Boldly go to worlds where no one has gone. Meet Chuck Lambert, who, though not exactly a fool, is guilty of letting his imagination get the best of his wits. That's because our young, naive Lambert wants his own planet. But rather than purchase one legally from the Interior Department of the Outer Galactic Control, he soon succumbs to the flashy advertising of an unsavory galactic swindler named Madman Murphy- the purported King of Planetary Realtors.
What Madman is the king of, is selling the unwary a planet that isn't quite right, a planet where one can't sit down because there's something the matter with its matter. And that's exactly what becomes the matter for our unlucky voyager, after Chuck toils for eleven grueling years to scrape together enough money to finally buy a planet of his own. "With a zany cast, Josh Thompson performs four radio dramas of outer space. "A Matter of Matter" features a new version of the American dream-owning a planet while striking it rich with ore that floats. Ah, hucksters can sell anything. In "The Conroy Diary of Fitz Mallory," a fictional character writes about Conroy's outer space adventures. Thompson performs flawlessly, despite the story's nonsense words. "The Planet Makers" create cities and remodel planets. Thompson credibly recounts feats of engineering and an intergalactic poker game. His delivery is smooth despite the crazy antics of the construction crew. "The Obsolete Weapon" features a time-traveling WWII soldier who fights lions, elephants, and gladiators. Humor runs through this audio performance, enhanced by sound effects and much laughter." -AudioFile (Audies Finalist)
*An International Book Awards Finalist
A Postulate Out of a Golden Age
Tyrannies are sown at times when nobody is very watchful,
where everybody has a full stomach, where everything is calm,
nothing much appears on the surface. And then tyrannies show
up and become very obvious when individuals, growing a little
hungrier, a little less possessed of production, suddenly notice
that there is somebody saying they mustn't talk, somebody saying
they mustn't have opinions. - L. Ron Hubbard
To overcome tyranny is to win freedom as a people, a
nation or even Mankind. Yet to benefit fully from their
liberties, each man and woman must also be free-as
individuals.
In regard to freedom as a nation, here is the remarkable story of how one man, the Athenian statesman Pericles, envisioned a better future for Mankind-a future free from tyranny. Thus developed a principle at the heart of modern civilization-specifically, that the individual citizen has a right to his own opinions, a right to be heard and a right to know and participate in government. Moreover, as new tyrannies emerge to threaten those rights, here is a crucial message for our times and all times.
Then again, toward the full attainment of that better future, here also is Ron's personal story of how he kept his discoveries about the human mind out of the harness of a modern tyranny. And, in consequence, how individuals today can achieve a level of personal freedom never before possible.
A Postulate Out of a Golden Age
Tyrannies are sown at times when nobody is very watchful,
where everybody has a full stomach, where everything is calm,
nothing much appears on the surface. And then tyrannies show
up and become very obvious when individuals, growing a little
hungrier, a little less possessed of production, suddenly notice
that there is somebody saying they mustn't talk, somebody saying
they mustn't have opinions. - L. Ron Hubbard
To overcome tyranny is to win freedom as a people, a
nation or even Mankind. Yet to benefit fully from their
liberties, each man and woman must also be free-as
individuals.
In regard to freedom as a nation, here is the remarkable story of how
one man, the Athenian statesman Pericles, envisioned a better future
for Mankind-a future free from tyranny. Thus developed a principle
at the heart of modern civilization-specifically, that the individual
citizen has a right to his own opinions, a right to be heard and a right
to know and participate in government. Moreover, as new tyrannies
emerge to threaten those rights, here is a crucial message for our times
and all times.
Then again, toward the full attainment of that better future, here
also is Ron's personal story of how he kept his discoveries about
the human mind out of the harness of a modern tyranny. And, in
consequence, how individuals today can achieve a level of personal
freedom never before possible.
Boldly go to times where no one has gone before. While transporting a contraband Russian time machine and developmental weaponry, Private Everett Dumphee finds himself cast into new settings when the device suddenly activates. What follows are fantastic high-tech experiences that might be called the ultimate off-road adventure. For the determined Dumphee - narrowly escaping with his life and three beautiful women - it is not necessarily a matter of will he make his destination, but when. These four vivid characters trek through this fun and fast-moving journey like there's no tomorrow. Wherever that may be. "A wild, high-tech ride through time. Read it to have a rollicking good time." Brian Herbert, co-author "Dune: House Attreides"
Aberration and the Handling Of
I'm going to talk to you now about what aberration is. Aberration. Means exactly what it says. Aberration. It means something isn't going straight. It's basically an optical term, aberration, which drifted over into the field of the mind. - L. Ron Hubbard
It betrays the brightest hopes of individuals, drives families
apart, incites organizational turmoil and pitches nations
into chaos.
What malignant seed grows in the human mind that not only prevents individuals from "thinking straight," but forces them to act out their irrationalities? Man's failure over many millennia to find the cause of aberration has exacted an incalculable toll in personal unhappiness and ruined lives.
But were the answer found, the horizons would be unlimited.
Individuals could achieve the lasting success they desire. Families would thrive, united and strong. Groups and organizations would reach new levels of prosperity. Nations would flourish, realizing they no longer need resolve their differences by violence and war. And even the brotherhood of Man might graduate from poetry to reality.
Here, then, with the isolation of the germ of destruction hidden
for so long in the human mind, is the knowledge to actually reach
those goals. Individuals, groups, nations and civilization itself can
be freed from the bitter consequences of aberration. The answer lies in the discovery of the previously unknown mental image picture and, by virtue of all thus revealed, the prospect of a better world for all.
Aberration and the Handling Of
I'm going to talk to you now about what aberration is. Aberration. Means exactly what it says. Aberration. It means something isn't going straight. It's basically an optical term, aberration, which drifted over into the field of the mind. - L. Ron Hubbard
It betrays the brightest hopes of individuals, drives families
apart, incites organizational turmoil and pitches nations
into chaos.
What malignant seed grows in the human mind that not only prevents individuals from "thinking straight," but forces them to act out their irrationalities? Man's failure over many millennia to find the cause of aberration has exacted an incalculable toll in personal unhappiness and
ruined lives.
But were the answer found, the horizons would be unlimited.
Individuals could achieve the lasting success they desire. Families would thrive, united and strong. Groups and organizations would reach new levels of prosperity. Nations would flourish, realizing they no longer need resolve their differences by violence and war. And even the brotherhood of Man might graduate from poetry to reality.
Here, then, with the isolation of the germ of destruction hidden
for so long in the human mind, is the knowledge to actually reach
those goals. Individuals, groups, nations and civilization itself can
be freed from the bitter consequences of aberration. The answer
lies in the discovery of the previously unknown mental image
picture and, by virtue of all thus revealed, the prospect of a
better world for all.
.It has been said that somewhere in the world you have an exact double. Thisrocket-ride of a novel ignites with the sudden cry of "Ai! Pedrito!",as Naval Lieutenant Tom Smith discovers that his exact look-alike is thenotorious South American revolutionary and spy, Pedrito Miraflores. Inspired bya real incident in the life of L. Ron Hubbard, "Ai! Pedrito!" is afun-to-read, compelling novel of what can sometimes happen when intelligencegoes wrong. -Mystery Scene
A rollicking and unpredictable adventure through the world of spies and double agents, lovers and enemies (often one and same). It has been said that somewhere in the world you have an exact double. This rocket-ride of a novel ignites with the sudden cry of "Ai! Pedrito!", as Naval Lieutenant Tom Smith discovers that his exact look-alike is the notorious South American revolutionary and spy, Pedrito Miraflores. Inspired by a real incident in the life of L. Ron Hubbard, "Ai! Pedrito!" is a fun-to-read, compelling novel of what can sometimes happen when intelligence goes wrong. "All the fast pacing of James Bond and the adventure of Indiana Jones." Mystery Scene
A charming rogue cut from the same cloth as Robert Mitchum, American engineer Dan Courtney is learning fast that it takes more than a little charm to lay the groundwork for a railroad. Particularly when the plan is to build it across some of the roughest and most dangerous territory on earth.
Courtney’s been hired to survey the land that would link up the Uganda Railway to the Anglo-Egyptian railroad. Running through desert, jungle and mountains, this is one line - and story - with more twists and turns than the New York City subway system.
Diamond smugglers. A fearsome native tribe. A beautiful young American woman . . . and a man determined to kill her. Put them all together and you’ve got a world where All Frontiers Are Jealous. It’s up to Courtney to tame those frontiers - take on the tribe, save the woman, and save the future of the railroad . . . before his blood ends up on the tracks.
L. Ron Hubbard based this story on the real-life history of the countless harrowing attempts in the late 19th and early 20th century to link up the two railroads. An experienced civil engineer and surveyor himself, Hubbard had worked in rough and dangerous terrain as part of the West Indies Mineralogical Expedition. All Frontiers Are Jealous may be a work of fiction, but as far as Hubbard was concerned, in his own life, the adventure couldn’t have been more real.
"The natives are restless, the chase is on, and All Frontiers Are Jealous as the audio version is your ticket to adventure in a land as spectacular as it is forbidding. "Along with the talented cast, there are great sound effects and original music that keep the story flowing with cinematic ease." --Gil Wilson
Once it's it got you, it won't let you go. Fast, fiery, and nonstop fun, from the crash and roar of a demolition derby to the dark doings of the wicked Miss Pinch. In these continuing misadventures of aliens on Earth, Soltan Gris tells his sad tale of attempts to thwart his sworn enemy, Jettero Heller, who is on mission to salvage Earth. But Gris has to contend with a belly dancer who's spending him into bankruptcy, a mad PR man out to make Heller a legend, an unhinged Mafia hired gun sent to hit the Director of the CIA, and the sadistic Pinch with some ruinous recipes of her own. Throw in a perverse nurse, an intergalactic drug ring, a crazed cellologist, and the arrival of Heller's Voltarian girlfriend, and you have the ingredients for intrigue, satire, and romance that you won't be able to put down. Volume 4 of the biggest Science Fiction dekology ever written -- Mission Earth. "...action-packed, intricately plotted... a cross between Flash Gordon and 007." --Buffalo News"
Spring has come to White Bear Landing-and so has the law, in the firm hands of Royal Mounted policeman and pilot Bob Dixon. Dixon's as gruff, tough and good-looking as Russell Crowe, and in this outpost halfway between the arctic mines and civilization, he's known for taking the law to extremes.
More than once Dixon has meted out his own brand of rough justice with hard fists and hot lead, but now the tables have turned. The past has come back to haunt him, he's been set up as a murder suspect, and a rogue's gallery of enemies are lining up to settle old scores . . .
Out on the icy tundra, on the edge of the world, revenge can be cold-and brutal. Dixon's only hope is to let the trust of a good friend and the love of a good woman lead the way to true justice and redemption-on Arctic Wings.
Hubbard never wrote a word, conceived a character, or described a setting without first finding out all he could about the people and places that drove his stories. He wrote: "I began to search for research on the theory that if I could get a glimmering of anything lying beyond a certain horizon, I could go deep enough to find an excellent story. I read exhaustively. I wanted information and nothing else." His exhaustive research-and search for the excellent
L. Ronald Hubbard ha publicado mas de 230 novelas, novelas cortas, relatos y obras de teatro que abarcan todos los generos de la narrativa pero tambien millones de palabras en obras de ensayo. Con once best sellers internacionales, solo en la ultima decada y traducciones de sus obras a mas de doce idiomas, es uno de los autores mas leidos y de mayor reconocimiento de todos los tiempos.
. Ronald Hubbard ha publicado mas de 230 novelas, novelas cortas, relatos y obras de teatro que abarcan todos los generos de la narrativa pero también millones de palabras en obras de ensayo.
