Reviewer Michael Ward questions the plausibility of the alternate Hitler coming up with this particular fantasy. "The Hitler dreamed up by Spinrad had only briefly dabbled in German politics, and has written 'Lord of the Swastika' after several decades of living in America as a law abiding American citizen and science fiction writer. He has no way of knowing what career he would have had if he had not left Germany, in what ways it would have succeeded and how it would have failed."