Iron Dream
by Norman Spinrad · first published 1972
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There is a book by Norman Spinrad called « The iron dream » which can make everyone realizes how easy it can be to not spot extremist and fascist views. For those who don’t know it, it is basically a book within a book, as if in a parallel universe, Hitler had…
on “Hollywood doesn’t make movies like ‘The Fugitive’ anymore (2018)” ↗Science fiction has always had a somewhat uncomfortable relationship with fascism; I'm reminded of the response to Spinrad's "The Iron Dream", where he was trying to point out the fascism inherent in a lot of sci-fi stories: To make damn sure that even the historically naive and entirely unselfaware reader got the point, I appended a phony…
on “Starship Troopers: one of the most misunderstood movies ever” ↗In Norman Spinrad's book The Iron Dream a young Hitler moved to New York City and became an illustrator for pulp science fiction magazines.
on “Stalin's Poetry” ↗