Beschreibung:
Samuel R. Delany ist Autor und Literaturwissenschaftler. 2010 war er Mitglied der fünfköpfigen Jury des National Book Award, des wichtigsten amerikanischen Buchpreises. Er schrieb zahlreiche Kurzgeschichten, Comics, Essays und Pornos aber keine Gedichte. Delany hat eine Professur an der Temple University in Philadelphia inne, wo er das Graduate Creative Writing Program leitet.
Samuel R. Delany's The Jewel-Hinged Jaw first appeared in 1977. Its demonstration that science fiction is a special language, rather than gadgets and green-skinned aliens, had an impact that reverberates today in science fiction criticism. Close textual analyses of Thomas M. Disch, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, and Joanna Russ read as brilliantly today as when they first appeared.
Samuel R. Delany's The Jewel-Hinged Jaw first appeared in 1977. Its demonstration that science fiction is a special language, rather than gadgets and green-skinned aliens, had an impact that reverberates today in science fiction criticism. Close textual analyses of Thomas M. Disch, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, and Joanna Russ read as brilliantly today as when they first appeared.