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FEAR



L. Ron Hubbard
FEAR. Copyright ┬й 1991 L. Ron Hubbard Library. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Earlier edition copyright ┬й 1940
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Jacket illustration by Gerry Grace.
Copyright ┬й 1991 by L. Ron Hubbard Library
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Hubbard, L. Ron (Lafayette Ron), 19H - 1986
Fear
1. Fiction, American. I. Title
ISBN 0-88404-599-4 (alk. paper)
 AUTHOR'S NOTE

There is one thing which I wish the reader could keep in mind throughout, and that is: this story is
wholly logical, for all that will appear to the contrary. It is not a very nice story, nor should it be read
alone at midnight-for it is true that any man might have the following happen to him. Even you, today,
might lose four hours from your life and follow, then, in the course of James Lowry.

- L. Ron Hubbard




FOREWORD

Once in a while an editor sees a story that is so finely crafted that it provides immeasurable pleasure
to bring it before the reader. Fear is just such a work, and more, for it not only has great reader appeal, it
uniformly inspires awe in top authors themselves. From Ray Bradbury to Isaac Asimov, it has earned rare
praise as an unforgettable, timeless classic.
Written more than fifty years ago, the story has not only withstood the test of time, but additionally,
it is credited by literary historians, such as David Hartwell, for transforming and creating "the foundations
of the contemporary horror genre."
Legend, too, has a habit of springing up around great works. Robert Heinlein, a close friend of L.
Ron Hubbard, was fond of relating the story of how Fear was written on a single train ride from New York
to Seattle.
But it is the impact on the reader that is the singular, most important test of any work. Fear delivers.
Stephen King, without question today's master of the horror genre, says it best when he looks back at