Samuel R. Delany

Take an apartment house, mix in a drag queen, a lesbian couple, some talking animals, a talking severed head, a confused heroine, and the deadly Cuckoo. Stir vigorously with a hurricane and Morpheus himself and you get this fifth installment of the Sandman series. This story stars Barbie, who first makes an appearance …

Dhalgren è un corposo romanzo scritto da Samuel R. Delany. Principalmente noto come autore di fantascienza, in quest'opera l'autore tenta la strada di uno sperimentalismo in cui i dettagli fantastici o irreali sono solo accessori o, comunque, privi di una eventuale spiegazione logica.

Babel-17 è un romanzo del 1966 dello scrittore statunitense Samuel R. Delany vincitore del premio Nebula. Per questa storia Delany immagina un linguaggio artificiale chiamato proprio Babel-17.

Nоva is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. Nominally space opera, it explores the politics and culture of a future where cyborg technology is universal, yet major decisions can involve using tarot cards. It has strong mythological overtones, relating to both the Grail Quest and Jason's Argonautica for the …

Una favolosa tenebra informe o Einstein perduto è un romanzo di fantascienza di Samuel R. Delany pubblicato nel 1967, vincitore del Premio Nebula e candidato al Premio Hugo. Neil Gaiman ne ha scritto una prefazione per l'edizione della Wesleyan University Press del 1998, nella quale lo riassume in poche parole come …

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. It was part of a planned duology whose second half, The Splendor and Misery of Bodies, of Cities, remains unfinished.

Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. It was nominated for the 1976 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1995. It was originally published under the shorter title Triton. Delany has said that Trouble on …

Tales of Nevèrÿon collects a preface and five sword and sorcery stories by Samuel R. Delany; and finally an appendix. The stories are "The Tale of Gorgik," "The Tale of Old Venn," "The Tale of Small Sarg," "The Tale of Potters and Dragons," and "The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers." It is the first of the four-volume …

The Fall of the Towers is a trilogy of science fantasy books by Samuel R. Delany. First published in omnibus form in 1970, the trilogy was originally published individually as Captives of the Flame, The Towers of Toron, and City of a Thousand Suns. The first two books were somewhat rewritten for the omnibus edition. …

The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village is an autobiography by science fiction author Samuel R. Delany in which he recounts his experiences as growing up a gay African American, as well as some of his time in an interracial and open marriage with Marilyn Hacker. It describes …