Books with author Norman Spinrad

Norman Spinrad's 1972 alternate history, gives us both a metafictional what-if novel and a cutting satire of one of the 20th century's most evil regimes . . .In 1919, a young Austrian artist by the name of Adolf Hitler immigrated to the United States to become an illustrator for the pulp magazines and, eventually, a Hugo Award-winning SF author.This volume contains his greatest work, Lord of the Swastika: an epic post-apocalyptic tale of genetic 'trueman' Feric Jagger and his quest to purify the bloodline of humanity by ruthlessly slaughtering races of the genetically impure - a quest Norman Spinrad expertly skewers through ironic imagery and over-the-top rhetoric.Spinrad hoped to expose some unpalatable truths about much of SF and Fantasy literature and its uncomfortable relationship with fascist ideologies - an aim that was not always apparent to neo-fascist readers. In order to make his aims clear to the hard-of-understanding, Spinrad added an imaginary critical analysis by a fictional literary scholar, Homer Whipple, of New York University.

"IF WAGNER WROTE SCIENCE FICTION THIS IS THE WAY HE WOULD DO IT."— Harry HarrisonRenowned science fiction writer Adolf Hitler's Hugo Award winning novel!Ferric Jaggar mounted the platform. A swastika of flame twenty feet high stood out in glory against the night sky behind him, bathing him in heroic firelight, flashing highlights off the brightwork of his gleaming black leather uniform, setting his powerful eyes ablaze."I hold in my hand the Great Truncheon of Held. I dedicate myself to the repurification of all Heldon with blood and iron, and to the extension of the dominion of True Humanity over the face of the entire Earth! Never will we rest until the last mutant gene is swept from the face of the planet!"

Paperback, cover-scan on request. 1978 'Jove/HBJ' 1st edition thus. Pp HEAVILY tanned. Covers VERY browned,and they are edgeworn & w/some creasing & small scuffs, but there are no tears. Spine bowed & creased & tipped & edges chipped. The spine is starting to separate from the glue binding, but is NOT torn & the pp are ALL tight. Unfortunately, an individual drew four poorly-done swastikas in ballpoint in the half-title, but otherwise there are no marks or writing. Finally, the bottom outer corner of the text-block is dampstained to a depth of one inch.