Typewriter in the Sky

When most folks think of L. Ron Hubbard we immediately think of "Battlefield Earth" or "Dianetics" and scientology, but he was a prolific writer who wrote in just about every genre. So this book of "speculative fiction" is not a surprise to come from a guy who wrote so much. But where some of his bo......more

Typewriter in the Sky Some folks have drawn a similarity between this novel, written in the 1940s and the 2006 film ‘Stranger Than Fiction’, which both involve living inside a novel. In Mr. Hubbard’s novel though, Mike DeWolf actually gets transported to the novel’s universe, complete with Carribean......more

Read this book years ago, promptly forgot about it (I read WAY too many books, this wasn't a forgettable book), till I watched a movie in English class. There were no references or credits to Mr Hubbard, yet the film managed to copy Typewriter's premise in its entirety, updating it to the late 20th......more

Received copy from Netgalley for review. I really enjoyed this little romp with a pirate/Mike De Wolf. I know it was an old book,released way before even I was born,but I found it a good read and although it is a small book was worth a read.......more

3.5 A fun Story with a clever idea which is undermined by what it could have been. Typewriter in the sky is a fourth wall breaking satire that sets it sights on the pulp fiction writing and in this it does a good job. That said this was a book that Hubbard was the perfect author for, not only did he......more