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Yesterday we gave you a chance to read L. Ron Hubbard's 1970s novella, "Revolt in the Stars," which tells the most secret story at the heart of Scientology. We meet Xenu, the urbane dictator who murdalized a bunch of "undesirable" aliens billions of years ago by tossing them down to Earth next to volcanoes. Then he blew the volcanoes up with nukes and that was, like, really bad. But so few of you were able to slog through the whole story to get to the good bits that we've done you a giant favor and excerpted them below. More »
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Anyone who has heard about the Ultimate Secret of Scientology, the tale of Xenu the alien and his cruel volcano-esploding ways, has probably wanted to know more. What motivated Xenu? What kinds of clothes did he wear and what was his favorite music? Was he friends with psychiatrists? What were his true feelings about the Galactic Confederation and the Loyal Officers of the People? Now you can find out all this and more in a 1975 novella called "Revolt in the Stars," written by L. Ron Hubbard himself. More »
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