Driftglass
1971 collection of science fiction short stories by Samuel R. Delany
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Author | Samuel R. Delany |
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Cover artist | David Wilcox |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
Publisher | Nelson Doubleday |
Publication date | 1971 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 278 |
Driftglass is a 1971 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Samuel R. Delany. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Worlds of Tomorrow, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, If and New Worlds or the anthologies Quark/3, Dangerous Visions and Alchemy & Academe. In 2019, Driftglass was selected as one of the "50 Unapologetically Queer Authors Share the Best LGBTQ Books of All Time" in O, The Oprah Magazine.[1]
Contents
- "The Star Pit"
- "Dog in a Fisherman’s Net"
- "Corona"
- "Aye, and Gomorrah..." (winner of the Nebula Award)
- "Driftglass"
- "We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"[2]
- "Cage of Brass"
- "High Weir"
- "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
- "Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo"
References
- ^ Hart, Michelle (4 June 2019). "50 Queer Authors Share Their All-Time Favorite LGBTQ Books". Oprah Magazine.
- ^ This story is dedicated to Roger Zelazny, of whose work it is a pastiche. Zelazny also appears as a character. "'My name's Roger...' followed by something Polish and unpronounceable that began with Z and ended with Y." (p. 141) It also contains a pre-Internet reference to "a worldwide computer system." (p.155)
Sources
- "The Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on 2008-01-06. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
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Samuel R. Delany
- The Jewels of Aptor (1962)
- The Ballad of Beta-2 (1965)
- Empire Star (1966)
- Babel-17 (1966)
- The Einstein Intersection (1967)
- Nova (1968)
- Equinox (1973)
- Dhalgren (1975)
- Trouble on Triton (1976)
- Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1984)
- They Fly at Çiron (1993)
- The Mad Man (1994)
- Hogg (1995)
- Phallos (2004)
- Dark Reflections (2007)
- Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders (2012)
- Captives of the Flame (1963)
- The Towers of Toron (1964)
- City of a Thousand Suns (1965)
- Tales of Nevèrÿon (1979)
- Neveryóna, or: The Tale of Signs and Cities (1983)
- Flight from Nevèrÿon (1985)
- Return to Nevèrÿon (1987)
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Collections |
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- Heavenly Breakfast (1979)
- The Motion of Light in Water (1988)
- The Straits of Messina (1989)
- Silent Interviews (1995)
- Longer Views (1996)
- Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (1999)
- Shorter Views (2000)