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Norman Spinrad (1940-) is an American science fiction author.
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Norman Spinrad
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By Norman Spinrad
Little, Brown Book Group
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The year is 1531. In a small hut on the slopes of the volcano Popocateptl, scholar and poet Alvaro de Sevilla reflects on his extraordinary life. For Alvaro was one of the small army of conquistadors who, some years earlier, set out to conquer an empire. Hernando Cortes was proclaimed a reincarnation of the god Quetzacoatl shortly after his arrival in the New World, and he took advantage and forced his way to the capital city. There he met Montezuma, the Aztec Emperor, who at first welcomed the conquistadors to his city, showering them with gold. But it was an encounter between two civilizations that could only end in chaos, death, and destruction. |
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By Norman Spinrad
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Subjectivity is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Norman Spinrad is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Norman Spinrad then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. |
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By Norman Spinrad
Overlook TP
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Lover and hero, Jack Barron, the sold-out media god of the Bug Jack Barron Show, has one last chance to hit it big when he meets Benedict Howards, the power-mad man with the secret to immortality. |
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By Norman Spinrad
Released: 2011-03-09
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NOTE: FORMAT FIXED &UPGRADED
QUARANTINE is a novelette of genetic engineering, pharmacological warfare against the Big Apple, genohacking, diarrhea, terrorism, and much more, none of which has anything to do with sex, X-rated or otherwise.
Nevertheless, despite this, despite being written by Norman Spinrad, who has published scores of short stories in everything from Playboy to New Worlds to Analog and dozens of other publications, this one is too hot to handle by any of them.
The author actually does understand why, and so will you if you plunk down $3.00, the cost of 2 crummy beers or one good on, to find out.
Revolutionary in more ways than one!
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By Norman Spinrad
Tor Books
Released: 2010-03-30
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  What, exactly, is He Walked Among Us? In a way it's science fiction. It's also an acidly satiric satire of show business. The novel is screamingly funny at times. There are New Age aspects to He Walked Among Us. It's philosophical. It might deal with Quantum Physicse. And it also has some hardcore scenes that might make Edward Lee wince.
  Jimmy Balaban is an aging, seedy, third rate show biz agent. He meets a dubious comedian named Ralf who claims to be from the future. He's here to save us from ourselves. It's an odd act, but Jimmy is a pro and the nose knows. Maybe there is a little bit of money to be made from this strange act. He takes Ralf on as a client and hires a male science fiction writer and a female New Age guru to turn Ralf into the cash cow that he always wanted. Astonishingly, it works. The question remains:       Â
  Who, or what, is Ralf?
   Spinrad has called He Walked Among Us his magnum opus and I definitely agree. I've been a fan of his work for a long time and I've been continually blown away by his writing. He Walked Among Us, however, is a revelation.
Naturally, a lot of people aren't going to get it. This isn't an easy, simple book. Oh, it's easy enough to read, but it's even easier to dismiss it as gimmicky fluff. Worse, readers could feel that Spinrad has a condescending attitude toward his audience. That he's laughing at them or feeling smugly superior. I don't feel that way, but a complex novel like He Walked Among Us can be interpreted in endless ways.    That's part of the beauty of it.
Spinrad has always had an amazing imagination, which is augmented by his own radical sensibilities. |
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By Norman Spinrad
Oldcastle
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Set in a post-nuclear holocaust world, a novel which traces the rise to power of one Feric Jaggar, an exile among mutants and mongrels to absolute rule in the Fatherland of Truemen. With an afterword by James Sallis. |
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By Norman Spinrad
Fine Tooth Press L.L.C.
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In the tradition of Blade Runner and stories like Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep," acclaimed science-fiction author Norman Spinrad explores the depths of what it means to be human; more accurately, he delves into the nature of the soul in our increasingly computerized technological age. Featuring a poignant new Afterword by Spinrad, this reprinting of one of Spinrad's most cherished works is more timely than ever before. Can human consciousness exist within the framework of an electronic "brain" and still maintain its humanity? In DEUS X, a dying priest's consciousness is uploaded into the most advanced computer of the day - and what ensues is a thought-provoking, entertaining and overly intriguing clash between the various characters surrounding the experiment, a female Pope and a computer guru who'd rather be sailing and smoking pot, for example. Spinrad is author of over twenty novels, including BUG JACK BARRON, THE MIND GAME, THE VOID CAPTAIN'S TALE, JOURNALS OF THE PLAGUE YEARS, LITTLE HEROES, PICTURES AT 11, GREENHOUSE SUMMER, THE DRUID KING, and MEXICA. |
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By Norman Spinrad
Bantam Books (Mm)
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Down on his luck Hollywood director's down on her luck actress wife gets taken over by a mind game cult like Est or Scientology called Transformationalism.
She disappears into the bowels of Transformationalism, he's determined to "rescue" her to the point where pretends to be taken over too. Is he or isn't he? As he delves deeper and deeper (or higher and higher depending on what who believes), he's no longer sure either.
A novel about the power of cults, show biz and cults, and just maybe the nature of "reality" assuming there is one.
One of the real such cult took a certain offense with the author, there was a mysterious burglary with nothing of value taken, a few other such mind games. Long out of print in English though still around in a few other languages.
Que pasa?
Quien sabe?
Save to read about it in a novel than publish one.
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By Norman Spinrad
Gryphon Pubns
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Count Dracula escapes by the skin of his teeth from Romania, ends up in the Chelsea Hotel in New York, where the first drink of blood he finds is a junkie hooker. It's love at first bite, at least for Drac, Little Mary Sunshine has somewhat different ideas.
Humor in a jugular vein.
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By Norman Spinrad
TBS The Book Service Ltd
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"One of the greatest collections of science fiction short stories ever"
--Goodreads.com
"Norman Spinrad's finest, and most consistent, collection. There's not a bad story in the lot." --Bud Webster |
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