For astronaut David Dixon, sneaking aboard a Russian space station and stealing a nuclear bomb was the easy part — now he has to survive re-entry on an untested inflatable heat shield and then deal with the aftermath of being the most wanted man...
In the high-flying, heady world of 1920s aviation,
brash pilot Robert “Hitch” Hitchcock’s life does a barrel roll when a
young woman in an old-fashioned ball gown falls from the clouds smack in
front of his biplane. As fearless as she is...
Like his legendary Hogg, The Mad Man, and the million-seller Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany’s major new novel Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders — explicit, poetic, philosophical, and, yes, shocking — propels readers into a gay sexual...
As this novel begins, the peaceful village of Çiron faces conquest and domination by the army of Myetra, as led by a cruel prince. The Myetrans subdue Çiron, killing many and enslaving the rest.
But Rahm escapes — and then befriends one of...
In this novel of Neveryóna, a girl takes off on a dragon’s back for an adventure of amazement and wonder.
One of the few in Neveryóna who can read and write, pryn has saddled a wild dragon and taken off from a mountain ledge. Self-described...
“A very moving, intensely fascinating literary biography from an extraordinary writer. Thoroughly admirable candor and luminous stylistic precision; the artist as a young man and a memorable picture of an age.”
— William Gibson
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“Reading is a many-layered process — like writing,” observes Samuel R. Delany, a Nebula and Hugo award-winning author and a major commentator on American literature and culture. In this collection of six extended essays, Delany challenges...
Wesleyan University Press has made a significant commitment to the publication of the work of Samuel R. Delany, including this recent fiction, now available in paperback. The three long stories collected in Atlantis: three tales — “Atlantis:...
A, B, C: Three Short Novels contains the first three novels of Samuel R. Delany's long and illustrious career.
The Jewels of Aptor is a science-fantasy story about a seafaring quest that sets out to find powerful magic jewels on a mystical,...
The USS Sharkfin was twelve hours out of the Strait of Gibraltar on course 278 degrees true, destination New London. The men on sonar watch weren’t listening for the approach of an enemy. They were primarily concerned with the sonar search...