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He also went hook, line and sinker for Hubbard's Dianetics nonsense, which probably wouldn't have gone anywhere without the publication of an abstract in Astoun
by stan_rogers 8y ago
He also went hook, line and sinker for Hubbard's Dianetics nonsense, which probably wouldn't have gone anywhere without the publication of an abstract in Astounding.
- winchling 8y agoHe seems also to have been responsible for that tiresome predilection for 'psi power' and parapsychology in science fiction which lasted until at least 1980. But, even so, I've gained a huge amount of pleasure from the selection of Golden Age SF I've read. So I guess not all his influence was bad.
- bsenftner 8y agoI always considered Robert Silverberg and his 50's era optimistic SF to be the Golden Age; the Buck Rogers type.