Kort historia om (amerikansk) fotboll blir mer våldsam och fans deltar i strider på fältet

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Jag försöker hitta titeln och författaren till en novell som jag läste för 30-35 år sedan. Den presenterades i en samling som jag tror var alla av samma författare. Det var skrivet ur perspektivet av en amerikansk fotbollsfläkt som förklarade hur spelen han såg blev alltmer våldsam tills lagen slutade använda en boll och bara kämpade på planen. Historien gick så småningom till detalj hur fansen blev involverad och slutade ta platsen för lagen.

Jag trodde alltid att det kanske hade skrivits av antingen Harry Harrison eller Robert Silverberg, men jag kan misstas.

    
uppsättning Shane Leonard 09.11.2017 05:03

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Det kan vara " National Pastime " av Norman Spinrad ( ISFDB-länken )

In the long-winded and somewhat renowned “The National Pastime,” Norman Spinrad goes into painstaking detail describing – from the point of view of the cynical and failed filmmaker who invents the game as a means of advancing his career with a television company – Combat Football.

It should be no surprise that Spinrad takes a Progressive approach in his critique of the violence inherent in sport. His over-the-top game taps the animal nature of an unthinking population. Whatever the story’s politics – they take a back seat to some of the more illogical or implausible features of the new game.

For one thing, the wildly popular Combat Football includes only six nationalized teams, none of which have a home city. They tour the country for the best venues, and are organized based on demographic identity:

“This way, we got a team for the spades, a team for the frustrated Middle Americans, a team for the hippies and kids, a team for the spics, a team for the faggots, and a team for the motorcycle nuts and violence freaks.”
-- From “The National Pastime,” by Norman Spinrad

Even less logically, fan casualties and fatalities are included in the statistics, with numbers soaring into the hundreds per game. They are played in stadiums without security. The plays are portrayed somewhat realistically as akin to American football, but the key play consistently seems to be a punch in the mouth.

    
svaret ges 09.11.2017 05:44
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Det ingår i "No Direction Home" "En antologi av Science Fiction Stories" av Norman Spinrad. Pocket Edition publicerad maj 1975. Du hittar den på sidan 166.

    
svaret ges 10.11.2017 17:33