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Samuel R. Delany
A counter-culture classic and a classic of SF - a young man arrives in a near future US and writes a book that may be DHALGREN.
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In the far future, after human civilisation has spread through the galaxy, communications begin to arrive in an apparently alien language. They appear to threaten invasion, but in order to…
The balance of galactic power in the 31st century revolves around Illyrion, the most precious energy source in the universe. Captain Lorq van Ray’s varied and exotic crew know their…
Samuel R. Delany is the winner of two Hugos and four Nebula Awards. He has been honored with lifetime achievement awards, including SFWA’s Grand Master, the Eaton Award, the Lambda…
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Samuel R Delany (b 1942) is one of the most acclaimed figures in contemporary literary theory and gay/lesbian literature. As a gay African American writer, Delany’s cerebral, experimental prose crosses…
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Stories for Chip brings together outstanding authors inspired by a brilliant writer and critic, Science Fiction Writers of America Grandmaster Samuel R. Chip Delany. Award-winning SF luminaries such as Michael…
A critical appreciation of the acclaimed science fiction writer and his works
Samuel R Delany
It is a post-atomic future and civilization has regressed to a Middle Age like world. Geo a young student and poet, takes a job on a boat with a strange…
Tackles the question of why public restrooms, peepshows, and tree-filled parks are necessary to a city’s physical and psychological landscape. This book paints a portrait of a society dismantling the…
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Occasional Views brings together a diverse collection of essays by, and interviews with, one of literature’s most iconic voices.
Science fiction master Delany’s novel is the story of Lorq von Ray, an intrepid spaceship captain determined to travel through the core of a recently imploded sun. Wise, witty, and…
Whether he is exploring the deeply felt issues of identity, race, and sexuality, untangling the intricacies of literary theory, or the writing process itself, Delany is one of the most…
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Essays and occasional writings from one of literature’s iconic voices.
In the tradition of the old Ace Doubles (flip the book over to read the second title), here’s the thirtieth Wildside Double: THE JEWELS OF APTOR: A SCIENCE FANTASY NOVEL…
The green of beetles’ wings … the red of polished carbuncle … a web of silver fire. Lightning tore his eyes apart, struck deep inside his body; and he felt…
The book, Captives of the Flame, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by…
An expanded edition of the classic anthology, this collection of science fiction and fantasy tales includes the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones. .
This is a collection of classic science fiction, a short novel, and a essay, with over 60 pages of illustrations.
This full-length novel tells how Pryn, who can write in the largely pre-literate land, flees her mountain village to aid Gorgik’s slave revolt.
A collection of substantial written interviews.
Winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, Babel-17 is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key…
Essential reading for the creative writer.
Delany’s books interweave science fiction with histories of race, sexuality, and control. This anthology of essays, lectures, and interviews addresses topics such as 9/11, race, the garden of Eden, the…
Winner of the 1989 Hugo Award for Non-fiction
Presumably elaborated from an ancient text of unknown geographical origin, the stories are sunk in translators’ and commentators’ introductions and appendices, forming a richly comic frame.
A diverse collection of essays and interviews from one of literature’s most iconic voices.
Along with commentary on his own work and the work of other writers, he ponders the state of America, discusses friends who are facing AIDS and other ailments, and comments…
In the fourth volume in the Why I Write series, the iconic Samuel Delany remembers fifty years of writing and shaping the world of speculative fiction
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A novel of myth and literacy about a long-ago land on the brink of civilization.
Flight from Neveryon ($14.95 tp, 0819562777), Neveryona ($14.95 tp, 0819562718), Return to Neveryon ($14.95 tp, 0819562785), Silent Interviews on Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, & Some Comics ($17.95 tp, 0819562807)…
… 0819562785), Silent Interviews on Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, & Some Comics ($17.95 tp, 0819562807), Tales of Neveryon ($13.95 tp, 081956270X), and Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia ($14.95…
The stories of Atlantis: three tales are not SF, yet Locus, the trade publication of the science fiction field, notes that the title story ‘has an odd, unsettling power not…
New York: Bantam Books, 1981 (1967). ISBN 0-55320-3 10-Xpa. 147p. New edition by Wesleyan University Press, 1998. ISBN: 0819563366. 1 ir r.- i -f Before aliens who colonize an abandoned…
A, B, C: Three Short Novels contains the first three novels of Samuel R. Delany’s long and illustrious career.
The Jewels of Aptor is a science-fantasy story about a seafaring…
The definitive collection of stories from one of the most influential science fiction writers ever, and a pioneer of Black speculative fiction
Samuel R. Delany is widely considered to be…
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A panoramic trilogy of the distant future by the four time Nebula Award-winning author captures a world of advanced science, military might, and decadent society as it follows the adventures…
An indispensable work of science fiction criticism revised and expanded
The long-awaited reissue of a classic work of criticism – revised and expanded
Born in New York City’s black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany married white poet Marilyn Hacker right out of high school. The interracial…
Ken James,Samuel R. Delany
A comprehensive expansion of the theoretical writings of one of our most important cultural critics.
Brian Evenson
Is the devil in Eldon Fochs? Is he a sexual psychopath? Or is the church protecting him to blame?
The story of a truly galactic civilization with over 6,000 inhabited worlds.
Joanna Russ
A multi-dimensional explosion hurls the starship’s few passengers across the galaxies and onto an uncharted barren planet. With no technical skills and scant supplies, the survivors face a bleak end…
Robert E. Fox
Fox offers a clear and important, if brief, consideration of the fiction of Baraka, Reed, and Delany. Readers will find this volume useful as a starting point for the investigation…
Samuel R Delany,Stephen R Delaney
The sci-fi classic from Samuel R Delany.
Harlan Ellison
Dubbed "the most significant and controversial SF book" of its generation, Harlan Ellison's groundbreaking collection launched an entire sub-genre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple…
