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HUBBARD’S "BATTLEFIELD
EARTH"
MARKS 20TH YEAR AS AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
HOLLYWOOD, CA—The 20th anniversary of one of the best-selling
science fiction stories of all time—-L. Ron Hubbard’s "Battlefield
Earth"-—will be celebrated with a special 20th anniversary
hardcover edition, marking the novel's two decades as a world-wide
bestseller. The book will premiere in stores across the country
next week, Galaxy Press announced today.
"When I started out to write this novel, I wanted to write
pure science fiction… To show that science fiction is not
science fiction because of a particular kind of plot, this
novel contains practically every type of story there is—detective,
spy, adventure, western, love, air war, you name it." L. Ron
Hubbard said in the introduction to "Battlefield Earth".
The biggest single science fiction novel ever published at
428,750 words and 1,050 pages, monumental in scope and action
as it swings across the Earth and the vast expanses of 16
galaxies, "Battlefield Earth" was initially released in 1982
as a breakaway New York Times and international bestseller.
The book has also been released in an exciting, fast-paced
8-hour, 6-cassette audio (abridged) narrated by film and television
legend Roddy McDowall whose world renowned acting career included
such memorable films as Planet of the Apes, How Green Was
My Valley, Lassie Come Home, Fright Night I and II and Dead
of Winter.
L. Ron Hubbard’s "Battlefield Earth" was voted one of the
top three English language novels of the 20th Century in a
nationwide Modern Library Reader's Poll and ranked as one
of USA Today's top five science fiction and fantasy novels.
Its continuing, world-wide popularity has been keynoted by
its appearance on over 500 bestseller lists, with nearly 7,000,000
copies of the book sold in 25 languages.
During his remarkably prolific and influential 55-year writing
career, L. Ron Hubbard published over 250 works of fiction
in genres ranging from adventure, western, mystery and suspense
to science fiction and fantasy, including 15 fiction "New
York Times" and worldwide bestsellers. Nearly 45 million copies
of his fiction works have been sold in 25 languages.
For more information visit www.battlefieldearth.com.
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