The Einstein Intersection (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel R. Delany
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Music or musicians, Future, Villages, Reality, Death or dying, Jungles or rain forests, Mathematics or mathematicians, Deserts, Resurrection, Mutations or mutants
- Locales: Underworld
The Einstein Intersection expands upon the theme of cultural diversity Delany had first explored in Babel-17. The alien race inhabiting the earth thirty thousand years in the future attempts to develop its “humanity” by imitating the traditions of the extinct human race. In the end, one of the lessons that the aliens learn is that they must accept their own unique natures and develop traditions appropriate to themselves.
Frequent mutations cause differences to emerge among the aliens. The protagonist of the novel is one of those “different” beings—as is,...
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