“L. Ron Hubbard’s Fear is one of the few books in the chiller genre which actually merits employment of the overworked adjective ‘classic,’ as in ‘This is a classic tale of creeping, surreal menace and horror.’”
—Stephen King
“Pulse-pounding mile-a-minute sci-fi action adventure that does not stop.”
—Brandon Sanderson
“When I was 19 and read Fear for the first time, it was a true scare. I hope that, all these years later, Fear’s new readers will experience that same frisson.”
—Ray Bradbury
“A Master of Adventure.”
—Anne McCaffrey
“What I am writing is really psychological fantasies, on the order of L. Ron Hubbard’s Fear, which impressed me very much and still does. Without Fear I would never have come up with what I do.”
—Philip K. Dick
“As perfect a piece of science fiction as has ever been written.”
—Robert A. Heinlein
“Over 1,000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens and noble humans.
I found Battlefield Earth un-put-downable.”
—Neil Gaiman
“An adventure story written in the great style adventures should be written in.”
—Clive Cussler
“Hubbard is a thinker who writes, rather than a writer who thinks, as most masters are.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“On a par with Jack London, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Dashiell Hammett.”
—George Clayton Johnson
“A delicious read … as one would expect of an experienced pro.”
—Washington Post
“One of the greatest literary figures of the 20th century.”
—Publishers Weekly