The Invaders Plan (Mission Earth, #1) by L. Ron Hubbard

The Invaders Plan (Mission Earth, #1) by L. Ron Hubbard

››› Download audio book. ‹‹‹ Original Title: The Invaders Plan (Mission Earth, #1) ISBN: 0884042820 ISBN13: 9780884042822 Autor: L. Ron Hubbard Rating: 3 of 5 stars (1723) counts Original Format: Paperback, 615 pages Download Format: PDF, RTF, ePub, CHM, MP3. Published: May 1st 1988 / by Bridge Publications (CA) / (first published 1985) Language: English

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Description: A monumental work -- acclaimed as agenuine masterpiece -- L. Ron Hubbard's 1.2-million-wordten-volume MISSION EARTH dekalogy brilliantly blends science fiction and action/adventure on a vast interstellar scale with stinging satire -- in the literary tradition of Voltaire, Swift and Orwell -- on the world's foibles and fancies.A true publishing phenomenon -- precedent-setting when each volume, in turn, became a New York Times and then an international bestseller -- MISSION EARTH has already sold more than five million copies and continues to appear on bestseller lists in contries throghout the world. Winner of France's Cosmos 2000 Award and the Nova Science Fiction Award in Italy, and nominated for a Hugo Award, MISSION EARTH is an epic narrative of a secret invasion of Earth as seen-and vividly recounted -- by the aliens who, unrecognized, already live and work among us. It is a novel crowded with sharply memorable characters and with places and events cloaked in splendor, menace and mystery: Palace City, Joy City, the forbidden prison fortress of Spiteos, the violent fall of the Voltar Confederation. The Voltar Confederation has a long-range plan to use Earth as a strategic staging area in its continuing conquest of the galaxy. However, with the discovery that Earth is being destroyed by pollution, drugs and other menaces, Combat Engineer Jettero Heller is sent on a top-secret mission to save the planet from self-destruction. Unknown to Heller, another Voltarian faction (the Coordinated Information Apparatus) has secretly been using Earth as a supply base for drugs. It dispatches its own counter mission to thwart Heller's plans.

About Author:

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and ’40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard. In 1950, he wrote one of the bestselling books of all time, "Dianetics: The Modern Science Mental Health." His researches into the mind and spirit continued with the publication of additional titles on Dianetics and Scientology. In celebration of his fiftieth anniversary as an author, he again returned to the forefront of popular literature with his monumental epics "Battlefield Earth" and the tenvolume Mission Earth series. Together, these titles dominated international bestseller lists for more than 200 weeks, and still remain among the alltime classic works of modern speculative fiction. Known Pseudonyms: Kurt von Rachen Rene LaFayete/Rene La Fayette/René Lafayette Frankie Rohne Winchester Remington Colt Lt. Jonathan Daly Capt. Charles Gordon Capt. L. Ron Hubbard Bernard Hubbel Michael Keith Legionnaire 148 Legionnaire 14830 Ken Martin Scott Morgan Lt. Scott Morgan Barry Randolph Capt. Humbert Reynolds

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Rewiews:

May 18, 2012 Jean-marcel Rated it: liked it Surprisingly, this book is probably harmless, and actually a hell of a lot of fun. That said, the conceit and hubris that went into this sprawling, "epic" series as a whole, supposedly delivered in a crate of papers as a single manuscript to Hubbard's publisher, is still astronomical, and I never did read beyond the second book. Judging from titles and brief exerpts I've read, they get more and more overblown and ridiculous as they go on, and still essentially seem to describe the same basic con Surprisingly, this book is probably harmless, and actually a hell of a lot of fun. That said, the conceit and hubris that went into this sprawling, "epic" series as a whole, supposedly delivered in a crate of papers as a single manuscript to Hubbard's publisher, is still astronomical, and I never did read beyond the second book. Judging from titles and brief exerpts I've read, they get more and more overblown and ridiculous as they go on, and still essentially seem to describe the same basic conflict scenario. All right, so the lords of the planet Voltar want to use Earth as a strategic base, and they're worried about the natives, who seem to show every sign of being ready to wipe themselves and their planet out of existence. TO that end, they plan to send an invasion force to get the planet under the imperial thumb. Our main character is a pathetic government snoop who stamps forms by day and breaks into politicians' offices by night at the behest of his employer, the Apparatus, the Voltarian secret police/intelligence agency. The Apparatus is run by a corrupt, mad overlord type named Lumbar Hist, who has his own plans for the Earth, and employs our lowly wretch of an agent to travel on the initial scout mission to Earth and sabotage it! Lumbar's scheme has to be heard to be believed. He wants the Earth so he can harvest all its powerful narcotics, and intends to get the lords and ladies of Voltarian society addicted to amphetamines and high-grade heroin so they'll be complete slaves to his will! Isn't it great? Our snivelling lackey, Sultan Gris, must rub shoulders with the prize and champion of the fleet, Jettero Heller. Heller is perfect! Tall, athletic, unbelievably handsome, good at about a million things! It's sickening! Heller has been to Earth before, and he's pretty close to human in appearance and physiognomy. If this were an Orson Scott Carde novel, Heller would be the hero. But because Hubbard wants to be a clever satirist, the entire narrative of Mission Earth operates under the principle that no, Heller's a disgusting do-gooder, and sultan Gris is the hero! Unfortunately, Heller seems to worm his way out of a good many of the traps Gris sets for him, at first apparently by accident. The whole premise of this first novel of the series is that Hist and Gris don't want the scout mission to launch, but Heller always seems to be a little ahead of them. ALong the way, we get to meet a host of bizarre characters, like the whip-wielding dominatrix electroshock expert and trainer of giant leopards, the Countess Crack, who goes all doe-eyed for Heller (of course!) and has more than a few tricks up her sleeve to counter Gris's machinations;

the vile Dr. Krobe, who conducts terrible experiments on abandoned prisoners deep in the bowels of the Apparatus prison; the nymphomaniac many-times-Widow Tael, and, of course, the spider at the centre of Voltar's corruption, Lumbar Hist himself, who beats his underlings with an electric stinger, probably gets high off his own supply, and hears the mountain winds calling his name like a knell of destiny! I like Gris's outraged, whiny narrative. He's a real slimeball coward of the highest order but you can't help but kind of like him and almost want him to succeed, even though Heller really is a nice guy who seems to want the best for everybody, even the bloody Earthlings! Gris hates Heller so much by the end that it's all he can do to prevent himself from spitting and foaming and smoking whenever his mere name is mentioned, but the awful trick is that he's got to continue being nice to him and pretending to help him along until they get to Earth. Some of the episodes that take place as Gris gets himself further and further into the proverbial shithouse are genuinely funny reading. There are loads of clichés on display, oh yes, but Hubbard seems at this point at least to be aware of them and is having a lark a good deal of the time. There's a trademark Hubbard anti-psychology rant, but amusingly its disguised as Gris thinking that he now understands the mind because he's read a bunch of Earth textbooks, and trying to employ these techniques on Heller gets him exactly what he wants, but not for the reason he thinks (hint: It's because he's being annoying and childish!). Somewhere in there there's an anti-drug message, but I lost track of it pretty early on, probably when I was laughing because Gris took a bunch of amphetamines during the pre-launch party and spent the whole time speaking gibberish to everyone. I think the next book isn't as fun because it takes place on Earth and seemed to get pretty repetitive and occasionally even preachy. maybe that's why I never went any further with this mission. still, I think this novel is a rolicking good time, and who knows, I might try and check in on the later exploits of Gris and Heller one of these days. 5 likes View 2 comments