Norman Spinrad
Norman Spinrad
Norman Richard Spinradis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 September 1940
CountryUnited States of America
reader precocious
I was a precocious reader.
children reading science
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.
design pieces world
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.
doctors scripts novelists
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.
hopeless gifted
I'm not gifted, but I'm not hopeless.
order enemy chaos
Chaos is the enemy of Order but the enemy of Chaos is also the enemy of Order
writing slang
I write in American slang.
want painter parallel-lives
If I had parallel lives to pursue, I would also want one as a painter.
ifs
If it's not American, the French won't go see it.
thinking can-do
You can really do more than you think you can do.
psychological given novel
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.
technology world culture
The world has become more complex as technology and easy travel mixes cultures without homogenizing them.
relationship technology political
I've always been interested in the relationship between total external surround, culture, the political matrix, technology, etc., and the internal human consciousness.
believe hero interest
I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal.