Dhalgren
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Samuel R. Delany
Nebula Award Finalist: Reality unravels in a Midwestern town in this sci-fi epic by the acclaimed author of Babel-17. Includes a foreword by William Gibson. A young half–Native American known as the Kid has hitchhiked from Mexico to the midwestern city Bellona—only something is wrong there . . . In Bellona, the shattered city, a nameless cataclysm has left reality unhinged. Into this desperate metropolis steps the Kid, his fist wrapped in razor-sharp knives, to write, to love, to wound. So begins Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany’s masterwork, which in 1975 opened a new door for what science fiction could mean. A labyrinth of a novel, it raises questions about race, sexuality, identity, and art, but gives no easy answers, in a city that reshapes itself with each step you take . . . This ebook features an illustrated biography of Samuel R. Delany including rare images from his early career.
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Author
Samuel R. Delany
Pages
801
Publisher
Open Road Media
Published Date
2014-01-07
ISBN
1480461687 9781480461680
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"A manic whirlwind of an epic novel. A writer to whom nothing is too taboo, this is a tamer work than some of his others, but still extremely bizarre. This book is like trying to follow a dream. As Jeff Vandermeer wrote Annihilation inspired by a dream, Dhalgren feels like Delany also must have received dream/divine inspiration, but instead of focusing on the creatures and environmental oddities like Vandermeer did, Delany focused on the interpersonal oddities and social constructions that develop or completely disintegrate in this no man’s land. "
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