The Iron Dream

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Summary: A half-amusing/half-repulsive satire
Review: Which I think is exactly what Spinrad intended. If I remember correctly, this novel was for many years banned in Germany, and for all I know, still may be. Set in an alternate universe, in which Hitler emigrated to the U.S. and became a horribly bad hack science-fiction writer, this novel is truly strange. It's satirical and amusing, yet it's also repulsive, with the weird, oozy phallic imagery, the gleeful genocide, and its purposely banal style. I've only read it once, and I'm glad I did. I'm not sure I can read it again. It's just too disturbing.