{"product_id":"science-fiction-language-in-action-jennifer-kelso-farrell-9781666949971","title":"Science Fiction Language in Action: Scientologese","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this book, Jennifer Kelso Farrell investigates the way in which L. Ron Hubbard used his background in science fiction to create a language for his religion that served to gatekeep outsiders out and insulate insiders.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Examining the works of science fiction authors such as George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Anthony Burgess, and Samuel Delany, Farrell explores the relationship between language and reality and the role language can play in reprogramming individuals. The author also draws upon high profile biographies from former members such as \u003ci\u003eTroublemaker: Surviving Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScientology and My Billion Year Contract\u003c\/i\u003e to display how indoctrination into such language often causes a language barrier between those within Scientology and those outside of it, thus further isolating members and perpetuating Scientologese within their inner circle. Bridging the gap between fiction and reality, Farrell illustrates how this language came to be, and how it continues to persist today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Kelso Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666949973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666949971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Jennifer Kelso Farrell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474448400639,"sku":"9781666949971","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_feddd8c9-0e53-4339-a272-8e63354afb13.jpg?v=1762316800","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-fiction-language-in-action-jennifer-kelso-farrell-9781666949971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}