Samuel R. Delany
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Over de Auteur
Samuel R. Delany Jr. was born in Harlem, New York on April 1, 1942. He is a science fiction and short story writer. His first novel, The Jewels of Aptor, was published in 1962. He has written more than 20 novels and collections of short stories, memoirs, and critical essays. He has received toon meer numerous awards including the Nebula Award for best novel for Babel-17 in 1966 and The Einstein Intersection in 1967, the Nebula Award for best short story for Aye, and Gomorrah and Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones, the Hugo Award for best short story for Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones in 1970 and for his non-fiction book, The Motion of Light in Water, and the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in Gay Literature in 1993. He is as a professor in the department of English at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. (Bowker Author Biography) Samuel R. Delany is a professor of English & Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. (Publisher Provided) toon minder
Fotografie: Samuel R. Delany en 2016
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The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village {revised} (1990) — Auteur — 527 exemplaren
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The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village, 1957-1965 {original} (1988) — Auteur — 63 exemplaren
The Novels of Samuel R. Delany Volume One: Babel-17, Nova, and Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (2017) 46 exemplaren
The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction by Thomas M. Disch--"Angouleme" (1978) 40 exemplaren
The Motion of Light in Water, East Village Sex and Science Fiction Writing: 1960-1965 with The Column at the Market’s… (1990) 39 exemplaren
Of Solids and Surds: Notes for Noël Sturgeon, Marilyn Hacker, Josh Lukin, Mia Wolff, Bill Stribling, and Bob White (2021) 29 exemplaren
Prismatica 5 exemplaren
The Power of the Nail 3 exemplaren
Monolith 001 (Monolith, #1) 3 exemplaren
Wesleyan University Press 2000 Catalog 2 exemplaren
Omegahelm {short fiction} 2 exemplaren
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Ajnštajnovski presek 1 exemplaar
Torque 3 Program 1 exemplaar
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History of Nations, The: England, Vol. XI 1 exemplaar
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Isaac Asimov's S. F. Adventure Magazine: "The Tale of Gorik," Summer/ 1979, p. 92 (autograph) 1 exemplaar
Foundation Magazine: "The Profession of Science Fiction, VIII: Shadows Part 2," 3/75, p. 122 autograph 1 exemplaar
Epic Magazine: "Seven Moons' Light Casts Complex Shadows," Summer/1980, p. 67, autograph 1 exemplaar
Cosmos Magazine: Letter to Editor, 7/77, p. 40; "Review of the Movie Star Wars," 11/77, p. 33, autograph 1 exemplaar
Conjunctions 67 Magazine: "Other Aliens": "Interview with Brian Evenston," 7/17, p. 99 Autograph # 4512 1 exemplaar
The Comics Journal Magazine: "A Candid Talk With Samuel R. Delany," Summer/1979, p. 37, autograph 1 exemplaar
Algol Magazine: "Interview with Darell Schweitzer," Summer/1976, p. 16 (2 copies, one autographed) 1 exemplaar
Artinfo. La extrema vanguardia - Los manifiestos de Fontana - Oscar Bony - Maestro de la Prosa - Nuestro Fausto -… (1981) 1 exemplaar
Robot 35 : Al servizio di uno strano potere 1 exemplaar
Critical Methods; Speculative Fiction {article} 1 exemplaar
Appendix A: The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals, or, Some Informal Remarks toward the Modular Calculus, Part Five… (1985) 1 exemplaar
"Thickening the Plot" (in Those Who Can) 1 exemplaar
New Moon Magazine (Part Two): "Among the Blobs," p. 14; & "Tapestry," 5/87, p. 19 (autographed) 1 exemplaar
Fantastic Storiea Magazine: Review of Delany's The Einstein Intersection by Fritz Leiber, 10/68, p. 136 1 exemplaar
N. Y. Review of Science Fiction: "Flow My Tears...Theater & Science Fiction," 9/11, p. 1 1 exemplaar
Galaxy Magazine: Review of Delany's The Einstein Intersection by Algis Budrys, 10/67, p. 193 1 exemplaar
Riverside Quarterly Magazine: "On Dhalgren & Triton," by Karen L.Shuldner (Mog DeCarnin pseud.) , 3/80, p. 5 1 exemplaar
"Some Remarks Toward a Reading of Dhalgren 1 exemplaar
Wesleyan University Seminar Folder 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Delany, Samuel R.
- Officiële naam
- Delany, Samuel Ray, Jr.
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Steiner, K. Leslie
Delany, Chip (nickname) - Geboortedatum
- 1942-04-01
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- San Francisco, California, USA
London, England, UK - Opleiding
- City College of New York
- Beroepen
- professor
literary critic - Relaties
- Hacker, Marilyn (wife|divorced)
Delany, Sarah L. (aunt)
Delany, A. Elizabeth (aunt) - Organisaties
- Temple University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
State University of New York, Buffalo - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Ditmar Award finalist (Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction ∙ 1969)
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1973)
SFRA Pilgrim Award (1985)
Publishing Triangle (1993)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall Of Fame (2002)
J. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction (2010) (toon alle 15)
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2014)
World Fantasy Award (Lifetime achievement, 2022)
Bill Whitehead Award (1993)
Brudner Prize (2013)
Nicolás Guillén Lifetime Achievement Award (2015)
David R. Kessler Award (1997)
SFWA Grand Master (2013)
Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)
Lambda Literary Award (2022) - Korte biografie
- His aunts were Sadie and Bessie Delany.
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I picked this up from a second-hand shop thinking I've never read a Delany novel I didn't like. Well now I've found one. The first twenty pages or so are quite promising and built up some expectations, but it has taken me over two weeks to plod through nearly 90 pages. I know it's his first novel and I was willing to cut him some slack. But, honestly, it's just awful.
The book seems more in the vein of the "sword and sorcery" genre than what one usually expects from Delany. It's not a surprise that he didn't stick with this style for very long because in my opinion (again, based solely on 87 pages of this first novel) he was not very good at it. However, I am not familiar with any other work spanning 1962-65: the earliest I've gone is Babel-17, which is fantastic. What a difference three years made. It has some of the same flavor of a grand adventure story but with a lot more going on to keep you interested. This novel has made me think that perhaps certain kinds of "adventure stories" are better when you are younger. But I'm not so sure. I had similar - but much less pronounced - reactions to reading Fritz Lieber's "Fafnir and the Grey Mouser" books at age 39, but I made it through three of those and enjoyed myself for a least a good portion of that time. "Aptor" has made me think about the kind of function that pulp sci-fi and fantasy books performed for readers in the 60s and 70s, and how that same function is now being filled by other kinds of storytelling like role-playing games. Much of the "adventure and hi-jinx" in The Jewels of Aptor, with its horrible dialogue and impoverished descriptions, is on a level with the worst of any random Forgotten Realms contract writer, and I feel like I'm reading some random Dungeon Master's narrative hand-scribbled on notebook paper and not an actual novel by someone I consider a luminary of science fiction. My eyes start to gloss over, I realize I haven't really been conscious for most of the last page or two that I've read, and I begin to wonder why I am reading an awful novel when there are so many good ones out there I have yet to discover. Including a solid handful of titles by Delany that I'm still looking forward to reading. Perhaps I'll pick one of those next to wash the taste of this from my palette.
I am putting this down right around the part where he seems to have decided to rewrite the script from The Blob. Perhaps I will pick it up at some future date, but I'll have to get a copy from the library because I am putting this in my "to donate to charity" pile. Maybe when someone makes Jewels of Aptor into a tabletop campaign setting or a CRPG, I'll play it, but as a novel this just seems to tank on so many levels.… (meer)