WRITER

Norman Spinrad

1940 - Today

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Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author, essayist, and critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Spinrad has received more than 208,857 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Spinrad is the 4,529th most popular writer (down from 4,158th in 2019), the 6,092nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,654th in 2019) and the 488th most popular American Writer.

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  • 210k

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  • 48.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bug Jack Barron
Bug Jack Barron is a 1969 science fiction novel written by Norman Spinrad, and was a 1970 Hugo award nominee. The story takes place in the not too distant future where an exploitative talk-show host Jack Barron gradually uncovers a conspiracy concerning an immortality treatment and the methods used in that treatment. Although perhaps not as politically relevant as it was when first published it remains a powerful read.
1969
The Solarians
1966
The Void Captain's tale
language, sex, transcendence
A love story of sorts set in a distant future. The narrator of the novel is captain of an interstellar ship ferrying passengers from a complex sybaritic culture. He writes in an elegant farrago of various European languages, though Spinrad makes sure an English monoglot will have no trouble. The other main character is the ship's pilot, who is in love with the void. A difficult, in parts unsuccessful, but overall brilliant, tragic, funny novel about sex, love, and transcendence. Nominated for the Nebula and Locus awards.
1983
The Priest
Fiction, Child molesters, Catholics
1994
Nebula Winners Fourteen
1980
Songs from the Stars
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Norman Spinrad ranks 4,529 out of 7,302. Before him are E. E. Smith, Elisabetta Dami, Leopold Andrian, Quim Monzó, Timothy Zahn, and Wen Yiduo. After him are Alan Bennett, Gyula Illyés, Jens Bjørneboe, Juan Montalvo, M. Ageyev, and Alexander Bek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Norman Spinrad ranks 333. Before him are Jerry Lucas, Ignacio Milam Tang, Uwe Timm, Larry Brown, Mame Madior Boye, and Wolf Kahler. After him are Claude Dagens, Vladimir Korenev, Souleymane Cissé, Graham Allison, Władysław Komar, and John Lewis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Spinrad ranks 6,092 out of 20,380. Before him are Lawrence M. Krauss (1954), Michael Sembello (1954), Timothy Zahn (1951), Mike D'Antoni (1951), Glenn Morris (1912), and Chico Hamilton (1921). After him are Clive Davis (1932), Tom Lister Jr. (1958), Seth Godin (1960), Matt Reeves (1966), Frederic Remington (1861), and Chuck Connors (1921).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Norman Spinrad ranks 488. Before him are Reginald Rose (1920), Delia Owens (1949), C. J. Cherryh (1942), Amy Lowell (1874), E. E. Smith (1890), and Timothy Zahn (1951). After him are Russell Kirk (1918), Sandra Brown (1948), David Mamet (1947), Amiri Baraka (1934), Neal Stephenson (1959), and Jack Canfield (1944).

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