Hello everybody! To be short: Does anyone know if "run" (the places where "women" go to have sex in _Stars in My Pocket_) has a special meaning in American gay...
... Yes and no. It's not part of American gay slang generally. It *IS* used by the leather subggroup, which picked it up or developed it in parallel with...
... But both seem to have the same origins, they've just evolved differently to fit different circumstances. One would never mistake one for the other, just as...
From the website of the KC Pioneers Leather Club: A Run is a weekend of fun sponsored by a Leather/Levi or Motorcycle club. It is a chance to invite other...
True fer you, Steve M. It seems to me though that knowing the origin of the term somewhat affects how I would read the term "run" in each of these texts - in...
Hello all, Thanks for the elucidation of the meaning of the word "run". Can we assume that *Dhalgren* lies somewhere between *Neveryon* and *Stars* in the...
... m, and I researched Driftglass and located copies. I did the same on Amazon= .com and it came up blank, or worse, useless. I then searched on The Star P=...
Hi, I'm very new to this group and have been lurking for a couple of months. My apologies if this has eben rasied before but I wondered if anyone has any ...
... That's "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo," by John Varley (an excellent sf writer in his own right). TCFR is a very good story, set in his "Seven Worlds"...
At the risk of lowering the usually highbrow literary content of this list, I feel it's my fannish duty to reply to the inference that early photographs of SRD...
... I'm familiar with most of the sins, deadly, or otherwise, but I have never heard of "presentism". Perhaps you refer to being presumptuous, or pretentious? ...
Seeing as we're talking about The Star Pit, I thought I'd share this prose poem that I was commissioned to write by Foxymoron, a local arts magazine. As you'll...
The below comes from: http://aquavite.northwestern.edu/cal/pp/eventd.cgi?e=17808&date= Event Title: 2004 Leon Forrest Lecturer, Samuel R. Delany, Event Date:...
Thank you, Amy. Yes, I am glad it is published and has received such nice feedback from a variety of people. The concept of the golden in Delany's _The Star...
My apologies! "Presentism" is merely a scrap of social science jargon, albeit dated. It refers to the practice of critiquing a past phenomenon without recourse...
... Ah, post-modernism all dressed up with nowhere to go.... Language is always dangerous. For your perusal- ****** PROFILE She explores the world of language...
Hey folks. Although this is not directly related to Delany; I felt that it'd be something nice to share with the list. Alan Moore-for those of you that know of...
... gence, but go about doing so without regard for your reaction! :) I was not= insulted, and was happy to learn a new term, "albeit" a term that sounds so= ...
Thanks for the note Pete, I'll definitely look out for this. I had not heard much of Alan Moore prior to the Bread and Wine introduction and some publicity for...
In his interview with Thomas L. Long in Shorter Views, Delany mentioned a review of The Mad Man written by Candace Jane Dorsey, titled "On Being One's Own...
... Google reveals that it appeared in the New York Review of Science Fiction, Issue # 89, 1996. See: http://www.nyrsf.com/Issue_89.html Best, -- David Cozy ...
Thanks David! I tried to Google it and couldn't find it! I should look more carefully next time. Thanks again. Lavelle (who believes that "Google" will soon...
... And I've placed an order with the publishers. I really dig Alan Moore, he is a real magican with words (and probably in RL too) but I find it hard to...
... Not to be a pedant, but the OED has this to say: Google, v. intr. Of the ball: to have a ‘googly’ break and swerve. Of the bowler; to bowl a googly or...
... "Being One's Own Pornographer," _New York Review of Science Fiction_, Issue no. 89 (Jan. 1996), p. 16 Note also that Delany has been affiliated with the...
Hey all. I must admit not knowing much about Delany or his former wife Marilyn Hacker, but my cousin just passed away and apparently he lived with Delany and...
I'm sorry for your loss but excited by your gain. Anyone interested in Delany's writing in the least bit is interested in this material. Please just let me ...
