[net.sf-lovers] The Mind Game

franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) (07/22/85)

I recently read _The_Mind_Game_, by Norman Spinrad.  It was one of the
best novels I have ever read.  I highly recommend it to anyone over the
(mental) age of eightteen.

The story concerns a man whose wife joins a fringe religious group
(like the Scientologists, Moonies, or whatever) called the
Transformationalists.  He then joins the group to try to get her out.
More than that I won't say.

I noticed that the copyright date is 1980, but there is no indication
of any previous publication.  Does anyone know if this is a reprint;
or if not, why the old copyright?

I can well believe that there were problems finding a publisher; the
Transformationalists are pretty clearly based on the Scientologists.
They were even founded by a science fiction writer.