@nymnympseudonym@piefed.social
Post #2393516
2026-05-02 23:09 UTC
I just can't help seeing Hegseth as Soltan Gris, the incompetent drunk alien CIA operative who manages to lie, embezzle, and grift himself to riches on the planet he is meant to be saving
L Ron Hubbard was a rapist and a grifter. But NEGL his [Mission Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Earth_(novel_series)) is a *great* read (yes, all 10 books of it) and it's **insane** how relevant it is under Trump 2.0
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@Rhaedas@fedia.io 2026-05-03 00:56
I enjoyed Battlefield Earth (the book, not whatever that movie was), even with its issues. I read the first of Mission Earth when it came out. I don't remember why it didn't click for me, but I never read another.
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@DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2026-05-03 09:45
Actually well written and intelligent science fiction book. "Stand On Zanzibar" by John Brunner. Won the 1969 Hugo for best novel. Set in the 21st Century, it predicted AI, legal marijuana, mass shooters, mass homelessness, personalized ads, and a host of other ideas we now take for granted.