Novels by Samuel Delany

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Novels by Samuel Delany
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Published on 2010-05 by Books LLC, Wiki Series

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (novels not included). Pages: 30. Chapters: Babel-17, Nova, Return to Nev r on, Dhalgren, Phallos, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, Empire Star, Hogg, The Mad Man, Nevery na, Triton, Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders, Equinox, The Ballad of Beta-2, The Jewels of Aptor, The Fall of the Towers, Dark Reflections, Captives of the Flame, The Einstein Intersection, The Towers of Toron, City of a Thousand Suns, They Fly at iron. Excerpt: Nova (1968) 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 golden fleece. Nova was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1969. David Pringle lists it as one of the 100 best science-fiction novels written since World War II. After completing Nova at the age of 25, Delany's published output stopped for several years-though his writing continued. Delany completed the first draft of Tides of Lust (author's title, Equinox) in September 1968 (it appeared in 1973). He first completed Hogg in June 1969 (though the novel itself would not appear until 1995). With the publication of his next major novel, Dhalgren (1975), however, his style had moved on in experimental directions notably different from that of his earlier work. By the year 3172, political power in the galaxy is split between two factions: the older Earth-based Draco and the historically younger Pleiades Federation. Both have interests in the even newer Outer Colonies, where mines produce trace amounts of the prized power source Illyrion, the superheavy material essential to starship travel and terraforming planets. Caught in a feud between aristocratic and eco...

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