false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg 353325 8 "A very moving, intensely fascinating literary biography from an extraordinary writer. Thoroughly admirable candor and luminous stylistic precision; the artist as a young man and a memorable picture of an age." &#151;William Gibson <P>"Absolutely central to any consideration of black manhood. . . . Delany's vision of the necessity for total social and political transformation is revolutionary." &#151;Hazel Carby <P>"The prose of The Motion of Light in Water often has the shimmering beauty of the title itself. . . . This book is invaluable gay history." &#151;Inches Magazine <P>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 couple moved into the city's new bohemian quarter, the Lower East Side, in summer 1961. Through the decade's opening years, new art, new sexual practices, new music, and new political awareness burgeoned among the crowded streets and cheap railroad apartments. Beautifully, vividly, insightfully, Delany calls up this era of exploration and adventure as he details his development as a black gay writer in an open marriage, with tertiary walk-ons by Bob Dylan, Stokely Carmichael, W. H. Auden, and James Baldwin, and a panoply of brilliantly drawn secondary characters. <P>Winner of the 1989 Hugo Award for Non-fiction 343536 1988 The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village total:203|5:109|4:71|3:22|2:1|1:0| 203 897 315 26 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 5 2 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jan 19 17:36:59 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 16:17:32 -0800 2009 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 08 13:22:42 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 28 19:09:28 -0700 2009 A gay man.
A writer.

Towards the end of the book, as he is reflecting on himself to better understand the anxiety he is experiencing, Delany lists these three characteristics of himself.

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This might be my favorite memoir of all time...His descriptions of New York are so recognizable and yet forgien. I'm also a fan of Delany's non-linear memory based format and the scientific form of number chapters (if you would eve...more...]]> 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 4 0 false Sun Dec 07 16:13:10 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 16:14:44 -0800 2008 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 4 0 false Sat Aug 08 08:57:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:44:29 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 08:57:10 -0700 2009 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 5 0 false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Jul 12 09:50:19 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 09:52:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 3 0 false Thu Apr 17 11:55:16 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 06:43:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 5 0 false Tue Jan 22 13:23:16 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 13:31:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jun 30 07:39:31 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 07:43:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 0 0 false Sat May 24 10:54:36 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 10:56:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 5 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sat May 26 14:09:51 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 14:09:51 -0700 2007 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 15:27:26 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 15:29:22 -0800 2008 622188 0877959471 9780877959472 7 1 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176407009m/622188.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/622188.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village_1957_1965 4 0 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sat May 26 14:25:43 -0700 2007 Sat May 26 14:26:49 -0700 2007 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 0 0 false Wed Jul 30 11:34:28 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 11:36:20 -0700 2008 353325 0816645248 9780816645244 179 23 4.42 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174014094m/353325.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353325.The_Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 5 0 false Wed Jul 04 22:22:11 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 13:06:56 -0700 2007 3230870 081664523X 9780816645237 0 1 4.42 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3230870.Motion_of_Light_in_Water_Sex_and_Science_Fiction_Writing_in_the_East_Village 0 0 false Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 12:32:32 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 12:33:14 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=353325