Newton
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> Hi There!
>
> I was idly wondering how expensive it would be to establish a library of
> really crap sci-fi masquerading as religious scripture (i.e. get a copy
> of "have you lived before this life" and "history of man" for showing
> to "no aliens in here!" style victims of the mind-fuck perpetrated by the
> criminal organisation known as the "church" <spit> of $cientology).
>
> The answer is, ahh, not very expensive at all.
>
> Advanced search on abebooks.com shows 13-odd thousand LRH books, with 1665
> at a price of 1$ (the lowest price they record, I suppose).
>
> Not so surprisingly, lots of 2007 published books at the 1$ price point.
>
> Lovely booksellers comment on a 1st printing of science of survival "Early
> printings of Hubbard's non sc-fi works are becomming scarse, later editions
> having been altered subsequent to his death." Yep! :-)
Do you really think you are going to defeat the CoS with what amounts
to nothing but bitchy gossip?
Obviously, millions of people hold those books in high esteem. And just
as obviously, they don't sell or trade them at used book stores.
They keep them.
DUH!
You have a very high regard for your own opinions.
But no one with a functioning mind does. Trolls, people who
hide behind numerous false names and the Internet have less
credibility than your average homeless wino.
May I suggest that you get a life?
I wouldn't believe a word you posted for any amount of money.
And the opionions of people who won't take responsibility for
those opinions are nothing but digital farts.
Tom
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> Hi There!
>
> I was idly wondering how expensive it would be to establish a library of
> really crap sci-fi masquerading as religious scripture (i.e. get a copy
> of "have you lived before this life" and "history of man" for showing
> to "no aliens in here!" style victims of the mind-fuck perpetrated by the
> criminal organisation known as the "church" <spit> of $cientology).
>
> The answer is, ahh, not very expensive at all.
>
> Advanced search on abebooks.com shows 13-odd thousand LRH books, with 1665
> at a price of 1$ (the lowest price they record, I suppose).
>
> Not so surprisingly, lots of 2007 published books at the 1$ price point.
>
> Lovely booksellers comment on a 1st printing of science of survival "Early
> printings of Hubbard's non sc-fi works are becomming scarse, later
> editions
> having been altered subsequent to his death." Yep! :-)
Indeed, good find, I'll try these too.
Besides, buying one copy of the 1996 special luxurious editions had costed
320345 dollars with 4 special edition numbered meters (at 25000 a piece).
I sent one scanned copy of the price list some weeks ago on ABS.*
*r
intergalactic...@hotmail.com
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> Obviously, millions of people hold those books in high esteem.
Who?
> And just
> as obviously, they don't sell or trade them at used book stores.
> They keep them.
Well, I can't remember which book of LRH I picked up at a used book
store. I am into sci-fi and felt I had to read something of his,
after all he did write sci-fi. I think it was "Invader's Plan". I
vaguely remember alot of bother and effort was used to explain the
logistics of using fusion to make gold that seemed pointless and
unnecessary, there was the psychology angle which seemed forced.
Before I knew about Scientology it seemed like a vehicle to shove the
author's own political views down the reader's throat and to make
matters worse not owning a thesaurus to find synonyms for riff-raff
(rather like rat bastard in Battlefield earth). IIRC I bought it
about 1990 which well, looks like the release date, so it's pretty sad
spending a quarter on it when it was "new". I'm one to pickup series
and marathon read them. This was 600+pages and part of a 10 series
set?
For something you claim people keep, it's fetching a penny used on
amazon.com.
Lafayette at The Beacon
> You have a very high regard for your own opinions.
Tom, Jens is merely pointing out the value of Hubbard's work on the
open market. In that sense it's not even Jens' opinion. Pretty much
everywhere you look in the online second-hand book market you have a
couple of highly priced volumes, usually the gilt-edged, leather-bound
ones, and then a heck of a lot of titles selling for one dollar.
And I'd recommend this, too: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=855092466
Your humble servant,
Lafayette
Anon9...@gmail.com
creating safe storage centers for two dollars worth of books and 18
Dollars (tops) Worth of media.
Corruption? Much.
We need to demote Tom back down to Narconon.
He needs Detox bad.
Hartley Patterson
> Lovely booksellers comment on a 1st printing of science of survival "Early
> printings of Hubbard's non sc-fi works are becomming scarse, later editions
> having been altered subsequent to his death." Yep! :-)
The rare editions will be the 'L Ron Hubbard Library' ones, that the
Freezone don't like and the cult is currently burning. Another problem is
that on Ebay they often don't realise that there are different editions!
I'd love to see an LRH Library hardback edition of 'New slant on life' for
example, as it's the only one containing the cult's explanation as to why
the book was changed after LRH died.
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Eldon
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> Hi There!
>
> I was idly wondering how expensive it would be to establish a library of
> really crap sci-fi masquerading as religious scripture (i.e. get a copy
> of "have you lived before this life" and "history of man" for showing
> to "no aliens in here!" style victims of the mind-fuck perpetrated by the
> criminal organisation known as the "church" <spit> of $cientology).
>
> The answer is, ahh, not very expensive at all.
>
> Advanced search on abebooks.com shows 13-odd thousand LRH books, with 1665
> at a price of 1$ (the lowest price they record, I suppose).
>
> Not so surprisingly, lots of 2007 published books at the 1$ price point.
>
> Lovely booksellers comment on a 1st printing of science of survival "Early
> printings of Hubbard's non sc-fi works are becomming scarse, later editions
> having been altered subsequent to his death." Yep! :-)
Yeah, it's time to document Davey's squirrel activities!
What a pitiful little shit he is, actually. Does anybody besides me
feel sorry for him? I mean, I am a compassionate person and all that.
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> Best Regards
>
> Jens
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Dianetics in trade because we had so damn many of them, they were
wasting shelf space that could be used for books that people would
actually buy. Seriously, they were a one-way trade... people wanted to
get rid of them, but nobody bought them.
Hubbard liked 'em young
@d5g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:
> I still find it funny that scientology has spent millions of dollars
> creating safe storage centers for two dollars worth of books and 18
> Dollars (tops) Worth of media.
Didn't they engrave LRH's words on titanium sheets?
How did they manage to engrave OT9 and up on the sheets? Was it like "The
World's Funniest Joke", and the scientologist translating two words at a
time gets hospitalized for weeks?
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A. A nuclear Fallout shelter for "Tech Only" In the california
mountains.
B. Various Storage facilities in "Secure Areas"
Makes me sick really.
A Nuclear fallout shelter would be a great bachelor pad.
barb
I almost feel sorry for him like I almost like broccoli.
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Barb
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I can haz Legion?
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so long as we don’t step over the line. When religious worship and
belief cross over into things like fraud, victimization of others and
the disruption of the political arena, that protection is no longer
appropriate.”
--Robert Goff
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> Didn't they engraveLRH'swords on titanium sheets?
Yes I really don't get it. He was a pulp sci-fi writer operating at a
penny, perhaps 3 cents a word. He went for volume rather than
quality.
But I can imagine 1000 years from now, 2000 years, people finding the
abandoned bunker, and getting a concept of us based on LRH's writings.