Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel R. Delany
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: The distant future
- Setting: The planets Rhyonon and Velm
- Principal Characters: Rat Korga, Marq Dyeth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Crime or criminals, Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Science fiction, Planets, Size or shape
- Locales: Space, Rhyonon (fictive), Velm (fictive)
The Novel
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand traces the lives of two characters born on planets light-years apart but drawn together by forces beyond their control. The intersection of their lives and the lives of those with whom they interact forms the central thrust of the novel.
The novel opens on Rhyonon, where Rat Korga, a social and sexual misfit, has undergone Radical Anxiety Termination (RAT) and been placed in institutional slavery. For years, Rat Korga labors in menial jobs, demeaned by employees of the organization that owns him. Sold illegally...
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