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Bug Jack Barron is a 1969 science fiction novel written by Norman Spinrad, and was nominated for the 1970 Hugo awards.The book was serialised in the British New Wave science fiction magazine New Worlds during Michael Moorcock's editorship. Its Read More..

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Description	Bug Jack Barron is a 1969 science fiction novel written by Norman Spinrad, and was nominated for the 1970 Hugo awards.The book was serialised in the British New Wave science fiction magazine New Worlds during Michael Moorcock's editorship. Its explicit language and cynical attitude toward politicians, as well as the fact that the magazine was partially funded by the British Arts Council, angered British Members of Parliament.Michael Ashley, History of the Science Fiction Magazine, 1950–1970, Volume 2: Transformations. (Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press, 2005) 250. Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge, then head of the Arts Council, successfully defended the book. Later, it was banned by W. H. Smith, a major British chain of bookstores.John J. Pierce, Odd Genre: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994) 159, Questia, Web, 6 August 2010. Feminist typesetters at New Worlds rejected the story as sexist.Michael Moorcock, ed., New Worlds, An Anthology. ( London: Fontana, 1983), p. 505.
Description	Bug Jack Barron is a 1969 science fiction novel written by Norman Spinrad, and was nominated for the 1970 Hugo awards.The book was serialised in the British New Wave science fiction magazine New Worlds during Michael Moorcock's editorship. Its explicit language and cynical attitude toward politicians, as well as the fact that the magazine was partially funded by the British Arts Council, angered British Members of Parliament.Michael Ashley, History of the Science Fiction Magazine, 1950–1970, Volume 2: Transformations. (Liverpool, England: Liverpool University Press, 2005) 250. Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge, then head of the Arts Council, successfully defended the book. Later, it was banned by W. H. Smith, a major British chain of bookstores.John J. Pierce, Odd Genre: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994) 159, Questia, Web, 6 August 2010. Feminist typesetters at New Worlds rejected the story as sexist.Michael Moorcock, ed., New Worlds, An Anthology. ( London: Fontana, 1983), p. 505.

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Name	Bug Jack Barron
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Authors	Norman Spinrad
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Genre	Science fiction , novel
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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