Samuel R. Delany

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Samuel R. Delany (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)

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Samuel Delaney’s early science fiction is remarkable for its vivid imagination, its pyrotechnic style, and its interest in linguistic science. Several essays collected in The Jewel-Hinged Jaw began an analysis of the distinctive ways in which meaning is generated in texts that refer to imaginary worlds. This analysis is a central preoccupation of his academic writing and played a vital part in shaping his later fiction. The Einstein Intersection is the first of his novels that makes the creator visible within the text and that links the process...

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• Samuel R. Delany (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
• Samuel R. Delany (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
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• Samuel R. Delany (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
• Samuel R. Delany (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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• Babel-17 (African American Literature)
• Babel-17 (American Fiction)
• Babel-17 (Character Profiles)
• Babel-17 (Science Fiction)
• Dhalgren (Science Fiction)
• Einstein Intersection, The (Science Fiction)
• Jewels of Aptor, The (Science Fiction)
• Motion of Light in Water, The (African American Literature)
• Motion of Light in Water (Identities and Issues)
• Nova (Science Fiction)
• Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (African American Literature)
• Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (American Fiction)
• Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Character Profiles)
• Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Magill Book Reviews)
• Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Science Fiction)
• Tales of Nevèrÿon (Science Fiction)
• Times Square Red Times Square Blue (Magill Book Reviews)
• Triton (American Fiction)
• Triton (Character Profiles)
• Triton (Identities and Issues)
• Triton (Science Fiction)
• African American Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)
• Fantasy Novel, The (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)
• Gay and Lesbian Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)
• Science-Fiction Story, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
• Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)