I was amused to read the book description of 1984 on amazon.com, a new collection of Delanyania, where this collection was stated as being the product of a...
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gerhardh@...
Apr 4, 2000 4:16 pm
... I would just like to express my gratitude to Jay Schuster for his Web page, which helped fan my initial interest in Delany. I am sure that many other...
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zvi@...
Apr 4, 2000 4:22 pm
Here's the details on '1984' on Amazon so far. 1984 by Samuel R. Delany Our Price: $17.95 Availability: On Order; usually ships within 1-2 weeks. Paperback -...
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gerhardh@...
Apr 5, 2000 3:23 pm
Recently I was rereading The Mad Man, and it struck me what a beautiful novel this is. The section entitled 'The Place of Excrement' that begins something like...
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Gil Roth
groth@...
Apr 5, 2000 3:23 pm
... Yeah, it's me. I've been holding out on an official announcement about the book until we have the new web site up and running (voyantpub.com)....
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 6, 2000 3:55 pm
Hey, I wouldn't worry too much about the delay with Shorter Views - Delany fans are used to it. Look at Splendor and Misery ... Anyway, it's great that Voyant...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 6, 2000 3:55 pm
Any thoughts anyone on the strange title of 1984? It is bound to be confused with Orwell's, as has already been done on amazon.com and, apart from being...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 6, 2000 3:55 pm
Here are some off-the-wall questions to pose for the Delany FAQ: 1. The most obvious: where is the bloody sequel to Stars? 2. Has Delany totally lost interest...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 6, 2000 3:55 pm
Apparently Critical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Howard Freedman is about Delany. Has anyone seen, or heard of, this book, or Freedman himself? I think...
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zvi@...
Apr 6, 2000 4:21 pm
Hi Gerhard, ... It's about Delany, Lem, Russ, and Dick. And it's published by the University Press of New England (Wesleyan) -- same guys who published all ...
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Jay Schuster
jay@...
Apr 6, 2000 4:54 pm
... I *like* the beard. :-) -- Jay -- Jay Schuster <jay@...> The People's Computer Company `Revolutionary Programming'...
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zvi@...
Apr 6, 2000 4:56 pm
Hi Gerhard, ... It's not to my taste. And neither is Hogg or Equinox (The Tides of Lust), at this point in my life. I've read all three once, and don't intend...
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Ron Henry
ronhenry@...
Apr 6, 2000 5:07 pm
... This agrees with my own experience. ... Perhaps a good way to get a glimpse of what the wider sf fandom thinks of SRD is to do a search of Usenet group...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 10, 2000 3:44 pm
Zvi, thanks for the valuable input. One of the dangers in approaching Delany is to attempt to pigeonhole his plurality. He is, indeed, many things to many...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 11, 2000 3:49 pm
Delany's writing is often perceived as being bloated and opaque, but They Fly At Ciron is basically the perfect summation of his views on paraliterature, SF,...
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Peter Fogarty
oga@...
Apr 11, 2000 8:48 pm
I have to agree wholeheartedly with you here. I had not realised that They Fly could be read allegorically for theory. I'm interested, how may one begin to...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:14 pm
You would need a book the lengh of Dhalgren to examine all the implications of Ciron. For me, the basic crux of the novel is that Delany posits a society...
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Douglas Robillard
drobillard@...
Apr 12, 2000 8:11 pm
I am unaware of any different versions of Jewels of Aptor in print? Delany explained in Motion of Light that he had to cut the text originally, but whether or...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 19, 2000 3:16 pm
Someone suggested to me that the Neveryon series, and The Tale of Gorgik in particular, should be made into a movie. And that Bruce Willis is perfect for the...
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Jeff Doten
dotenj@...
Apr 20, 2000 4:16 pm
I hate to say it. No I don't. But after watching the 6th Sense, and remembering Willis can do more than smirk, I can see it working. He's not who I imagined of...
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Todd Bennett
toddbehr@...
Apr 22, 2000 11:02 pm
I'm currently reading "The Jewels of Aptor" for the first time, and I wanted to comment on a question a while back about the different versions of the book. ...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 25, 2000 1:08 pm
Mmm. I'm not sure. Willis can act - he was especially good in Robert Benton's Nobody's Fool. And it could be worse - imagine Arnie as Gorgik!...
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Gil Roth
groth@...
Apr 27, 2000 3:06 pm
1984 is at the printer and will be (God willing) delivered to us within two weeks. To get Delany's readers ready for the book, Voyant Publishing has relaunched...
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zvi@...
Apr 27, 2000 3:14 pm
Congratulations on the book, Gil, and thanks for letting delany-list know about super-special deals. ... Maybe we could get together a list bunch of FAQs from...
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RicBest@...
Apr 28, 2000 4:21 pm
Hello everyone! Just a quick note to let everyone know that Callaloo,the literary journal published by John Hopkins University,has new Delany fiction as well...
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Gerhard Hope
gerhardh@...
Apr 28, 2000 4:21 pm
Will Voyant have its on-line ordering in place in time for overseas readers to obtain a signed copy of 1984? I am in South Africa, and may as well place an...
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Peter Fogarty
oga@...
Apr 28, 2000 4:21 pm
Cheer! May I order this directly from you, or must I send a check by snail to the address? I'd like to order it from the publisher. I had it on Amazon ...
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Paul Brazier
brazier@...
Apr 28, 2000 7:56 pm
Hear Hear! We in England would like the book, but I can't get a dollar cheque raised. Where is the point in putting up a web site where you can't take orders? ...
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
larsi@...
Apr 29, 2000 3:16 pm
... I'd love to buy a copy of the book from Voyant, but if Voyant can't take credit card orders, that will make things rather awkward. It's very easy getting,...
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Richard Moorman
rmoorman@...
Apr 30, 2000 9:31 pm
And then there's these guys, who mediate payments (for free) between any two people with email addresses. Most of the people on EBay seem to use them ...
