L. Ron Hubbard Pulp Fiction channel coming to YouTube
Publishing company Galaxy Press announced Friday that in partnership with YouTube, it has launched its own channel on the popular video site. The channel contains original content dedicated to the newly released 150-story, 80-plus novel pulp fiction series, Stories from the Golden Age, authored by L. Ron Hubbard during the 1930s and 1940s.
So far, the YouTube channel contains two video podcasts, an audiobook trailer for Under the Black Ensign, which tells the story of a British naval captain turned pirate, and a video showing how the collection of stories came together.
The YouTube channel "is designed to enchant and captivate a whole new generation of reader and listener to Mr. Hubbard's amazing range and realism," John Goodwin, Galaxy Press president, said in a statement. "It's a fascinating look into how to create a unique listening experience. Its roots are from the old radio theater begun in the 1930s but done in a 21st century style."
And it's that desire to bring a "21st century style" to publishing that makes Galaxy Press' decision to use YouTube so compelling. As the publishing industry continues to face economic trouble and more people are turning online, will YouTube become the next frontier for promoting publishing classics?
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The stories I heard were bigger than life characters, going beyond the odds and having a blast. Refreshing compared to the computer game brain drain.
No one wants to hear this stuff, you sound like snarky idiots, so please go back home and let us get on with the conversation.
Personally Don, I think it's interesting that YouTube is the new radio. The stories that kept people glued to the radio did so with lively writing, good suspense, great characterization. They had to, all they had was radio. These are things that YouTube is lacking and it could make for some great online video.
- by scififorever November 21, 2008 2:23 PM PST
- I actually picked one of the books up at the airport and read it on the flight. It was actually quite good.
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(10 Comments)L. Ron certainly could write. It was a mystery/adventure type book. I think the title was Spy Killer. Sort of Indiana Jones meets James Bond.
So what he was the founder of Scientology. If they had printed that on the books I am sure they would be accused of promoting the religion with his fiction books. I for one enjoyed the story and I'll check out their YouTube channel. Thanks for the news update, Don!