@booklet {9966, title = {{\textquotedblleft}The Hermit of Houston{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction}, volume = {133.3/4 (733)}, year = {2017}, note = {

Rpt. in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy\™ 2018. Ed. N[ora] K. Jemisin (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner, 2018), 63-91; in\ The Best Science Fiction \& Fantasy of the Year: Volume Twelve. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (Oxford, Eng.: Solaris, 2018), 591-619; and in The Year\’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: 2018 Edition. Ed. Rich Horton ([New York]: Prime Books, 2018), 62-85.\ 

}, month = {September/October 2017}, pages = {105-33}, abstract = {

A same-sex love story told by one of the individuals after the other has died, although the man\’s memory is not reliable. It is set in an overpopulated future where same-sex relationships are encouraged, men and women are, to some degree, kept separate, and, as the story puts it, \“mixed up the genders,\” although the story does not include any of the last.\ 

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, isbn = {978-1-328-83456-0 978-1-78108-573-8 978-1-60701-5260}, issn = {00024-984X }, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} } @booklet {9967, title = {Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders}, year = {2012}, note = {

Parts were previously published as \“In the Valley of the Nest of Spiders.\” Black Clock 7. Ed. Steve Erickson\ (Spring/Summer 2007): 116-34; and in Coilhouse A Love Letter to Alternative Culture $\#$01 (2007): 12-17; and as \“Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders.\” The Unbearables\’ Big Book of Sex. Ed. Ron Kolm, Carol Wierzbicki, Jim Feast, Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo, and Shalom Neuman (Williamsburg, NY: Autonomodia /Unbearable Books, 2011), 221-41.\ 

}, month = {2012}, pages = {804 pp.}, publisher = {Magnus Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

The novel follows two men through their lives from about 2007 to 2077, and throughout it reflects on the nature of utopia from the perspective of black, gay men and refers to a black gay utopian community that one of the men had belonged to. The novel problematizes utopia, as do other works of Delany.\ See Timothy M. Griffiths, \“Queer Black Communities: Touching the Utopian Frame in Delany\’s Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders.\” African American Review 48.3 (Fall 2015): 305-17.\ 

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} } @booklet {3499, title = {Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand}, year = {1984}, note = {

Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1990 with an \“Afterword\” by the author (376-85);\ Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2004\ with the \“Afterword\” (349-56) and a \“Foreword\” by Carl Freedman (xi-xiv). An extract\ was originally published under the same title in\ Beyond This Horizon: An Anthology of Science Fact and Science Fiction. Ed. Christopher Carrell (Sunderland, Eng.: Ceolfrith Arts, 1973), 71-75; and a more substantial part was published as \“from\ Stars in my pockets like grains of sand.\”\ TriQuarterly, no. 49 (Fall 1980): 131-61.\ 

}, month = {1984}, publisher = {Bantam Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Complex far future novel depicting various societies including eutopias and dystopias. The novel begins with a description of a dystopia from the point-of-view of a slave who remains a character throughout the novel. This was expected to be the first of two volumes, to be followed by\ The Splendor and Misery of Bodies, of Cities, which remains unpublished.\ An excerpt was published as \“From The Splendor and Misery of Bodies, of Cities.\” Review of Contemporary Fiction 16.3 (Fall 1996): 103-15; rpt. without the From in Out of the Ruins. Ed. Preston Grassman (London: Titan Books, 2021), 117-36. One of the characters, Vondramach Okk, appears in his \“Omegahelm.\” Distant Stars (New York: Bantam Books, 1981). Rpt. illus. John Coffey\ (New York: ibooks, 2004), 263-78; rpt. in his Driftglass/Starshards (London: Grafton, 1993), 312-26; and in his Aye and Gomorrah. Stories (New York: Vintage Books, 2003), 260-72

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} } @booklet {2844, title = {Triton}, year = {1976}, note = {

Rpt. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1977; in Radical Utopias (New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1990), separately paged; and as Trouble on Triton: An Ambiguous Heterotopia. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 1996.\ 

}, month = {1976}, publisher = {Bantam Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Detailed eutopia and dystopia. All things are easily possible, including sex changes, and everyone is free to do almost anything. Much conflict and political intrigue but on balance more eutopian than dystopian.

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} } @booklet {2809, title = {Dhalgren}, year = {1975}, note = {

Rev. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 1996.

}, month = {1975}, publisher = {Bantam Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Complex dystopia set in a city called Bellona in what appears to be a post-catastrophe America where reality is constantly shifting. Much violence, including sexual violence. Includes a commune in a park.

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} } @booklet {2396, title = {"The People of Prashad"}, howpublished = {Quark 2}, year = {1971}, note = {

Rpt. in\ The New Improved Sun: An Anthology of Utopian S-F. Ed. Thomas M[ichael] Disch (New York: Harper \& Row, 1975), 49-80 with editor\&$\#$39;s notes on 49 and 80.

}, month = {1971}, pages = {169-99}, publisher = {Paperback Library}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Anarchist, nature-oriented eutopia located in a valley in the Himalayas. An alphabet is provided (72), and there is \"An Informal Introduction to the Language of Prashad\" (76-78).

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {James Keilty (1947-79)}, editor = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942) and Marilyn Hacker (b. 1942)} } @booklet {2183, title = {"Lines of Power: We, in Some Strange Power{\textquoteright}s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"}, howpublished = {The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction }, volume = {34.5 (204) }, year = {1968}, note = {

Rpt. as \“We, in Some Strange Power\’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line.\” In his\ Distant Stars\ (New York: Bantam Books, 1981), 293-352. Rpt. (New York: ibooks, 2004), 293-352; in his\ Driftglass. Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction\ (New York: New American Library, 1971), 139-90. Book rpt. without the subtitle. New York: Gregg Press, 1977. Book Club edition (Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1971), 130-84. Rpt. Illus. Michael Sorkin. in his\ Distant Stars\ (New York: Bantam Books, 1981), 293-352;\ rpt. illus. Michael Sorkin\ (New York: ibooks, 2004), 293-352; in his Driftglass (Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1971), 130-83; in his Driftglass/Starshards (London: Grafton, 1993), 155-222;\ and in his\ Aye and Gomorrah. Stories\ (New York: Vintage Books, 2003), 122-81.\ 

}, month = {May 1968}, pages = {4-46}, abstract = {

Conflict between two visions of a better life, one technologically based and one off the grid. The law requires that every community above a certain very small size must be provided with electrical power whether it is wanted or not.

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, issn = {00024-984X }, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} } @booklet {9951, title = {"Aye, and Gomorrah"}, howpublished = {Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories}, year = {1967}, note = {

Rpt. in his Driftglass. Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction (New York: New American Library, 1971), 111-20. Book rpt. without the subtitle. New York: Gregg Press, 1977.\ Book Club edition (Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1971), 101-11; in\ The Best of the Nebulas\ (New York: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, 1989), 143-50, with an \“Author\’s Foreword\” on 142; in his Driftglass/Starshards (London: Grafton, 1993), 118-30; and in his Aye and Gomorrah. Stories (New York: Vintage Books, 2003), 91-101.

}, month = {1967}, pages = {534-44 with an {\textquotedblleft}Introduction{\textquotedblright} (532-34) by Ellison and an {\textquotedblleft}Afterword{\textquotedblright} (544) by Delany}, publisher = {Doubleday}, address = {Garden City, NY}, abstract = {

The story is set in a future in which spacers must be neutered and focuses on how this affects both the spacers and the population, some of whom are sexually attracted to them.\ 

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)}, editor = {Harlan [Jay] Ellison (1934-2018)} } @booklet {9505, title = {{\textquotedblleft}The Star-Pit{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {Worlds of Tomorrow}, volume = {4.3 (22) }, year = {1967}, note = {

Rpt. in his Driftglass. Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction\ (New York: New American Library, 1971), 13-71. Book rpt. without the subtitle. New York: Gregg Press, 1977.\ Book Club edition (Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1971), 1-61; in his Driftglass/Starshards (London: Grafton, 1993), 17-93; and in his Aye and Gomorrah. Stories (New York: Vintage Books, 2003), 91-101.

}, month = {February 1967}, pages = {7-57}, abstract = {

A very complex dystopia. Set in a future where, as the human race expanded into space, it came up against a psychological barrier that caused insanity in those who went further, except for a few who found to have psychological abnormalities that allow them to pass through. The story focuses of a man who feels excluded because he cannot pass through the barrier and deeply resents that fact. The story makes an explicit connection between white supremacy and those who can pass through the barrier, but at the end, such people are being created by manipulating them so as to develop the needed abnormality for the benefit of those in power. For a radio play first broadcast on WBAI (New York) in November 1967 and re-broadcast regularly for years, see Delany\’s \“Notes on The Star Pit.\” https://www.pseudopodium.org/repress/TheStarPit/SamuelRDelany-NotesOnTheStarPit.html

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} } @booklet {2024, title = {The Fall of the Towers}, year = {1966}, note = {

Contains\ revised versions of Captives of the Flame. New York: Ace Books, 1963; rev. as Out of the Dead City which was Delany\’s original title. New York: Ace Books, 1966. U.K. ed. London: Sphere Books, 1968; Towers of Toron. New York: Ace Books, 1964. Rev. ed. London: Sphere Books, 1968; and City of a Thousand Suns. New York: Ace Books, 1965. Rev. ed. London: Sphere Books, 1969.

}, month = {1966}, publisher = {Ace Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Authoritarian dystopia contrasted with a free, communal eutopia.

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} } @booklet {9686, title = {The Jewels of Aptor}, year = {1962}, note = {

\ Rev. ed. New York: Ace Books, 1968 which restores cut in the first edition; U.K. ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1968. Further rev. London: Sphere Books, 1971; rpt. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1976 with an \“Introduction\” by Don Hausdorff (v-xii).

}, month = {1962}, publisher = {Ace Books}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Post-atomic age dystopian quest novel with much fantasy.\ 

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {Samuel R[ay] Delany (b. 1942)} }