http://www.pri.org/stories/arts-entertainment/books/author-samuel-r-delany-on-the-beauty-of-sci-fi-prose6224.html "*Award-winning author Samuel R. Delany...
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Todd Mason
foxbrick
Oct 8, 2011 12:04 am
were Delany's film/a/v columns in F&SF in the late '60s ever collected in one or another of his books? Todd Mason ...
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david moses fruchter
dmf23@...
Oct 8, 2011 12:52 pm
I just finished reading a rather awesome novel called Wittgenstein's Mistress, by David Markson, that really points up this distinction SRD has frequently made...
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Jorge Rapalo
jr_furioso
Oct 8, 2011 3:31 pm
He had a column on F&SF? First time I hear this!...
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Amy Harlib
aharlib
Oct 9, 2011 7:25 am
aharlib@... Excellent! Thanks for that! Amy From: nisis@... Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 11:33 PM To: CarlBrandon@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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Zvi Gilbert
zvi_delany_list
Oct 10, 2011 4:59 pm
I have the (enormous) first edition print version of the Encyclopedia of SF, and I'm excited that a 'beta' version of the third edition has just gone online...
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vpoleganov
Oct 15, 2011 11:18 am
Does anyone know what Delany's contribution to this book is? http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Unbearables-Big-Sex-Unbearables/9781570272332...
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rdumain@...
rdumain
Oct 16, 2011 5:05 am
Well, I finally located a cheap copy in a used book store, been on my list for some time. Actually, though, it's been some years since I read anything by or...
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rdumain
Oct 17, 2011 8:18 am
I haven't read Delany himself in many years, but reading the first few essays in this book have blown my mind. There are certain aspects of contemporary...
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
netroach2k
Oct 17, 2011 3:27 pm
Ralph, The "union of the criminal and the artist" comes, I think, from two things. The first is the existence of a few notable poets in history who were...
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nivekgnir
Oct 17, 2011 3:34 pm
I'm pretty sure that part of "Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders" appears in it....
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rdumain@...
rdumain
Oct 17, 2011 4:01 pm
Actually, I don't think that criminals stand in opposition to society at all. But rather than argue the obvious, when I think of this my first thoughts go to...
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Zvi Gilbert
zvi_delany_list
Oct 17, 2011 4:14 pm
I think the best description of criminality in opposition to society in early Delany is the story 'Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones', one of...
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rdumain@...
rdumain
Oct 17, 2011 4:41 pm
Don't recall the Adorno quote, though there are untold riches in MINIMA MORALIA. Once again on Richard Wright's THE OUTSIDER: another view of criminality is...
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Steve M
chimaxx
Oct 18, 2011 12:19 am
... Somehow, having read Heavenly Breakfast, and Time Square Red/Blue, I doubt "enemy" or "thugs" are the words he would choose for the people you characterize...
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Jorge Rapalo
jr_furioso
Oct 18, 2011 1:02 pm
While I understand the value of exploring the extremist behavior that probes at the boundaries of what is deemed moral within certain society patterns, I must...
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rdumain@...
rdumain
Oct 18, 2011 1:24 pm
I have yet to respond to the previous poster, but this reminds me of one of the two essays on STARS IN MY POCKET LIKE GRAINS OF SAND, "Debased and Lascivious?"...
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cyaarsoil
Oct 18, 2011 6:53 pm
HI "I escaped one time to one of the house that we used to live in, of hers, and I didn't get away so they got me." the most important to me right now of the...
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james_hesperornis
james_hesper...
Oct 19, 2011 1:49 pm
Did I miss something? I thought the release date for "Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders" was October 18th of this year, yet it's still seemingly...
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Zvi Gilbert
zvi_delany_list
Oct 19, 2011 1:57 pm
The original publisher went out of business so it was delayed until it found another publisher, is my understanding. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. --Z On...
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Ron Henry
ron_gmail
Oct 19, 2011 6:14 pm
Yesterday was the supposed new publication date with the new press (Magnus) per Amazon and an io9 article, but small presses being what they are I wouldn't be...
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Ralph Dumain
rdumain
Oct 20, 2011 5:47 am
Duly noted that not all legally designatable as "criminals" are the same, or that those who aren't, should be. The farther I read in this book, the better I...
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Ralph Dumain
rdumain
Oct 20, 2011 6:52 am
Well, I read the last essay, and thus finished the book. I was intrigued by the contrast between /Dhalgren/ and /Ulysses/, but I couldn't make heads or tails...
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Steve M
chimaxx
Oct 23, 2011 2:43 pm
Not wrong. Just behind. The replacement publisher is Magnus Books. Amazon has been publishing an Oct 18 release date from Magnus for a while, and that was a...
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Todd Mason
foxbrick
Oct 23, 2011 6:31 pm
It didn't run very long, just from a 1968 review of 2001 to whenever Baird Searles succeeded him, ca. late '69/early '70... Todd Mason...
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Steve M
chimaxx
Oct 25, 2011 4:35 am
... Indeed: that cultural-political shift was one of the key real-world influences on the conflict between the Dyeths and the Thants in Stars in My Pocket. ...
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Steve M
chimaxx
Oct 25, 2011 4:35 am
Russell Blackford's essays were the only ones I had no use for in Ash of Stars. They seemed clueless. From my 1999 Amazon review: "While one essay ("Debased...
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Jay Schuster
vtpigfister
Oct 25, 2011 5:11 am
... One person's distaste is another's delicacy. And phrased that way, certain stories within _Hogg_ and _The Mad Man_ have even more meaning... -- Jay -- Jay...
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vpoleganov
Oct 28, 2011 3:50 pm
the entire interview is up on the Paris Review site: http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6088/the-art-of-fiction-no-210-samuel-r-delany...
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Zvi Gilbert
zvi_delany_list
Oct 28, 2011 3:52 pm
http://arts.columbia.edu/creative-writing-lectures-welcomes-samuel-r-delany CREATIVE WRITING LECTURES WELCOMES SAMUEL R. DELANY[image: Bookmark and Share]...
