Samuel R. Delany







Samuel R. Delany

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born
April 01, 1942

gender
male

place of birth
New York City, The United States

genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy

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avg rating: 3.88 | 4,163 ratings | 483 reviews | 71 distinct works | 29 fans
Dhalgren Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 3.96 — 737 ratings — published 1975
14 editions
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Nova Nova
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 3.84 — 297 ratings — published 1968
16 editions
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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains... Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 4.03 — 235 ratings — published 1984
5 editions
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Babel-17/Empire Star Babel-17/Empire Star
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 3.93 — 225 ratings — published 2002
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The Einstein Intersection The Einstein Intersection
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 3.57 — 216 ratings — published 1967
11 editions
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Times Square Red, Times Square... Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 4.08 — 172 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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The Motion of Light in Water:... The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 4.45 — 157 ratings — published 1988
6 editions
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Tales of Nevèrÿon Tales of Nevèrÿon
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 4.00 — 135 ratings — published 1979
5 editions
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Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguou... Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 3.75 — 116 ratings — published 1976
10 editions
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Aye, and Gomorrah: And Other S... Aye, and Gomorrah: And Other Stories
by Samuel R. Delany
avg rating 4.03 — 108 ratings — published 2003
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"The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society’s values, can force it to change."
Samuel R. Delany (Empire Star)
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"It is a magic book. Words mean things. When you put them together they speak. Yes, sometimes they flatten out and nothing they say is real, and that is one kind of magic. But sometimes a vision will rip up from them and shriek and clank wings clear as the sweat smudge on the paper under your thumb. And that is another kind."
Samuel R. Delany (Equinox)
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"I was a young black man, light-skinned enough so that four out of five people who met me, of whatever race, assumed I was white.... I was a homosexual who now knew he could function heterosexually.

And I was a young writer whose early attempts had already gotten him a handful of prizes....

So, I thought, you are neither black nor white.

You are neither male nor female.

And you are that most ambiguous of citizens, the writer.

There was something at once very satisfying and very sad, placing myself at this pivotal suspension. It seemed, in the park at dawn, a kind of revelation--a kind of center, formed of a play of ambiguities, from which I might move in any direction. "
Samuel R. Delany (The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village)
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