The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde


The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde is the first collection of science fiction stories by author Norman Spinrad. It was originally published by Nelson Doubleday in August 1970 with a Science Fiction Book Club edition and by Avon Books the following month.
The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde placed eighth in the Locus Poll for best SF anthology or collection of the year. Norman Spinrad himself recommended the collection for first-time readers of his work.

Contents

  • "Carcinoma Angels"
  • "The Age of Invention"
  • "Outward Bound"
  • "A Child of Mind"
  • "The Equalizer"
  • "The Last of the Romany"
  • "Technicality"
  • ""
  • "Dead End"
  • "A Night in Elf Hill"
  • "Deathwatch"
  • "The Ersatz Ego"
  • "Neutral Ground"
  • "Once More, with Feeling"
  • "It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane!"
  • "Subjectivity"
  • "The Entropic Gang Bang Caper"
  • "The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde"
"The Ersatz Ego" was originally published as "Your Name Shall Be... Darkness."

Reception

Reviewing the collection in Galaxy, Algis Budrys noted that "you become struck by Spinrad's breadth of awareness and by his ability to write a number of different styles well," but that " never rises above the level of simple, straightforward competence." Budrys concluded that "alarmingly, it's taking Spinrad a very long time to stop synthesizing and start speaking with his own voice."