Dhalgren
$49.62
- Paperback
802 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2001
Summary
In one of the most profound and bestselling science fiction novels of all time, Samuel R. Delany has produced a novel “to stand with the best American fiction of the 1970s.”
Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. Something has happened there…. The population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. Into this disaster zone comes a young man—poet, lover, and adventurer—known only as the Kid.
Tackling…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375706684 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375706682 |
| Author: | Sameul R. Delaney |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 802 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2001 |
| Weight: | 575g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 131mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“The very best ever to come out of the science fiction field… A literary landmark.” - Theodore Sturgen; “A Joycean tour de force of a novel, Dhalgren…stake[s] a better claim than anything else in this last quarter-century…to a permanent place as one of the enduring monuments of our national literature.” - The Libertarian Review
About The Author
Sameul R. Delaney
Samuel R. Delany is best known as the author of science fiction and fantasy novels, and his books, including Babel-17, have won both Hugo and Nebula Awards. He has also published several books of non-fiction, including critical studies of literature, a volume of memoirs and the best-selling Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. Born and raised in New York City’s Harlem, he is now a professor of creative writing and English at Temple University in Philadelphia.
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