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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: QUERY:  CLARION AND FUTUR
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 07:18:42 -0800
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brionhet@ix.netcom.com(Lynn J. Fancher )

>I have a question which I hope someone here can answer.  Bear with
>me--it may look off topic, but it isn't.
>
>I have a number of friends of many years who, like a lot of people, are
>aspiring science fiction writers.  Back when we were all in school, a
>couple of them used to squirrel away every penny they could of their
>meagre student finances in order to attend a yearly young writers'
>conference called "Clarion."  Those same two friends are now members of
>a group called "Writers of the Future" (I think).
>
>According to a couple of the other friends (please excuse deliberate
>avoidance of names), these two institutions (Clarion and Writers of the
>Future), along with a sister group called "Artists of the Future," are
>part of the $cientology hydra.
>
>No one here has, to my knowledge, mentioned any of these groups in the
>last few months of a.r.s.  Of course, these organizations don't have
>the social significance of, eg, Narconon, but I'd really like to know
>if this association is a real one.
>
>Could someone who has personal experience with $cientology--Dennis,
>maybe--give me some information about this supposed connection?
>
>Thanks--Lynn

    Lynn,
    
    Writers of the future is a scieno front, as I recall.  The 
    person to ask is Priscilla Coates.  She knows more about the 
    cult and it's fronts than anyone.  I'll forward this to her.
    
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