Talk:Norman Spinrad/Archive 1

Archive 1

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As the alternate Hitler in "The Iron Dream" is a science fiction writer who founds his own, new religion in 1950s America, one assumes that Spinrad was making parallels between L. Ron Hubbard and Hitler, and between Scientology and Nazism.

What is the part about "The Iron Dream" trying to say? Hitler wasn't writing novels in 1953, he was dead. Is that supposed to say "about" Hitler instead of "by" Hitler?

• No, by Hitler. It is an alternate history novel in which Hitler became a novelist, where the storytelling method is to present a novel he wrote directly. Notinasnaid 06:35, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Norman Spinard

Is this another name for the same author? The books have the same titles... with later dates. See here. Hoverfish 09:37, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

This is just a typing error in Amazon. You can confirm this by clicking on the cover pictures, which clearly show the right spelling. Notinasnaid 09:53, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Not just in amazon, look in Google. Both names are used all over. Also in a translation of Jack Barron in Greek I had once read it was Spinard. I'm sure his real name is Spinrad, but he might have used Spinard for some earlier editions. Hoverfish 13:13, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I have located the error. Spinrad himself clears it out here (search the page for Spinard). Thanks anyway. Hoverfish 13:31, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Norman Spinrad's YouTube page

I put back in the link to Norman Spinrad's YouTube channel. In addition to releasing everything into the public domain, he also discusses various topics that build upon the (not so) encylopedic nature of this article. It isn't a link to an unauthorized or copyrighted channel, but a link to a notable person's homepage, like a myspace, facebook, or regular homepage. I see no reason why it should be deleted. 07:54, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Indexed

"More accurately, the sale of the book was permitted, but the public display of the book or its covers was prohibited, despite the fact that there were no swastikas on the cover of the indexed first German edition" -- I took this to mean that the book had an index. It is still not clear. Was the book only allowed to be sold after the appeals? or does the ban being lifted mean it can be displayed now? Puddytang (talk) 04:34, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Controveries?

There is mention of controveries, but no description ate all of what is controversial about his work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.68.134.1 (talk) 20:12, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Norman Spinrad/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

This bio of me is full of factual errors. The so-called quote from BUG JACK BARRON is not as actually written. THE IRON mDREAM was indeed indexed in Germany, and it is unfortunately true that German law does not provide American First Amendment style freedom of artistic expression. There's more. THE IRON DREAM, contrary to the bio, was actually very favorably received in a dozen or so countries, won an important literary prize in France, was reviewed extensively and almost entirely favorably.

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