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Cartmill, Cleve, 110, 182, 190, 224
“Deadline,” 188–89, 191–98, 208, 212, 213, 247
Catechol, 221
Cat’s Cradle (Vonnegut), 117
Cat Who Walks Through Walls, The (Heinlein), 403
Caves of Steel, The (Asimov), 343
Cavett, Dick, 396–97
Ceppos, Art, 257, 270, 287, 288–89, 291–92
Challenger disaster, 402
Chapdelaine, Perry, 328, 335
Chappell, Mel, 305
Charcot, Jean-Martin, 18–19
Chemistry of Petroleum Derivatives, 66
Childhood’s End (Clarke), 62
Children of the Lens (Smith), 245
China, 44–45, 55, 83, 234
Christianity, 310
Christian Science, 261
“Chromium Helmet, The” (Sturgeon), 211
“Chrysalis” (Bradbury), 182–83
Church of Scientology. See Scientology
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 287
Citizen of the Galaxy (Heinlein), 337–38, 362–63
Citizens Advisory Council on National Space Policy, 388–89
City College of New York, 52, 90
“City on the Edge of Forever, The” (Star Trek episode), 371
civil rights, 2, 341, 361, 368
Civil Rights Act of 1964, 341
clairvoyance, 303–4
Clark, John, 101, 108, 121, 128, 131
Clarke, Arthur C., 62, 244, 348, 385, 388–89
Clayton, William, 61, 75, 76, 77
“clear,” 253–54, 261, 275
Clement, Hal, 320, 378
Cleopatra (movie), 4
Clifton, Mark, 473n
Clingerman, Mildred, 348
Close, Del, 477n
Cohen, Chester, 103
Colby College, 376
“Cold Equations, The” (Godwin), 320, 474n
Collins, Michael, 350
Columbia Pictures, 40, 85
Columbia University, 52, 90, 96, 141, 220, 320
cyclotron, 96, 115
Comet, 467n
communism, 80, 288–89, 291–92, 349
competent man story, 8–9, 122, 125, 128
Condé Nast Publications, 325, 359, 387
Conference on Education for Creativity in the Sciences (1963), 1–3
Congressional Record, 83
“Conquest of the Planets” (Campbell), 64
Cornog, Robert, 224, 227–28, 231–32, 293
“Cosmic Corkscrew” (Asimov), 90, 91, 92
Cosmos (Campbell et al.), 57
Cowboy Stories, 77
Craig, James B., 457n
“Creation Took Eight Days” (Heinlein), 145
“Criticism of Dianetics, A” (Hubbard and Winter), 256–57, 261, 457n
Cronkite, Walter, 350
Crowley, Aleister, 217, 224, 232, 233, 234
cybernetics, 259–62, 263
Cybernetics, or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (Wiener), 260
Dalgliesh, Alice, 227, 337, 338, 386
“Dangerous Dimension, The” (Hubbard), 86–87, 89
Dangerous Visions (Ellison), 367
Davis, Chan, 209, 336
Davis, Joel, 398
“Day Is Done, The” (del Rey), 122
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (movie), 121
DC Comics, 276
“Dead Knowledge” (Campbell), 69
“Deadline” (Cartmill), 188–89, 191–98, 208, 212, 213, 247
Dean, Norman L., 353–55
Dean Junior College, 376
“Death Flyer, The” (Hubbard), 86
Death’s Deputy (Hubbard), 129–30
De Camp, Catherine, 441–42n
De Camp, L. Sprague, 128, 131, 324
Astounding and, 133, 139, 180, 356
Dean Drive and Campbell, 354–55
dianetics and, 274, 279, 282
fandom and, 101, 106, 107
at Nebula Awards, 385
at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 168, 170, 170, 185, 207, 212–13
postwar life of, 224–25, 226, 228
Unknown stories, 121–22
during World War II, 142, 157–58, 159, 168, 170, 180, 185, 195, 201–2, 204, 205, 207, 212–13
De Havilland, Olivia, 162
Delany, Samuel R., 364–65, 487n
Del Rey, Judy Lynn, 378
Del Rey, Lester, 122, 223, 359, 378, 387
Astounding and, 122, 133, 169, 181, 279
dianetics and, 279, 282
during World War II, 141–42, 169, 180, 181
De Mille, Cecil B., 289
De Mille, Richard, 289, 290, 292
“Derelicts of Ganymede, The” (Campbell), 56
“Design Flaw” (Campbell), 315, 472n
“Design Flaw” (Correy), 472n
Desilu Studios, 373
Destination Moon (movie), 255, 273, 281, 336
DeWolf, Ronald (“Nibs” Hubbard), 83, 130
dianetics, 17–19, 267–95, 328–30
abortion and, 254, 269, 277, 278
announcement of, 257–58
auditing process, 254
Campbell’s traumatic memory of birth, 18–20, 251
“A Criticism of Dianetics,” 256–57, 261
first use of term, 255, 261
generating publicity for, 267–74
Hubbard’s new mental therapy, 237–39, 249–58
influences on, 259–62
in Kansas, 328–29
past lives and, 289
terminology, 253–54, 261, 329
“Terra Incognita: The Mind,” 258–59
trademark dispute, 329–30
virality of, 272–73
“Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science” (Hubbard), 267–68, 271–72
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (Hubbard), 9, 17, 257, 261–64, 267, 268–70, 272
Dick, Philip K., 355–56, 384
Dick Cavett Show, The, 396–97
Dickson, Gordon R., 375, 378
Dimension X (radio show), 475n
Dockweiler, Harry, 103
Doc Savage (magazine), 74
Don Isidro (cargo ship), 160
“Doodad” (Bradbury), 183
Doomsday Clock, 3
Door into Summer, The (Heinlein), 337–38, 479n
Doubleday, 223, 348
“Double Minds, The” (Campbell), 67
Double Star (Heinlein), 337
Downs, Hugh, 381–83
dowsing, 355, 484n
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 5
Dressler, Frank, 290
Duke University, 55–56, 57
Dune (Herbert), 7, 357–58
Dunn, Lucius C., 132
Durant, Will, 37, 269
Earhart, Amelia, 46
Easy-Bake Oven, 335
Ebert, Roger, 376
Edsall, USS, 160
“E for Effort” (Sherred), 248
Ehrenhaft, Felix, 446n
Einstein, Albert, 11, 52
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 339
“Elder Gods, The” (Burks), 121
Eleanor Hotel, 224
“Electronic Siege, The” (Campbell), 56
electroshock therapy, 19, 209–10, 272–73
“Elimination” (Campbell), 65–66
Ellis, Carleton, 66–67
Ellis Island, 48
Ellison, Harlan, 7, 320, 346, 347–48, 367–68, 371, 399
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 71, 137, 349
e-meter, 329, 332
Empire (Simak), 473n
Empire State Building, 199, 448n
Empire Strikes Back, The, 124
Enchanter (ship), 333, 334–35
End Is Not Yet, The (Hubbard), 236–37
“Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline, The” (Asimov), 221–22, 267, 319–20
End of Eternity, The (Asimov), 343
End Poverty in California (EPIC), 109–10
“engram,” 253–54
> ENIAC, 261
“Escape, The” (Campbell), 64
Esserman, Paul, 400–401, 405
Evers, Medgar, 2
“Evidence” (Asimov), 208, 220
“evil eye,” 56
Excalibur (Hubbard), 89, 237, 238, 249–50, 260
Expanded Universe (Heinlein), 386
Explorers Club, 130–31, 258
Explorers Journal, 258–59
Exploring Tomorrow (radio show), 324, 475–76n
Fantastic Voyage (movie), 348
“Farewell to the Master” (Bates), 121
Farnham’s Freehold (Heinlein), 340, 363
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 288–89, 291–92, 349, 394
Fear (Hubbard), 129–30
feedback, 260
feminism, 12, 365–66
Fermi, Enrico, 81
Fidczuk, Richard, 426n
Finagle’s Law, 29–30
Final Blackout (Hubbard), 117, 129–30
“First Contact” (Jenkins), 245
Forbidden Acres (Russell), 87–88
Ford Foundation, 311
Forever War, The (Haldeman), 379
“Forgetfulness” (Campbell), 66
Fort, Charles, 77, 87, 145
“Fortress in the Sky” (Hubbard), 236, 340
For Us, the Living (Heinlein), 111–12, 118, 225
Foster, Alan Dean, 359
“Foundation” (Asimov), 139–41
Foundation’s Edge (Asimov), 400
Foundation series (Asimov), 10, 139–41, 167, 207, 220, 222, 275, 343, 349, 400
“Four Little Ships” (Jenkins), 194
Frankenstein (Shelley), 5
Freas, Frank Kelly, 310–11, 378, 416n
Freemasons, 39
Freud, Sigmund, 18, 276, 278, 279
“Frictional Losses” (Campbell), 65
Fromm, Erich, 338
Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,” 483n
“Frozen Hell” (Campbell), 67–68, 69, 425–26n
Fuller, Clement, 475n
Future History (Heinlein), 113, 114, 118, 142, 384
Futurians, 100, 102–4, 103, 117–18, 133–34, 141, 144–45, 181, 223
Futurians, The (Knight), 99
Gable, Clark, 286
Gaiman, Neil, 7
Galactic Patrol (Smith), 77–78
Galaxy, 283–85, 343, 358
Game of Thrones (TV show), 7
Garby, Lee Hawkins, 30
Gardner, Martin, 324, 475n
Garrett, Randall, 320, 321–23, 348, 366, 405
General Semantics, 110–11, 244, 255, 259–60, 280, 307
genetics, 357, 361–62
George Washington University, 45, 46
Germer, Karl, 233, 234
Gernsback, Hugo, 6, 30, 50, 57, 60, 75–76, 100
Gerrold, David, 372
Gibbon, Edward, 139
Gillespie, Jack, 103
Gingrich, Newt, 12, 415n
Ginsberg, Allen, 332
Gittleson, Yvette, 241
Glory Road (Heinlein), 340
Gnome Press, 283
Gods Themselves, The (Asimov), 398
Godwin, Tom, 320
Gold, Evelyn, 283
Gold, Horace, 283–84, 343, 466–67n
Goldberger, Joe, 161–62
golden age of science fiction, 7, 414n
“Goldfish Bowl” (Heinlein), 146–47
Goldsmith, Cele, 348
Goldstone, Lou, 231
Goldwater, Barry, 341, 388
Goodavage, Joseph F., 484n
Göring, Hermann, 8
gravity gauge, 236, 340, 456n
Gray, Arthur Z., 305–6
Grazer, Brian, 405
Great Depression, 57, 63, 102–3, 274
Greater New York Science Fiction League, 99–100, 102
Great Exclusion Act, 108–9
Greek mythology, 25
Green, Joseph, 376
Greenberg, Martin, 283
Greene, William Chace, Jr., 33
“Green Hills of Earth, The” (Heinlein), 226–27, 456n
Green Lantern, 276
Gripsholm, MS, 172–73
Gross, Henry, 316
Grow Old with Me (Asimov), 220–21, 223
Gruber, Frank, 83–84
Guam, 44–45
“guk,” 287
“Gulf” (Heinlein), 229–30, 275
Haldeman, Joe, 365, 379
Hall, Desmond, 77
Hamilton, Edmond, 427n
Hammond, James, 376
Hammond, Margaret, 376
hard science fiction, 64, 414n
Harrison, Harry, 363, 375, 378, 387
Harrison, Laura, 20
Hartwell, Dickson, 242–43
Have Space Suit—Will Travel (Heinlein), 338
Hawks, Howard, 299–300
Hayakawa, S. I., 215
Hecht, Ben, 299–300
Heinlein, Bam Lyle, 36–37
Heinlein, Clare, 202
Heinlein, Elinor Curry, 40
Heinlein, Leslyn MacDonald, 41, 239, 337
affair with Hubbard, 202–3
alcoholism of, 206, 227
background of, 40
death of, 387–88
divorce from RAH, 228–29
marriage to RAH, 41, 42, 109–10, 111, 115–20, 227–28
meeting RAH, 40–41
postwar life of, 223–24, 225, 227–29
role in RAH’s writing, 12, 110, 113, 115, 118, 120, 143, 148, 155, 156
during World War II, 151–52, 155, 156, 158, 159, 169, 170–71, 172–73, 186, 199, 205–6
Heinlein, Rex Ivar, 36–37, 38
Heinlein, Robert A., 10–11, 385
Asimov and, 114, 165–66, 226–27, 338–39, 344, 385, 390, 404
Astounding and, 112–21, 142–48, 229–30, 275
birth of, 36
Campbell’s legacy and, 386–87
death of, 403–4
dianetics and, 280–82, 291, 293–94
early life of, 36–37
early writings of, 111–25, 142–48
family history of, 36–37
fandom and, 109–10
Future History, 113, 114, 118, 142, 384
Galaxy stories, 284
General Semantics and, 110–11, 244, 259–60, 280, 307
health issues of, 173, 200, 383–84, 385, 389–90, 403–4
Hubbard and, 117, 202–3, 224–25, 230, 235–36, 246
juvenile novels of, 226, 227, 229, 281, 337–38, 340
last years of, 383–90
later writing of, 335–42, 383–86
legacy and influence of, 384–86
Manson Family and, 350–52
marriages of, 38–40, 227–30, 307. See also specific wives
McCarthyism and, 336
mysticism and, 39
naval career of, 37–40, 39, 41–42, 151–53
at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 157–58, 160, 161, 165–68, 172–73, 200–201, 212–13
political convictions of, 109–10, 111, 336, 338–41
postwar life of, 223–24, 225–30
Voyage Beyond Apollo cruise, 381–83
during World War II, 151–57, 159–60, 161, 165, 172–73, 195, 198–203, 205–6, 207–8
Heinlein, Rose Elizabeth, 38
Heinlein, Virginia Gerstenfeld “Ginny”
background of, 200
death of RAH, 403–4
married life with RAH, 281, 306, 307, 336, 341, 350
meeting RAH, 200–201
moving in with RAH, 223, 227–30
role in RAH’s writing, 229–30, 338–39
during World War II, 200–201
“Helen O’Loy” (del Rey), 122
Hemingway, Ernest, 289
Hemingway, Greg, 289
Henney, Keith, 198
Henry Holt and Company, 209, 247
Herbert, Frank, 357–58, 375
Hermitage House, 257, 268–69, 287
Hieronymus, Gale
n, 316–19
Hieronymus Machine, 316–19, 484n
highway hypnosis, 314–16
Hinman, Gary, 350
Hiroshima, 206–7, 208, 213–14, 244
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon), 139
HIV, 401, 405–6
Hoagland, Richard C., 381–82
Hollister, Miles, 288, 289, 291
Hollywood Citizen-News, 110, 160
Hollywood Palladium, 402
Holt, Henry, 209
Homer, 14
homosexuality, 251, 271, 291, 365
“Homo Sol” (Asimov), 134–36
Hoover, J. Edgar, 291–92, 391
Hornig, Charles, 100, 424n
House Select Committees on Aging and Science and Technology, 386
Howes, Ron, 328, 335
“How to Drive a Writer Crazy” (Hubbard), 129
Hoxsey, Harry, 475n
Hubbard, Alexis Valerie
birth and early life of, 257–58, 287, 289–90, 292–93, 295
estrangement from father, 391, 402
Hubbard, Catherine, 84–85
Hubbard, Harry Ross, 43–45, 46, 392
Hubbard, Keith, 158, 172–73, 205–6
Hubbard, L. Ron, 285
abortion and, 130, 254, 257, 269
Astounding and, 85–90, 128–29, 130–31, 236–37
children and family life, 257–58, 287, 289–90, 292–93, 295, 391, 402
Commodore of the Sea Org, 333–35, 395, 401–2
death of, 396, 402
dianetics and, 17–19, 285–95, 304, 328–30
generating publicity, 267–74
origins of, 237–39, 249–58, 459n
Eagle Scout, 44
early life of, 42–45
early writings of, 45, 46–47, 83–90, 127–32
education of, 45, 46
family history of, 43
finances and wealth of, 286–87, 332
health issues of, 204–5, 231, 392, 394, 402
Heinlein and, 117, 202–3, 224–25, 230, 235–36, 246
last writings of, 395–96
last years of, 390–93
legacy of, 402–3
life in hiding, 390–93, 394–95
marriages and affairs, 84–85, 130–31, 132, 202–3, 231–32, 234–36, 288, 289–93, 392–95. See also specific wives
naval service of, 160–61, 175–80, 201–2
new mental therapy of, 237–39, 249–58, 459n
occult involvement in Pasadena, 231–35
postwar life of, 224–25, 231–39
sailing expeditions, 45–46, 130–31, 333–35, 390
Saint Helena and, 45, 422n
Scientology and, 329–35, 391–96, 401–2
Unknown stories, 127, 128–29
during World War II, 132, 153, 160–61, 175–80, 201–2, 204–5
Hubbard, L. Ron “Nibs,” Jr., 83, 130, 402
Hubbard, Leodora May Waterbury, 43–45, 46
Hubbard, Margaret Louise Grubb “Polly,” 224, 444n
divorce from LRH, 235
marriage and family life, 83, 84–85, 130–31, 177, 231
meeting and marriage to LRH, 46
Hubbard, Mark, 172–73, 205–6