Category:Guinness

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Guinness World Records
Cover artist Simon Jones
Subject(s) World Records
Genre(s) Reference
Publisher Jim Pattison Group
Publication date 10 November 1951–present
Published in English 1955–present
Media type Book, Television

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1998 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time. As of the 2017 edition, it is now in its 63rd year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages. The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The popularity of the franchise has resulted in Guinness World Records becoming the primary international authority on the cataloguing and verification of a huge number of world records; the organisation employs official record adjudicators authorised to verify the authenticity of the setting and breaking of records.[1]

Hubbard awards

Guinness World Records has given four awards to L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. Most of these do not stand up to even light analysis and seem highly dubious or contrived to fit.

When Award Text Analysis
March 2006 Most published works by one author[2] The most published works by one author is 1,084 by L. Ron Hubbard (USA) whose first work was published in February 1934 and the last in March 2006. Wrong on many levels. Hubbard's writing output was not remarkable for the time. Author Isaac Asimov published more books than Hubbard did short stories, and easily surpasses Hubbard's total when his monthly columns are added in.

Including Hubbard's Scientology works in the total is problematic. Most of these were self-published by Scientology, and many weren't actually written by Hubbard.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120124172127/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/faq.aspx. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Most published works by one author". Guinness World Records. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-published-works-by-one-author.
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