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Other way around. If your fantasy / sci-fi novel does not sell well, rebrand it as a new groundbreaking "history". Include how it gets ridiculed by main stream science that does maliciously ignore all the evidence.
You have instantly gained a huge, uncritical customer and fan base.
Edited a few typos.
Silly L. Ron Hubbard, trying to convince people to follow in your footsteps again?
Battlefield earth is unironically good though
One of John Travolta's greatest roles
Travolta should perform all his roles on a slant.
Seriously? I heard it was one of the worst movies of all time so I stayed away. Or was it because of the scientology? Like if I ignore that, is it pretty decent?
It's a terrible movie. Verges on so bad it's good. Uses more dutch angles than a crooked windmill.
Book was mediocre with a Mary Sue main that had Goodboy for a last name.
"verges on so bad it's good" so to me that says that it's about as bad as it can possibly get, before crossing the line into something I can laugh at, would that be an accurate representation?
Yeah, drunk or stoned with a group of SF nerds shit talking it would be a fun party, actually.
Ok, so it is watchable under the right conditions?
Yes, but I would recommend being fucked up and in the company of others.
Don't go there alone or you will only find sadness and anger.
Lmao! Noted.
I never saw the movie, but I can accept mediocre for the book. I thought it was a fun take aliens and alternative history. The writing style is a bit like a morally superior american, but I can read past that (...I guess, because I completely forgot that part).
It's been a long time since I read the book, but I remeber it being medicore late golden era. Hubbard had no understanding of radiation and his characters tended to be good or evil without a lot of nuance.
*Hubbard/Herbert
Lol this is exactly where my mind went after reading the op as well