Campbell, in turn, recognized the impact that Heinlein’s endorsement would have: “You, for instance, could do a far, far better job [than Hubbard] of presenting dianetics.” His involvement was limited by distance. Heinlein had gone to Hollywood to serve as a consultant on Destination Moon, which he had sold as a screenplay in 1949. He failed to get along with his coauthor, but he respected the director, Irving Pichel, who threw out most of what the other screenwriter had written—although he retained the comic sidekick from Brooklyn, who annoyed Asimov when he saw it. The result was flawed, but
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