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''Delany''s works have become essential to the history of science fiction'' New Yorker

Samuel Delany is one of the most radical and influential science fiction writers of our age, who reinvented the genre with his fearless explorations of race, class and gender. Driftglass is the definitive volume of his stories, featuring neutered space travellers, telepathy, Hells Angels and genetically modified amphibious workers.

''Delany''s books interweave science fiction with histories of race, sexuality and control. In so doing, he gives readers fiction that reflects and explores the social truths of our world'' The New York Times



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A writer of consistently high ambition and achievement * The New York Times Book Review *
Delany's prismatic output is among the most significant, immense and innovative in American letters * The New York Times *
Delany's works have become essential to the history of science fiction * New Yorker *

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 03/06/2021
      ISBN13: 9780241510575, 978-0241510575
      ISBN10: 0241510570

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Delany''s works have become essential to the history of science fiction'' New Yorker

      Samuel Delany is one of the most radical and influential science fiction writers of our age, who reinvented the genre with his fearless explorations of race, class and gender. Driftglass is the definitive volume of his stories, featuring neutered space travellers, telepathy, Hells Angels and genetically modified amphibious workers.

      ''Delany''s books interweave science fiction with histories of race, sexuality and control. In so doing, he gives readers fiction that reflects and explores the social truths of our world'' The New York Times



      Trade Review
      A writer of consistently high ambition and achievement * The New York Times Book Review *
      Delany's prismatic output is among the most significant, immense and innovative in American letters * The New York Times *
      Delany's works have become essential to the history of science fiction * New Yorker *

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