So Mitt Romney is all over the net as having said L. Ron Hubbard's "Battlefield Earth" is his favorite book. Hubbard, for those who aren't aware, is the now deceased founder of Scientology, but he was a science-fiction pulp writer first. "Battlefield Earth" was made into a movie I never saw because it got some of the worst reviews I have ever read. He's getting a lot of flack from people, but most of them have never read the book and say they never will. I suppose one could say that parallels me never seeing the movie. But there's a difference. I have read the book twice, and really enjoyed it. It's a huge, epic story that was very clever and fun and had me staying up all night reading. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with Scientology, and I would never consider it great literature or life-changing, but in the words of so many other critics referring to other things, "It was a rollicking good time."

Skeptics like Roger L. Simon should read it for themselves, not so that I can prove a point, but because they might actually like it. I do agree with Simon's opinion on having a favorite book. It's tough. I have four that I answer to people when they ask, but that's just so I have something to say. Atlas Shrugged, Lord of the Rings, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Foundation. I suppose that's actually pretty accurate, at least those are the ones I go back to the most.