The Great Secret

“The Great Secret” played The Great Trick on me; I didn’t know it was a short story collection, so I kept waiting for Marsten from the first story to pop up later. I, being very smart, eventually figured it all out. This was my first sci-fi book by Hubbard, and was probably the most distinct from hi......more

I love old pulp fiction books and stories. They're a lot of fun to read. This book, this series, is really a masturbation to L. Ron Hubbard. Starts out and ends with praise after praise. Ok, I get it, this is his company, you want to sel the books, make some money for the aliens. Got it. But they ju......more

Enjoyable, but not his best by any means. The title story was a variation on a very old story, fairly well told but not exceptional. Space Can was decent military science fiction, all action and no development. The Beast would have made a good Twilight Zone or Outer Limits story, weird enough that i......more

The title story was just amazing.Highly reccommended for any lover of the pulps.......more