For me it was almost torture to read this and not be able to read the whole thing. Which is to say it's very good, but only a chapter. I suspect most folks who...
Yup. My view exactly. Ric From: delany-list@yahoogroups.com [mailto:delany-list@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Henry Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:56 AM ...
First, anybody have a contact with Delany, his agent or his publicist? I was asked by Rick Kleffel, of The Agony Column Podcast, if I knew of such a...
Yu can contact him via Temple University. ________________________________ From: Planet_Stories <recursive_loop@...> To: delany-list@yahoogroups.com ...
Yes -- the Temple Creative Writing web page is http://www.temple.edu/creativewriting/faculty/delany/ which includes his university email address. -- Ron Henry ...
A short while ago I finished _Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders_. I have to say, it's not up there among my favorites of his (those would be _Stars_,...
I'm about halfway. I've kinda stalled because of all the lengthly sex scenes. To be honest, I've been skimming them. It makes me say to myself: I love you,...
I'm a bit further along - just 200 pages to go. I'm finding this book quite disturbing, and (like Madman) this is going to be a book that is going to gather...
I finished it. Several times, actually, as I proofread and did some light editing on the novel as it was evolving. I will say that as Chip added more and more...
...I've realized that I'm no longer (if I ever was) the "target audience" for Delany's fiction. I've only read one major sex scene -- the mini-orgy in the...
Yup. I just finished reading that scene. Reading _Spiders_ is feeling like a chore more than a delight. There is, as always, some beautiful writing, even...
I personally share your position. However, this begs the question, should literature have a "target audience"? Is the narrowed focus of such book, with its...
This discussion reminds me of how non-science fiction readers talk about sf -- "if it weren't for all the never-ending stuff about rockets and aliens and...
... I have no argument with any of that. My point isn't that there's so much sex, or even that there's so much transgressive or fetishistic gay sex. I can deal...
I'm 500+ pages in and so far it feels very... instructive. I don't know how else to describe all those moments where a character is teaching another something....
I've been slowly working my way through "Spiders" since it came out. I'm about 2/3 of the way through, and I'm giving serious consideration to bailing. I read...
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I can't speak about the new novel at the moment, but the ongoing discussion brings to mind DeSade's Justine. It's a thick book with endless lists of abuses...
I think this review is exceptionally insightful, written by someone who is aware of Delany's output, and may give rise to some discussions about exactly what...
If you have had difficulty with TVNS, you may not be reading it right. Full disclosure: I have spent the last several years proofreading and partially editing...
On the contrary, I think my difficulties (which have faded somewhat as the book progresses, though I'm still in the reviewer's "first novel" or first half) are...
Yeah, great review. It's a big comfort to know that I don't have another 300 pages of uninterrupted cum/piss/toejam/snot/dickcheese/shit (and precious little...
I wonder however, what it says about the novel that you need a "stay with it that it gets better" warning. Was the initial part simply allowed to run too...
No. And yes. But on purpose. As Chip kept adding things to the first few years it seemed to bloat. But not only were there things he wanted to explore, I...
I'm glad I didn't read this thread until after I had finished the book. I think there's a reason that one of the only porn films actually mentioned as playing...
Towards the end we are told that Eric has read another book, besides Ethica, more than once. Is that supposed to be Barnes' Nightwood? Finished it today and I...
