Nova (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel R. Delany
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cosmic voyage
- Time of Work: 3149-3172
- Setting: The interstellar realms of Draco, the Pleiades, and the Outer Colonies
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Mines, miners, or mining, Capitalism, Energy
- Locales: Space, Fictional planets
The Plot
Nova portrays the rivalry between Lorq Von Ray and Prince Red, heirs to interstellar economic empires. The Reds are based in Draco and the Von Rays in the Pleiades Federation, which rebelled against Draco to gain its independence. Nova’s other central characters are two starship crewmen—Mouse, a young Gypsy master of the sensory syrynx, an instrument that creates impressions for all five senses, and Katin, a novelist in his mid-twenties.
As Nova opens, the Red-Von Ray rivalry has calmed. A new development concerning Illyrion, however,...
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