Visiting
universities, bookstores and libraries across the US, William J. Widder, author
of Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of
L. Ron Hubbard, has spoken to hundreds of students and science fiction
fans and done many TV and radio interviews covering the phenomena of science
fiction portending the future.
Concepts
coming to fruition or now gaining widespread scientific recognition—ranging
from microchip implants, robot drones and teleportation to the existence of
other planets at the rim of the observable universe—were initially conceived
of and written about decades ago by science fiction writers such as L. Ron
Hubbard, Robert Heinlein, H.G. Wells and Philip K. Dick.In the introduction to his New York Times bestselling science fiction adventure epic, Battlefield Earth, L. Ron Hubbard describes science fiction as “the herald of possibility … the plea that someone should work on the future.” And it was in a meeting held in 1945, just after WW II, that Hubbard, Heinlein and other scientists and science fiction writers gathered to discuss how to get mans’ attention to the stars and away from another world war.
Now celebrating its 20th anniversary and with almost 7,000,000 copies sold internationally in 26 languages, Battlefield Earth continues to be a favorite for fiction readers everywhere.
