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An Alien Affair (Mission Earth, Vol 4)

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I have read some of these reviews and some of these people seem to be forgetting how long ago this series was written.
In any case, these weren't books. This wasn't a series. L. Ron Hubbard's whole point in life was to save humanity from itself. This series was a message from a very concerned being; stop destroying Earth!

I am not a scientologist and I still think this series was great...despite what some reviewers would like you to believe. The story is told from the perspective of an alien. This makes his interpretations of observations from Earth (like Bugs Bunny the philosopher) hillarious. If you do not have the imagination to place yourself in the characters perspective, then you might not like the story...but if you have an ounce of reading skill, you will love this story.

This book is absolutely brilliant, a really witty and satiric look at life etc. Inkswitch rocks!!!

After I read Vol 1 Mission Earth I was hooked. This series paints a picture you wish you could be a part of...to go into and DO SOMETHING about saving Earth. The author makes what you are reading seem so REALISTIC as though he knew ahead of time what would happen on earth.

You have got to read this book. But I recommend you start with Volume 1 - it will give you a full meal...then on to the rest of the volumes all the way to the end.

What a great read.

With this book the series takes a wild and creepy turn. Book 4 in the Mission Earth Dekology 'An Alien Affair' places the narrator Soltan Gris in the clutches of a sadistic Miss Pinch who uses a jar of mustard in a way that will make your skin crawl! There is a lot of deadly racing at a Long Island speedway, and a really explosive battle on the observation platform of the Empire State Building. This book is completely different from the previous books, as it shows yet another satirical look at a sordid part of our society. You will appreciate this book as you read on in the series, as it really shows what kind of bumbling character the narrator is, despite his vicious mean streak. The mission continues...

'An Alien Affair' is entertaining enough, if you struggle through the mind-numbingly stupid lesbian plot-line (how many times does Hubbard want us to see Gris being tortured by lesbians? It happens 6 or 7 times). Luckily I kept reading, the book was so stupid until that point that I nearly gave it up. After that it was mildly interesting. Not on my top 10 list..in fact, though I don't have a list, I'll bet it's in the bottom 10 of all the books I've ever read. As to the reviewer from Columbus, OH who claims this book is realistic and great..get real. Obviously a Scientologist.

Notice how the number of glowing five-star reviews of the "Mission Earth" books drops drastically after the first book? This series is so mind-numbingly, stupefyingly boring that even Scientologists can't get through it. Of course, most of them aren't even reading the book reviews on amazon.com -- they've been ordered to post glowing reviews of Hubbard's books here, in the hope that you'll be interested enough to fall for the bait and get sucked into the cult of Scientology.

Actually, "An Alien Affair" is one of the better books of a truly awful series. Why is this book better? Because Hubbard spices up the story by sticking the main character, Soltan Gris, into a disgustingly twisted sexual affair with two lesbian man-hating women! See Hubbard's drooling descriptions of what he thinks lesbian sex is like (complete with BDSM scenes involving tobasco sauce)...and if you can stick with it, wait until the next book, "Fortune of Fear," in which Soltan Gris cures these women of their lesbianism by raping them!

Wow, this SATIRE is just so FUNNY!

This series is one of the best I have ever read the previous critic obviously doesn't understand the satirical irony of the story. This is a fictional work not real life as they seem to think.

I loved all of these stories. I could not stop once I started them. The pacing is great. The satire is great. Hubbard has a fantastic and witty sense of humor. These stories also really they get you thinking. Love them all.

I thought after reading the first book in the series that this was going to be a pretty good series. The first L.Ron Hubbard book that I read was Battlefield Earth and I absolutely loved it, however this series took a terrible down fall after the first book. It just got stupid. There isn't anyone who is going to always defy the odds like Heller does. I didn't like that and I think the series won't hold my attention to read any more in the series.

Sincerely, A very honest critic