Query: Nazism novels that exclude novels set in Europe.
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Mr. Vertigo
The Simulacra
Rocket Ship Galileo
Marathon Man (novel)
Apt Pupil
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
River of Death
Wild About Harry (novel)
Evidence from documents: Mr. Vertigo: Mr. Vertigo tells the story of Walter Claireborne Rawley, in short Walt. He is a neglected orphan dwelling on the streets of St. Louis.
The Simulacra: '''''The Simulacra''''' is a 1964 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. The novel portrays a future totalitarian society apparently dominated by a matriarch, Nicole Thibodeaux. It revolves around the themes of reality and illusionary beliefs, as do many of Dick's works. Additionally, it touches on Nazi ideology.
Dick originally published the story as a novelette in the magazine ''Fantastic'', titled "The Novelty Act". He expanded the plot and titled the novel ''First Lady of Earth''. Before publication, the title was changed to ''The Simulacra''. The novel was originally published in 1964 as a paperback by Ace Books. It was one of four novels released by Dick that year.
Set in the middle of the twenty-first century, after World War Three, ''The Simulacra'' is the story of several protagonists within the United States of Europe and America (USEA), formed by the merger of (West) Germany and the United States, where the whole government is a fraud and the President (''der Alte'', "the Old Man") is a simulacrum (android). Other global superpowers are the French Empire, People's Republic of China and Free (Black) Africa. The war may have involved tactical nuclear weapons. Poland has become the global focus of communist authority, with its administrative centre in Warsaw.
Rocket Ship Galileo: As they set up a radio to communicate with the Earth they pick up a local transmission, the sender of which promises to meet them. Instead, their ship is bombed. However, they are able to hole up undetected in their hut and succeed in ambushing the other ship when it lands, capturing the pilot. They discover that there is a Nazi base on the Moon. They bomb it from their captured ship and land. One survivor is found, revived, and questioned.
Marathon Man (novel): A former Nazi SS dentist at Auschwitz, Dr. Christian Szell, now residing in Paraguay, has been living on the proceeds of diamonds he extorted from prisoners there.
Apt Pupil: '''''Apt Pupil''''' (1982) is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in the 1982 novella collection ''Different Seasons'', subtitled "Summer of Corruption".
''Apt Pupil'' consists of 30 chapters, many of which are headed by a month. Set in a fictional suburb of Southern California called "Santo Donato," the story unfolds over a period of about four years, with most of the action taking place during the first year and the last months. It is the only novella in ''Different Seasons'' to be narrated in the third person.
In 1974, Los Angeles teenager Todd Bowden arrives at the doorstep of elderly German immigrant Arthur Denker, accusing him of being a wanted Nazi war criminal named Kurt Dussander.
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan: Chronicling the American Civil War and Reconstruction era from a pro-Confederate perspective, it presents the Ku Klux Klan heroically.
River of Death: the wilderness of the Amazon jungle in Brazil. The entourage faces giant anacondas, giant spiders (only mentioned in a conversation), cannibalistic natives, and so on, discovering a settlement of Nazi war criminals and their descendants, living as if the Third Reich had never ended.
Wild About Harry (novel): '''''Wild About Harry''''' is the first novel by British writer Paul Pickering. It was published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1985 and Collins in 1986. The book was published in America by Atheneum Books in 1985. Pickering researched the novel in Paraguay when he was sent to look for the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele