Anybody read Norman Spinrad?

[spacefire]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Spinrad<br /><br />I used to snicker at his cynical view, but not anymore... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[tom_hobbes]

Still read <i>Bug Jack Barron</i> every decade or so. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#339966"> I wish I could remember<br /> But my selective memory<br /> Won't let me</font><font size="2" color="#99cc00"> </font><font size="3" color="#339966"><font size="2">- </font></font><font size="1" color="#339966">Mark Oliver Everett</font></p><p> </p> </div>

 

[spacefire]

I loved "The Russian Spring" <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[serak_the_preparer]

Though I hardly read fiction these days (the present-day now provides me with all the science fiction I need), I used to read almost nothing but fiction in decades past. And I do remember Spinrad, particularly his 'No Direction Home' short story collection.<br /><br />The collection includes: 'The Big Flash;' 'The National Pastime;' 'The Lost Continent;' 'A Thing of Beauty;' 'Heirloom;' 'In the Eye of the Storm;' 'Heroes Die But Once;' 'The Weed of Time;' 'The Conspiracy;' 'All the Sounds of the Rainbow;' 'No Direction Home.'<br /><br />It's been a long time, but I recall him taking a sort of beatnik/punk approach to the genre (but it <i>has</i> been a long time). Rather satirical. Combat football - featured in 'The National Pastime' - made me laugh out loud! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />