Re: (Young People) The Big Flash by Norman Spinrad

On 6/06/24 01:34, James Nicoll wrote:

Young People Read Old Nebula Finalists: The Big Flash by Norman Spinrad
 
In which the Military-Industrial Complex grapples in sweaty
passionate embrace with the Entertainment-Industrial Complex.
 
https://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/the-big-flash

The young people's thoughts were interesting as usual for this
straightforward tale but no-one referred to the theory that it was the
public influenced by hippies and their music that lost the Vietnam war,
rather than the Military-Industrial Complex on the ground.
Even 56 years later, the descriptions of the Heavy Metal band members
are still startling as are some Four Horsemen lyrics.
”I stabbed my mother and I mugged my paw
Nailed my sister to the toilet door
Drowned a puppy in a ce-ment machine
Burned a kitten just to hear it scream.”