The novel “Bug Jack Barron” by Norman Spinrad was published for the first time between 1967 and 1968 serialized in the magazine “New Worlds” and in 1969 in a longer version as a book.

“Bug Jack Barron” is a very successful television talk show, with an audience of around a hundred million viewers. Its conductor Jack Barron broadcasts calls from his audience, who can manifest complaints of various kinds. They represent ideas to attack various powerful people, the reason why Barron is generally loved by people and hated by politicians.

Benedict Howards is the owner of a very important company in the field of cryogenics. Jack Barron attacks him because the company offers the possibility of hibernation only to the people who can pay a large sum and is just the start of a clash between the two of them. Howards decides that the best solution is to buy Barron but to succeed he must also reveal to him the secrets of his company.