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Summary: One thing to ask.
Review: All I can say is this to the person who authored the book and to those who read it, who think that, "It the truth." Then if the person who authored this book is still around then since you believe, "I'm right about L.Ron Hubbard and Scientology via this book", then why not anwser this question. What wrong have you done and kept secret from L.Ron Hubbard and Scientology? The basis of criticism againist anyone and all about them is the wrong doings that one has done to them and has kept from them in secrecy, just because they were too scared to confess all of their sins againist another. So what do you have to hide?
To the people who read and believed this book. If! someone else were to publish a book "claiming" bad points in all the other religions out there plus, anyone's religous beliefs and structure, you wouldn't like it if that someone were to publish a load of BS about your religion, disguising it as, "It's the truth!" When behind all of the negitivity that they claim to be true, they're just too much of a coward to confess all of their sins and what they themselves have done wrong? Secondly this book is discriminating a bonafided religion and is violating the laws of discrimination. That's all you need to know about the book.
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Summary: Despite legal threats, Jon Atack stands vindicated
Review: As I type this review, "A Piece of Blue Sky" still remains firmly within the top 1000 sellers here at Amazon after years of obscurity. Ironically, if it weren't for the aggressive efforts by the Church of Scientology to eradicate this book, it probably would have disappeared off the shelves years ago. The Scientologists ought to apply the lesson learned ten years ago during the controversy over Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses": Threaten it, and it gains notoriety."A Piece of Blue Sky" is one of those Books Scientology Doesn't Want You to Read. As they did with "Bare-Faced Messiah," Russell Miller's excellent biography of founder L. Ron Hubbard (unfortunately now out of print, although available on the Web with the author's blessing), the Church has attempted to stop publication of this book. They will tell you it is libelous. It is not - it has been challenged in the courts and vindicated. They will tell you it has been banned in Britain. It has not - one single paragraph did not meet Great Britain's stricter standards for documentation, and was removed (the book survives unexpurgated elsewhere). Given the Scientologists' well-known habit of aggressively defending their interests in the courts, surely they must accept the authority of the courts in this case, as well? In addition, "A Piece of Blue Sky" will tell you Things Scientology Doesn't Want You to Know. If you read the Scientologists' own publication, "What is Scientology?", for example, you will learn that during the late 1970s, the Guardian's Office (GO) of the Church was "infiltrated and set up to fail." Criminal elements within the GO supposedly overstepped their authority, infiltrating and burglarizing government offices to steal files concerned with the Church, without the knowledge or approval of L. Ron Hubbard. These criminal elements, we are told, were caught, prosecuted, and "forever banned from Church employment." Will Scientology tell you that these convicted criminals included Hubbard's own wife, who was running the GO? Will they tell you that Hubbard himself, though unindicted, was named a co-conspirator in the trial? No, but Atack fills in the blanks that the Scientologists' PR department would rather have left unfilled. One wonders why the Church is quick to volunteer unsavoury details about Atack and his book, yet remains strangely silent when it comes to its own embarrassing moments . . . I found Atack's writing style a little threadbare in spots. Also, I wish he had devoted more space to examining the space-opera "theology" of the Church. "A Piece of Blue Sky" is nonetheless compelling reading, and well-documented. This book is one of the must-reads for anyone interested in the Church of Scientology, the true story of which is often weirder and more fascinating than Hubbard's pulp science fiction.
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Summary: THE BOOK for those wondering... "What is Scientology?"
Review: Atack presents the reader with an unbiased and unflinching look into the disturbed minds of Hubbard and his devoted followers. This book is a 'must read' for any student of sociology, psychology or anyone interested in cults and the effects of 'brainwashing'. Atack's book attempts to unravel the complex mind-control systems devised by Hubbard and gives a unique insight into the lengths his organization goes to in it's attempts to silence free-thinking critics. Highly recommended to those who found 'Dianetics' and other Hubbard 'materials' muddled and incoherent, this book puts them into perspective and leaves the reader with a true sense of comprehension. Re-reading 'Dianetics' and other 'Scientology literature' after 'Blue Sky' proves an interesting experience. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: Conspiracy Theorists Unite; what a legit 'atack'
Review: Ha ha! What a charismatic attempt to knock one of the most miscomprehended things on earth: Scientology and the help AND independence that it denotes. Please. Jon 'Atack' obviously sat in his room with the notion of pumping out the biggest piece of BS created in this century and succeeded. And not only did he do THAT, but he acheived in brainwashing people into taking his side of things INSTEAD of finding them out for themselves.
If anyone would like to construct a legitimate arguement regarding any subject, one needs to have FACTS or their opinion will be exhibited and proved wrong. Thus is the case with Monsieur Atack, who, after permitting his factless piece of work to conjur up some disgust towards Scientology, has not proved anything in his debate and has, in fact, lost any merit that he probably never had. Scientology is still around and is helping millions of people, despite the the bad publicity that individuals like Atacko have created.
Look, if you actually WANT to know if Scientology is a good or bad thing, do yourself a favor and find out for yourself. Talk to numerous Scientologists, do a few courses and read a few books. Five bucks won't kill you to lose out of your pocket, as you may be spending them on cigarettes or something else anyway and might as well give this a shot! And for Scientology critics like Jonny, keep trying.
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Summary: The facts don't lie: Portrait of a fraud.
Review: I found this book to be both shocking and extremely informative. Having read both Margery Wakefield's _Path to Xenu_ and Russell Miller's _Bare-Faced Messiah_ (both of which are no longer available in print but can be freely accessed on the web), I thought I had seen it all. Not so. Read this book (or Miller's), and compare their description of Hubbard's life to the official bio on the Scientology websites; if you want to know for sure which source has more credibility, a good place to start would be to send away for Hubbard's military records (scans are available on the web), and to see what the US government has to say about the career of this so-called "war hero" that was never decorated, and bounced from post to post for incompetence. Don't be fooled by the Church's hype; read Atack's _A Piece of Blue Sky_.
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Summary: Very revealing and well documented factual horror story.
Review: I had several negative pre-conceived notions about Hubbard and his "religion" prior to reading this book. I felt compelled to read this book out of an obligation to myself to see if my notions were correct. I was completely unprepared for what I read. Hubbard was more than just a liar and a petty con man. He was a depraved, dangerous lunatic who created a financial empire preying on the loney and easily victimised. This book does not aswer the eternal question of whether scientology is a religion or not but by the end of this book, that question will hardly matter to you. If you have a family member expressing an interest in scientology, then please read this book. Scientology spends a lot of its victim's money on PR and advertising. This book rips these myths to shreds.
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Summary: Best general book on Scientology
Review: Jon Atack covers it all in this thoroughly-researched and well-documented work on Scientology, a modern American cult. Jon was in Scientology but left after a long struggle to get through the cult's bizarre and secret upper levels of expensive psudo-scientific therapy. The book carefully documents the life of the founder of the cult, L. Ron Hubbard, the history of Scientology, and the secret upper levels themselves. _A Piece of Blue Sky_ has been subjected to numerous legal assaults by the sue-happy Scientologists, but has survived them all to become the flagship of sensible writing on this most controvesial issue. Highly recommended.
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Summary: The glaring truth about this "religion" and it's "Church"
Review: Jon Atack is a hero to me for his courage in exposing the insidious organization of charlatans known as the "Church" of Scientology. The only things this sinister bunch worships is greed and power, and it's obvious that they will do whatever it takes to acquire both. David Miscavige and Mike Rinder are the true "spiritual" heirs to the throne vacated by L. Ron Hubbard. After reading "A Piece of Blue Sky", I think it's reasonable to characterize that unholy trinity for what they are-- evil personified. Josef Stalin certainly would've rejoiced to have had these 3 hombres protecting state security for the notorious KGB. Think I'm exaggerating on that analogy? Don't kid yourself! Read the detailed descriptions of the smear campaigns regularly conducted by the "church's" Guardian's Office and see how closely they parallel the actions of the KGB. Clandestine infiltration of U.S. government agencies and theft of documents having anything to do with L. Ron Hubbard and his phony church-- it's all there for those who dare to seek the TRUTH about the REAL "Church" of Scientology. Truly if there is a hell on earth, you'll know it if you ever become a target of Scientology's litigious wrath. It is richly ironic that those of us here in America who fully understand the "doctrines" of Scientology now have to look to the German government for guidance in how to properly deal with this worldwide societal cancer that poses as a religion. To think that Scientology finally got it's coveted tax exempt status about 10 years ago is incredible beyond belief, and scarier still.
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Summary: This is not based on any sort of true information
Review: My experience with this book is that it is not based on any sort of factual information regarding L. Ron Hubbard or Dianetics or any other subjects that he has been involved with. It is purely someone's opinion and should only be taken with a grain of salt. If you want to know the true information, read "What is Scientology?"
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: One day it was suggested to Jon that he take a little responsibility for his life and bad effects he had ever brought to the world and low-and-behold, it suddenly became L. Ron Hubbard's fault for his lot in life. This book is full of false information and very unintelligent conclusions. Good ol' Jon didn't do much homework on the subject before writting this (...). If you want to know about L. Ron Hubbard or Scientology, go find out for yourself.
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