Library Plays Major Role in "Battlefield Earth" for Hero as He Walks the Road to Save Mankind

Los Angeles, CA, February 19, 2016 --(PR.com)-- In recognition of the role libraries played in igniting the quest for knowledge of Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, the hero in L. Ron Hubbard’s bestselling science fiction novel, "Battlefield Earth," Galaxy Press has created a special library edition for its upcoming Father’s Day 2016 release.

Galaxy Press President John Goodwin stated that in “Battlefield Earth,” “The hero was a teen when he started his journey to save mankind and that journey was won, not by being bigger or stronger than the enemy, but through acquiring an education that began in a library.” In the story, it was the Psychlos, an alien race, who had nearly wiped out humankind. And now in the year 3000, a thousand years later, the planet’s security chief for the Psychlos, Terl, has taken Tyler to a library that had been preserved. From Battlefield Earth, “’I don’t think you know how to read a library index. Come over here, animal.’ He yanked on the leash he had let run long. He was standing by stacks of small drawers. He bent over and opened one. ‘According to the Chinkos, every book has a card and the cards are in here in these drawers. Alphabetical. Got it?’”

Goodwin noted that 81% of fans read "Battlefield Earth" for the first time between the ages of 11-25 and that per marketing research, 64% would want to read it again with new content. “Our new edition will have included a fascinating author interview and never-before-published author handwritten notes,” he concluded.

“Battlefield Earth” by L. Ron Hubbard is one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. A Random House Modern Readers Library Poll voted "Battlefield Earth" one of the Best 100 English language novels of the 20th century.

For more information on “Battlefield Earth” go to www.GalaxyPress.com.