Harlan Ellison & Robin Williams discuss LRH

It must have been a refreshing change for Williams NOT to be the fastest mind/mouth in the room.

when those additions to his typewriter didn't speed him up enough, he switched to amphetamines.

Does any one really believe a 13 year old Harlan Ellison was " hanging out " with some of the biggest names in golden age sf?

Ellison is a pathalogical liar

He's been saying that for a long time, back when the people in question were still alive and quite able to speak up for themselves on the topic.

It basically checks out.

Ellison is a pathalogical liar?! Gee.. so WHAT THE FUCK does that make L. Ron Hubbard? Are you kidding me? If anyone should be charged with being a pathalogical liar, it's LRH!

"I'm just a highschool kid"
He acknowledges he was young at the event.
Other authors have similar stories about Hubbard, its likely the ideas had been floating around a while and discussed at various get togethers - especially if Hubbard was looking for more writers to recruit like van Vogt.

And how do you know?

This is a great interview -- where's the rest of it?

I ends before it gets to the good stuff.

But yeah, Hubbard is a phony.

God, I can't stand to hear this guy ramble on about nothing at all.