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1	Dhalgren more books like this by Samuel R Delany This vision of a society trying to come to terms with chaos presents a portrait of a city called Bellona which has suffered a disaster so cataclysmic that the very fabric of the space-time continuum has been distorted. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Stars in my pocket like grains of sand more books like this by Samuel R Delany Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues - technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism - have only become more ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Nova more books like this by Samuel R. Delany The balance of galactic power in the 31st century revolves around Illyrion, the most precious energy source in the universe. The varied and exotic crew who sign up with Captain Lorq van Ray know their mission is dangerous, and they soon learn that they are involved in a deadly race with the charismatic but vicious leader of an opposing space ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Einstein intersection more books like this by Samuel R. Delany The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel of 1967. The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are "different" must ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Babel-17 more books like this by Samuel R. Delany In the far future, after human civilization has spread through the galaxy, communications begin to arrive in an apparently alien language. They appear to threaten invasion, but in order to counter the threat, the messages must first be understood. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Times Square Red, Times Square Blue more books like this by Samuel R Delany New York's 42nd Street was once known for its peep shows, street-corner hustlers and cinemas. Since the 1980s it has been overcome by the notion of safety - from safe sex and safe neighbourhoods to safe cities and safe relationships - and given rise to a Disney store, a children's theatre and large neon-lit cafes. It has, in effect, become a ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $17.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village more books like this by Samuel R Delany An autobiographical work detailing Delany's life as a black, bisexual (and later gay) science fiction author in New York in the 1960s. see all copies from $2.75! new only from $14.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Triton more books like this by Samuel R. Delany Triton, the outermost moon of Neptune, was a world of absolute freedom, where every wish could be fulfilled. But for Bron Helstrom, one of Triton's elite, life had lost its meaning. There, in a world of endless possibilities, Bron began a searing odyssey to find the object of his desires. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The fall of the towers more books like this by Samuel R Delany Come and enter Samuel Delany’s tomorow, in this trilogy of high adventure, with acrobats and urchins, criminals and courtiers, fishermen and factory-workers, madmen and mind-readers, dwarves and ducheses, giants and geniuses, merchants and mathematicians, soldiers and scholars, pirates and poets, and a gallery of aliens who fly, crawl, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Hogg more books like this by Samuel R Delany A new edition of a classic and controversial novel; Acclaimed winner of the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a lifetime's contribution to gay and lesbian literature, Samuel R. Delany wrote Hogg three decades ago. Since then it has been one of America's most famous 'unpublishable' novels. The subject matter of Hogg is our culture of sexual ... see all copies from $14.55! new only from $14.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Babel-17/Empire Star more books like this by Samuel R. Delany Winner of the Nebula Award for best novel of the year, "Babel-17" is a fascinating tale of a famous poet bent on deciphering a secret language that is the key to the enemy's deadly force, a task that requires she travel with a splendidly improbable crew to the site of the next attack. see all copies from $3.99! new only from $8.64! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Neveryona, or: The Tale of Signs and Cities--Some Informal Remarks Towards the Modular Calculus, Part Four more books like this by Samuel R Delany This full-length novel tells how Pryn, who can write in the largely pre-literate land, flees her mountain village to aid Gorgik's slave revolt. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Longer Views: Extended Essays more books like this by Samuel R Delany A series of long post-structuralist responses to everything from epic poetry to feminist science fictional theory, with stops at Antonin Artaud and Richard Wagner for good measure, by author and critic Delany. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.98! \| first editions
14 view cover	Dark Reflections more books like this by Samuel R Delany Arnold Hawley, a gay, African-American poet, has lived in NYC for most of his life. "Dark Reflections" traces Hawley's life in three sections -- in reverse order. Part one: Hawley, at 50 years old, wins the an award for his sixth book of poems. Part two explores Hawley's unhappy marriage, while the final section recalls his college days. "Dark ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics--A Collection of Written Interviews more books like this by Samuel R Delany As the title suggests, this book was assembled from a series of written interviews with author Samuel R. Delany about language, race, sex, science fiction, and comics, Topics he has dealt with extensively in both his fiction and non-fiction work. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $23.50! \| first editions
16 view cover	So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy more books like this by Nalo Hopkinson (Editor), Uppinder Mehan (Editor), Samuel R Delany (Introduction by) "So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy" is an anthology of original new stories by leading African, Asian, South Asian and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of color. Stories of imagined futures abound in Western writing. Writer and editor Nalo Hopkinson notes that the science fiction ... see all copies from $12.34! new only from $12.34! \| first editions
17	Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany, Jack Gaughan, John Schoenherr see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York more books like this by Samuel R Delany, Mia Wolff (Illustrator), Alan Moore (Introduction by) A graphic novel collaboration between science fiction author and critic Samuel R. Delany and noted illustrator Mia Wolff. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The jewels of Aptor more books like this by Samuel R. Delany When Argo, the White Goddess, orders it, Geo, the itinerant poet, and his three disparate companions journey to the island of Aptor to seize a jewel from the dark god, Hama, and return it to Argo so that she may defeat the malign forces ranged against her and the land of Leptar. But, as the four press deep into the enigmatic heart of Aptor and the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	They Fly at Ciron more books like this by Samuel R Delany As this novel begins, the peaceful village of ciron faces conquest and domination by the army of Myetra, as led by a cruel prince. The Myetrans subdue ciron, killing many and enslaving the rest. But Rahm escapes--and then befriends one of the fearsome Winged Ones, humanoids with batlike wings. Meanwhile, led by the young village garbage collector ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Tales of Neveryon more books like this by Samuel R. Delany The first book of a four-part science fiction fantasy series depicting an empire beyond the borders of history where human destinies entwine in a strange design. It is an intricate web of adventure, intrigue and desire and a literary puzzle where meaning, parable and paradox collide. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Aye, and Gomorrah: And Other Stories more books like this by Samuel R Delany This volume gathers the short stories from the out-of-print DRIFTGLASS collection, along with four additional stories to compile nearly all of Delany's published short fiction. Includes the Nebula Award winning title story and "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones," which won both the Nebula and Hugo awards. see all copies from $3.09! new only from $8.55! \| first editions
23 view cover	Atlantis more books like this by Samuel R Delany In these stories, Samuel R. Delany explores the intricate interdependencies of memory, experience, and self. We begin with Atlantis: Model 1924, a short novel that tells of a young African-American's first six months in 1920s New York, and of the sharp contrast between his experiences there and his childhood and adolescence in North Carolina. In a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
24	Neveryona: Or the Tale of Signs and Cities more books like this by Samuel R. Delany The second book in author Delany's complex study of the mythology of an imaginary country on the brink of "civilization." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $66.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	Bridge of Lost Desire more books like this by Samuel R Delany Samuel R. Delany, author of the bestselling Dhalgren and the popular, literary barbarian fantasy "Neveryon" series, now continues his Neveryon tales in The Bridge of Lost Desire. The climactic volume to one of the most beautiful and respected sword and sorcery series ever written. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| signed copies \| first editions

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