Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 11:18:19 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Harold Covington, sf author?
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 10:53 AM, mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> Well, the name rings no bells at all to me... and the description of his
> writing reminds me of of John Norman....
>
> Excerpt:
> One of the shadowy figures who appears to have influenced alleged Charles=
ton
> killer Dylann Roof is Harold Covington, the founder of a white separatist
> movement and, within supremacist circles, an influential sci-fi author.
> Covington, the latest in a long line of rightwing sci-fi writers, has bee=
n
> linked to racist crimes in the past and this week called the massacre =E2=
=80=9Ca
> preview of coming attractions=E2=80=9D.
>
> The racist manifesto and photos apparently posted by Roof makes mention o=
f the
> Northwest Front, created by Covington, a former member of the American Na=
zi
> party who traveled to South Africa and Rhodesia in order to agitate for w=
hite
> power.
> <...>
> Much of Covington=E2=80=99s influence on his followers comes from his nov=
els, which
> are written in a style that reads like someone spilled a 50-gallon barrel=
 of
> ethnic slurs all over a stack of early-draft Robert Heinlein novels. His
> choice of cultural icons dates his books considerably, even the recent on=
es,
> which are filled with up-to-the-minute references to Jane Fonda and Gilli=
gan=E2=80=99s
> Island, but the author probably doesn=E2=80=99t care about these criticis=
ms. The books
> are not primarily novels, anyway.
> --- end excerpt ---

Appears to be essentially self published.  Amazon lists the his titles.

mjw