Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author, essayist, and critic. His fiction has won the Prix Apollo and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo Award and multiple Nebula Awards.
In an interview with Locus magazine in 1999, Spinrad described himself as an "anarchist" and a "syndicalist".
Some critics have noted utopian themes in Spinrad's works. In a 1999 interview, he talked about the his hopes for the role of science fiction in society:
"Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy of Order"
"If it's not American, the French won't go see it."
"I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal."
"I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless."
"I was a precocious reader."
"In America, if you don't do a 100 million dollars, you've done nothing."
"English is taking over the world. I just wrote a piece about it. And it's not by design. The United States dominates because it's the biggest market."
"You can really do more than you think you can do."
"There are certain things that ordinary people have that celebrities don't have."
"I never learned to read music."
"When you're in the States and you're a writer and you've got money and you walk into a bank, you're a bum with money."
"The thematic, psychological, and cultural concerns of a writer are more relevant than whatever literary mode he or she chooses to deal with in any given novel."
"If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter."
"I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces."
"I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English."
"I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness."
"It's trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the age of globalization, but my travels have told me that it's wrong to think this means there is some kind of uniform world culture."
"The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them."
"Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype."
The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad [Spoiler Light Review]
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published: 20 Oct 2023
The Solarians by Norman Spinrad; book review
This is a very old school, classic sci-fi era (1969) book by an author I had enjoyed before. I am deeply conflicted regards the pros and cons about this story. There are some great points to the writing, but there is some stuff *shakes head*
Also on Goodreads; https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5970600537?comment=273141464#comment_273141464
published: 17 Mar 2024
Subjectivity - Norman Spinrad
Subjectivity (short story) by Norman Spinrad
Boredom on a long, interstellar trip can be quite a problem ... but the entertainment technique the government dreamed up for this one was a little too good...
Published January 1964 ~ Analog Science Fact & Fiction
published: 26 Mar 2013
Utopiales 2017 : l'Interview de Norman Spinrad
/!\ SOUS-TITRES FRANÇAIS DISPONIBLES /!\
Le festival des Utopiales est toujours l'occasion de croiser de grands auteurs de la science-fiction. Parmi ces grands noms se trouve un habitué des lieux, Norman Spinrad.
Auteur rendu célèbre pour Jack Barron et l'éternité ou encore Rêve de Fer, il fait partie de ces écrivains qui ont marqué de leur empreinte la littérature, par l'aspect polémique de ces récits.
Au cours de notre entretien, nous sommes revenus sur les raisons qui ont fait de lui un écrivain et nous avons dérivé sur la notion de vérité, de contestation, de colère dans nos sociétés.
published: 24 Nov 2017
Interview #13 - Norman Spinrad - Spinrad Spectacular Part 1
The 'not a book club book club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence.
Welcome to the Norman Spinrad Spectacular. The interview with the man himself begins a little contentiously but don't worry, it doesn't take them long to get into a groove. They discuss Mr. Spinrad's entire career of over 50 years creating forward-thinking and controversial material. And you are going to want to stick around for the end to hear one (if not the) best PKD stories of all time.
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published: 16 Sep 2019
The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad [Spoiler Free Review]
Forgot to mention, this one is a 7 out of 10 for me. Maybe a 10 out of 10 for originality...
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published: 31 Mar 2023
Norman Spinrad : Elections 2020
De passage chez Norman Spinrad, on lui a demandé comment il vivait le duel Biden et Trump. En attendant un long entretien sur un autre sujet.
published: 06 Nov 2020
MindWebs - The Rules Of The Road by Norman Spinrad - Old Time Radio
The MindWebs episode The Rules Of The Road aired on January 6, 1978. From a short story by Norman Spinrad.
published: 10 Mar 2017
Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad [Spoiler Free/*Spoiler Review][Masterpieces of SF Ep. 76]
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28:12 ***Spoilers
58:44 Outro
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published: 10 Jan 2025
Classic science fiction review: The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
This is a very old school, classic sci-fi era (1969) book by an author I had enjoyed before. I am deeply conflicted regards the pros and cons about this story. ...
This is a very old school, classic sci-fi era (1969) book by an author I had enjoyed before. I am deeply conflicted regards the pros and cons about this story. There are some great points to the writing, but there is some stuff *shakes head*
Also on Goodreads; https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5970600537?comment=273141464#comment_273141464
This is a very old school, classic sci-fi era (1969) book by an author I had enjoyed before. I am deeply conflicted regards the pros and cons about this story. There are some great points to the writing, but there is some stuff *shakes head*
Also on Goodreads; https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5970600537?comment=273141464#comment_273141464
Subjectivity (short story) by Norman Spinrad
Boredom on a long, interstellar trip can be quite a problem ... but the entertainment technique the government dre...
Subjectivity (short story) by Norman Spinrad
Boredom on a long, interstellar trip can be quite a problem ... but the entertainment technique the government dreamed up for this one was a little too good...
Published January 1964 ~ Analog Science Fact & Fiction
Subjectivity (short story) by Norman Spinrad
Boredom on a long, interstellar trip can be quite a problem ... but the entertainment technique the government dreamed up for this one was a little too good...
Published January 1964 ~ Analog Science Fact & Fiction
/!\ SOUS-TITRES FRANÇAIS DISPONIBLES /!\
Le festival des Utopiales est toujours l'occasion de croiser de grands auteurs de la science-fiction. Parmi ces grand...
/!\ SOUS-TITRES FRANÇAIS DISPONIBLES /!\
Le festival des Utopiales est toujours l'occasion de croiser de grands auteurs de la science-fiction. Parmi ces grands noms se trouve un habitué des lieux, Norman Spinrad.
Auteur rendu célèbre pour Jack Barron et l'éternité ou encore Rêve de Fer, il fait partie de ces écrivains qui ont marqué de leur empreinte la littérature, par l'aspect polémique de ces récits.
Au cours de notre entretien, nous sommes revenus sur les raisons qui ont fait de lui un écrivain et nous avons dérivé sur la notion de vérité, de contestation, de colère dans nos sociétés.
/!\ SOUS-TITRES FRANÇAIS DISPONIBLES /!\
Le festival des Utopiales est toujours l'occasion de croiser de grands auteurs de la science-fiction. Parmi ces grands noms se trouve un habitué des lieux, Norman Spinrad.
Auteur rendu célèbre pour Jack Barron et l'éternité ou encore Rêve de Fer, il fait partie de ces écrivains qui ont marqué de leur empreinte la littérature, par l'aspect polémique de ces récits.
Au cours de notre entretien, nous sommes revenus sur les raisons qui ont fait de lui un écrivain et nous avons dérivé sur la notion de vérité, de contestation, de colère dans nos sociétés.
The 'not a book club book club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence.
Welcome to the Norman Spinrad Spectacular. The interview with the man himself begins ...
The 'not a book club book club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence.
Welcome to the Norman Spinrad Spectacular. The interview with the man himself begins a little contentiously but don't worry, it doesn't take them long to get into a groove. They discuss Mr. Spinrad's entire career of over 50 years creating forward-thinking and controversial material. And you are going to want to stick around for the end to hear one (if not the) best PKD stories of all time.
Langhorne's Patreon ►► www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed
Music on this episode is from - Valis: An Opera by Tod Machover
Check it out here: www.amazon.com/Valis-ANNE-BOGDEN…EMA/dp/B000003GI2
FIND US:
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The 'not a book club book club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence.
Welcome to the Norman Spinrad Spectacular. The interview with the man himself begins a little contentiously but don't worry, it doesn't take them long to get into a groove. They discuss Mr. Spinrad's entire career of over 50 years creating forward-thinking and controversial material. And you are going to want to stick around for the end to hear one (if not the) best PKD stories of all time.
Langhorne's Patreon ►► www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed
Music on this episode is from - Valis: An Opera by Tod Machover
Check it out here: www.amazon.com/Valis-ANNE-BOGDEN…EMA/dp/B000003GI2
FIND US:
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This is a very old school, classic sci-fi era (1969) book by an author I had enjoyed before. I am deeply conflicted regards the pros and cons about this story. There are some great points to the writing, but there is some stuff *shakes head*
Also on Goodreads; https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5970600537?comment=273141464#comment_273141464
Subjectivity (short story) by Norman Spinrad
Boredom on a long, interstellar trip can be quite a problem ... but the entertainment technique the government dreamed up for this one was a little too good...
Published January 1964 ~ Analog Science Fact & Fiction
/!\ SOUS-TITRES FRANÇAIS DISPONIBLES /!\
Le festival des Utopiales est toujours l'occasion de croiser de grands auteurs de la science-fiction. Parmi ces grands noms se trouve un habitué des lieux, Norman Spinrad.
Auteur rendu célèbre pour Jack Barron et l'éternité ou encore Rêve de Fer, il fait partie de ces écrivains qui ont marqué de leur empreinte la littérature, par l'aspect polémique de ces récits.
Au cours de notre entretien, nous sommes revenus sur les raisons qui ont fait de lui un écrivain et nous avons dérivé sur la notion de vérité, de contestation, de colère dans nos sociétés.
The 'not a book club book club' podcast on PKD, his books, and influence.
Welcome to the Norman Spinrad Spectacular. The interview with the man himself begins a little contentiously but don't worry, it doesn't take them long to get into a groove. They discuss Mr. Spinrad's entire career of over 50 years creating forward-thinking and controversial material. And you are going to want to stick around for the end to hear one (if not the) best PKD stories of all time.
Langhorne's Patreon ►► www.patreon.com/LanghorneJTweed
Music on this episode is from - Valis: An Opera by Tod Machover
Check it out here: www.amazon.com/Valis-ANNE-BOGDEN…EMA/dp/B000003GI2
FIND US:
Twitter ►► twitter.com/Dickheadspod
Facebook ►► www.facebook.com/Dickheadspodcast/
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Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author, essayist, and critic. His fiction has won the Prix Apollo and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo Award and multiple Nebula Awards.
In an interview with Locus magazine in 1999, Spinrad described himself as an "anarchist" and a "syndicalist".
Some critics have noted utopian themes in Spinrad's works. In a 1999 interview, he talked about the his hopes for the role of science fiction in society:
DANIEL E. SLOTNIK. New York Times. APRIL 9, 1937 – NOV. 25, 2023 ... He was 86 ... Episodes were written by seasoned science fiction writers like Ben Bova, Larry Niven and Norman Spinrad, and a linguist developed a language of sorts for the Pakuni ... ....
Paramount... Contents ... 9 ... In the case of The Doomsday Machine, however, the producers and effects artists returned to the episode’s original script and attempted to realize writer Norman Spinrad’s initial vision for the space battle sequences.
“The Whispers of Nockmaar” is fixated on the idea of blood, both literal and figurative ... It was one of the tropes that Norman Spinrad was deconstructing in The Iron Dream, a novel that reimagined Adolf Hitler as a Hugo-winning fantasy novelist ... ....