NORMAN SPINRAD
Updated August 2006
MEXICA
Hardcover published by Little Brown in the UK in November 2005,
in the US by Trafagar Square in April 2006, Abacus trade paperback
to be be published in the UK September 2006.
Film "coverage"
There's now a project to produce a film of MEXICA, and I was asked
to write "coverage" in connection with it. This is a short document to
be used to interest financers, actors, directors, etc. But it will also give readers
of the novel a good idea of what they would be reading, so here it is.
FREE!!
Read, download, copy, distribute a sample of MEXICA
Here it's of neccesity an HTML file.. If you'd like an RTF version,
email me and I'll send it
TIMESSQUARE.COM column
I've just started an online column for the webzine TIMESSQUARE.COM
This will be an ongoing column with new stuff every couple of weeks
or so and the previous columns archived. Technically the work is
still in progress, and later there will be a direct email link and blog.
You can go directly to it via the link below:
OSAMA THE GUN
The first column, TO KNOW YOUR ENEMY, was the direct inspiration for
the novel I have just completed, OSAMA THE GUN. To learn how
and why, click on the link to the column.
HE WALKED AMONG US
A VERY RADICAL EXPERIMENT
THE ENTIRE NOVEL NOW AVAILABLE AS SHAREWARE!!
The print-on-demand and pay for download editons of HE WALKED AMONG US did no better than most such editions, I'm still looking for a major conventional publisher,and still passionately believe in this novel.
And so now I am making THE WHOLE NOVEL available free!
Well not exactly.. It's shareware in the form of an RTF file, and it's an
email attachment, not a download., and therefore much shorter than HTML or pdf, and not posted on this website.
Anyone who wants one can email me at:
normanspinrad@compuserve.com
or use the direct email link at the top of this web site or the one
below for convenience,
and I'll send you HE WALKED AMONG US.
Anyone and everyone who gets the HE WALKED AMONG US
file by whatever means is encouraged to duplicate it, send it to
friends and any other interested partties, post it on
web sites and newsgroups, and take part in this experiment in the
"viral distribution" of what may be the world's first shareware novel.
OR DOWNLOAD DIRECTLY FROM:
Since I'm encouraging website posting, I'll be listing sites here from which
HE WALKED AMONG US can be directly downloaded from as I'm informed:
"PIRATE THIS BOOK!"
Most newsgroups and websites pirating novels are not in it for the money
since there isn't any. They see themselves as providing a service to
readers. The writers of the books see it as theft. It seems to me this
shareware viral distribution can bridge the gap.
So all you pirates out there are invited to pirate HE WALKED AMONG US provided you post the complete file including the copyright and shareware
notice. I'll even send you the file upon request and post its URL on your site here!
INDEX
Gateway to interior pages
stories, radio play, cookbook, news, covers, more. Including my eyewitness account of 9/11. I was there, and up close.
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
publishing, lies, and real estate
Why I find myself trapped in the Big Apple
AUTOBIOGRAPHY UPDATE 2005
An update of my Gale Press Autobiography (see Index)which tells the full publishing tale of how I landed in the predicatment of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.
And more than en passant, and update on what American publishing has become
A direct link to the original Autobiography
Some day I hope to expand these Gale Press autobiographies into a full book.
Space constraints mean that many many things have been left out.
THE DRUID KING
Published in the UK by Little Brown in February 2003 and by Time Warner in
mass market paperback in August 2004. Published by
Alfred A. Knopf in the US in August 2003 and in Vintage trade
paperback in Augusty 2004.
Vintage trade paperback cover
Time Warner UK Mass Market Paperback Cover
Knopf in-house interview
More far-ranging that the usual in-house interview, though centered, of course, on THE DRUID KING.
Und auf Deutsch bei Goldmann (12/002) als DER DRUIDENKOENIG erschienen
Reviews, will be updated from time to time.
HE WALKED AMONG US
published in German as
DIE TRANSFORMATTION
Heyne Verlag, my main German publisher for years, published HE WALKED
AMONG US in German. And the German edition is the first edition
INTERVIEW AUF DEUTSCH
This is a recent and extensive interview in German concerning HE WALKED
AMONG US and other matters
BUG JACK BARRON
My classic novel of sex, politics, television, and immortality once more
available in the US from Overlook Press.
Overlook Press cover
and also available from Toxic Press in Britain
(aussi nouvelle edition francaise chez J'ai Lu)
JACK BARRON ET L'ETERNITE
WOODY ALLEN interview
The full English language transcript of an interview with Woody Allen
commissioned by the French newspaper LIBERATION and published in shorter French
translation there in connection with the opening of his new film CELEBRITY. As
you'll see, we sort of ended up interviewing each other. It's been suggested
that some magazine might like to publish the English version, since it's
appeared only in French. Rights are available. E-mail through this site. I also
have a one hour tape of the complete interview. Near air-quality, done with
pretty good equipment. Radio rights available.
LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE TRANSMUSICAL FESTIVAL IN RENNES
I performed live as a vocalist, 4 pieces as lead, 1 as backing, at the
Transmusical festival in Rennes. Packed house in club-like atmosphere, 500 +.
Went over well. Tremendous rush! If you dare and are patient, you can hear it
all via the web and MP3 by clicking the link below. And/or click on "More" for
further details first.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY
the best I've found
BIBLIOGRAPHIE FRANCAISE
par Jean-Jacques GIRARDOT
tres complet
BIBLIOGRAPHIE AUF DEUTSCH
ITALIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
by Ernesto VEGETTI