samuel r delany

Hi Samuel R. Delany Fans, If you follow my threads you see I'm very much into consuming content in written and audio formats. I like to read a chapter and then listen to one in the car or the gym. This allows me to get thru books faster then just reading them when time permits. That said...

It's criminal, I know. I'm not sure if it's because their names rhyme but they keep niggling at me with equal urgency like two glaring spaces on my bookcase. If I were to read either author what books should I start with? I'm only really aware of Lord of Light and Babel-17.

Is the narrative style, if that's what it is called, Delaney used for Trouble On Triton, now outdated, or would it still be popular and not stop someone from reading the story. Is the insight into the character's thinking work as character development. Did the writing style. stop, hinder...

A great article in the New York Times. In fairness, I'm biased. In Praise of Samuel R. Delany

In some ways, Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia (as this novel was titled on its initial publication, in 1976; it's now known as 'Trouble on Triton, with the same sub-title) is as much about science fiction as it is about social and political models. The infodump or exposition is a vital part of...

Nova (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quite Interesting, I found it Good fun to rethink of the Novels more humourous moments...

Hello everyone :cool: I've only read 'The Einstein Intersection' and I'm about to read 'Nova' 1968 anybody like this author?, taking into account his Post Nova period (Dharlgren, Triton, Stars in my Pocket like Grains of Sand etc) and earlier stuff like 'the Jewels of Aptor', 'The Fall of...

I first encountered the book "Dahlgren" in the late '70s, when it went around the share house in which I was living. It was fascinating to watch; as each person started to read the book, they withdrew until they had finished reading it. When they returned to the communal society, they were...

Babel-17 by Samuel Delaney (1966). ***/***** Considering the numerous accolades that this book came accompanied by, including having won the prestigious Nebula award, I’m not entirely certain what I was expecting, except that it was certainly something more. Babel-17...