Talk:Norman Spinrad
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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)
[edit] 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)
