Last friday, right after making a reference to it in my last post, I found a flawless paperback copy of Equinox for two dollars (!) at a local used book store....
Hi Guy, I understand what you mean, and all right, as far as it goes, but I was merely invoking the intensional fallacy. But how about this: in the book's...
At the risk of being tedious and or even sententious, I continue the discussion of Hogg editions. I have at my left the 2004 paperback second edition (ISBN:...
Hi Jason, As far as I can determine, there were two editions of Tides of Lust (the original title that the publisher siggested was Tides of Eros -- according...
Hey, ... I think that the whole thrust of Delany's postmodern stance as a writer is that there is no such thing. The complex textual history of *Dhalgren* is ...
... And if that's true in general, it would be especially true of Hogg, which languished 25 years from the time he first declared it done and ready to print to...
General Rant: There is no such relevant thing as "authorial intent" nor "revision." Books are books, authors are authors, & the connection between the two re...
Jim & others: as your list moderator, I am asking you politely and publically to stop talking about the flogging issue -- we went around this once a few months...
... And what does one do with narratives built around untrustworthy narrators (e.g., Triton), where it is clear to any attentive reader that there is an intent...
... Well! Don't all "human" narrators seem to have to be ultimately "untrustworthy" if their personas are to hold? Did you ever know a human who could (or...
... If I read you correctly, we define writer and author in opposite ways. The "writer" is the person in our concrete universe who put pen to paper, the person...
... And I would suspect that a smaller class than "any attentive reader" would catch on to that -- it involves readers who are keyed into a particular...
Odd that you thought you were deceived. I imagine Delany would also be taken aback that readers might not have a favorable attitude towards the gay male...
... Okay, I must be missing the point here ... Bron is _not_ the narrator of _Triton_; an anonymous limited-third-person voice narrates as from Bron's PoV, but...
... For once we agree, Ralph. Never thought I'd say that. ... On the other hand, Delany certainly enjoys and celebrates anonymous sex, but nothing in the way...
... You are right. I was inaccurately conflating narration with point-of-view character. My longer, late explanation more accurately represented this, I think,...
Steve, --Does your judgment apply even to those of us who don't have any interest in this particular historical nit don't care a whit about the outcome of the...
I don't think we're in disagreement, here, Steve, except maybe about the "breathlessly" thing. My only purpose is to obey an anti-transcendental conceit ...
Hi Guy, While the "common-sense" touchstone may be fine for both blatant & tongue-in-cheek "ad hominem" rhetoric, we shouldn't fail to notice that such a...
... Of course, the author's biography is not irrelevant to the work he creates (at the very least, knowing things about the period in which a work was written...
So Steve--which do you like better: Empire Star or Babel-17? & how do you feel about Ballad of Beta-2? (The latter [oddly enough] is, I think, my favorite ...
I finally found a copy of the '96 paperback Hogg. As always when shopping on eBay, I ended up spending twice what I wanted to. But so it go. I mean no offense,...
But speaking casually, isn't logical discourse "fun"? ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced...
... Your paragraph above aside, I haven't seen much praise OR criticism of the quality of list-members contributions to this list over the past six years. Is...
I guess my comment sounded more harsh then was intended! Rest assured, I only criticise that which I dislike in myself as I see it mirrored in others' writing....
That it is, Robert! Sometimes, people such as myself can be distracted from enjoying it, by the mere sensation of feeling high- strung or logic-transcendant -...
It's been a while since I chimed in but I am still here. It is nearly Jungian that this topic should arise because I recently became 'politically active' by...
Ah, Jason, you're too damned hard on yourself. We just love to argue, & reassure ourselves that it's cool by remembering that it builds brain cells. (Anyone...
... I wanted to reply to them, but knowing the stellar nature of this group, I needed to refresh my memory of Atlantis and read it again. I just haven't had...
... You posted them a WEEK ago. Not really much time. But thanks for the reminder. I'd have to re-read Atlantis: I didn't even REMEMBER any of the particular...
