Crowley

[Peter E. Zelz]

You know, I've heard a variant of the same story.  As I recall, three
authors were sitting around and made a bet among themselves concerning who
could cook up a 'religion' that would generate a profit.  Sorta vague on
the details, but I know I read about it in a compilation of stuff by Arthur
C. Clarke; something I read back in the '70s.  I never dispose of a book,
so I know it's around here somewhere....  I'll see if I can excavate it.

Cheers,
z



> [Original Message]
> From: the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: 8/11/2006 16:02:32
> Subject: Re: Crowley
>
>
> The apocrophal story is that Hubbard, Campbell, and one other
> giant of the 40s (Heinlein? Asimov? probably Heinlein) were
> drinking one night, shooting the bull, and Hubbard said that
> if you really wanted to get rich, you should start a religion.
> Campbell bet him he couldn't.   
>
>