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(b.Samuel Ray 'Chip' Delany, Jr was born in Harlem in 1942, and published his first novel at the age of just 20. As author, critic and academic, his influence on the modern genre has been profound and he remains one of science fiction's most important and discussed writers. He has won the HUGO AWARD twice and the NEBULA AWARD four times, including consecutive wins for BABEL-17 and THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION. Since January 2001 he has been a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he is Director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program.
Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction
Series
Fall of the Towers
1. Captives of the Flame (1963)
aka Out of the Dead City
2. The Towers of Toron (1964)
3. The City of a Thousand Suns (1965)
The Fall of the Towers (omnibus) (1970)
1. Captives of the Flame (1963)
aka Out of the Dead City
2. The Towers of Toron (1964)
3. The City of a Thousand Suns (1965)
The Fall of the Towers (omnibus) (1970)
Neveryon
1. Tales of Neveryon (1975)
2. Neveryona (1983)
3. Flight from Neveryon (1978)
4. The Bridge of Lost Desire (1987)
aka Return to Neveryon
Return to Neveryon: The Complete Series (omnibus) (2017)
1. Tales of Neveryon (1975)
2. Neveryona (1983)
3. Flight from Neveryon (1978)
4. The Bridge of Lost Desire (1987)
aka Return to Neveryon
Return to Neveryon: The Complete Series (omnibus) (2017)
Novels
The Ballad of Beta-2 (1965)
Babel-17 (1966)
The Einstein Intersection (1967)
Nova (1968)
The Tides of Lust (1973)
aka Equinox
Dhalgren (1974)
Triton (1976)
aka Trouble on Triton
Empire (1978)
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1985)
They Fly at Ciron (1993)
The Mad Man (1994)
Hogg (1995)
Dark Reflections (2007)
Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders (2011)
Voyage, Orestes! (2019)
Babel-17 (1966)
The Einstein Intersection (1967)
Nova (1968)
The Tides of Lust (1973)
aka Equinox
Dhalgren (1974)
Triton (1976)
aka Trouble on Triton
Empire (1978)
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand (1985)
They Fly at Ciron (1993)
The Mad Man (1994)
Hogg (1995)
Dark Reflections (2007)
Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders (2011)
Voyage, Orestes! (2019)
Omnibus
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo / The Star Pit (1988) (with John Varley)
Babel-17 / Empire Star (2002)
In Search of Silence (2017)
The Novels of Samuel R. Delany Volume One (2017)
Babel-17 / Empire Star (2002)
In Search of Silence (2017)
The Novels of Samuel R. Delany Volume One (2017)
Collections
Aye, and Gomorrah (1967)
Driftglass (1971)
Distant Stars (1981)
The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction (1986)
Driftglass / Starshards (1993)
Atlantis (1995)
Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack (2014) (with Marion Zimmer Bradley, Harry Harrison, H Beam Piper, Winston P Sanders (Poul Anderson) and Harl Vincent)
The Mad Man: or, The Mysteries of Manhattan (2015)
A, B, C (2015)
Driftglass (1971)
Distant Stars (1981)
The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction (1986)
Driftglass / Starshards (1993)
Atlantis (1995)
Giant Science-Fiction Six-Pack (2014) (with Marion Zimmer Bradley, Harry Harrison, H Beam Piper, Winston P Sanders (Poul Anderson) and Harl Vincent)
The Mad Man: or, The Mysteries of Manhattan (2015)
A, B, C (2015)
Novellas
The Jewels of Aptor (1962)
Empire Star (1966)
We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line (1990)
Bread and Wine (1999)
Phallos (2004)
Empire Star (1966)
We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line (1990)
Bread and Wine (1999)
Phallos (2004)
Series contributed to
Anthologies edited
Quark 1 (1970) (with Marilyn Hacker)
Quark 3 (1971) (with Marilyn Hacker)
Quark 2 (1971) (with Marilyn Hacker)
Quark 4 (1971) (with Marilyn Hacker)
Quark 3 (1971) (with Marilyn Hacker)
Quark 2 (1971) (with Marilyn Hacker)
Quark 4 (1971) (with Marilyn Hacker)
Non fiction
The Jewel-Hinged Jaw (1977)
The American Shore (1978)
Heavenly Breakfast (1979)
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (1983)
Starboard Wine (1984)
The Straits of Messina (1986)
The Motion of Light in Water (1988)
Wagner/Artaud (1988)
Silent Interviews (1994)
Longer Views (1996)
1984 (2000)
Shorter Views (2000)
Black Gay Man (2001) (with Robert Reid-Pharr)
About Writing (2006)
The Atheist in the Attic (2018)
The American Shore (1978)
Heavenly Breakfast (1979)
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (1983)
Starboard Wine (1984)
The Straits of Messina (1986)
The Motion of Light in Water (1988)
Wagner/Artaud (1988)
Silent Interviews (1994)
Longer Views (1996)
1984 (2000)
Shorter Views (2000)
Black Gay Man (2001) (with Robert Reid-Pharr)
About Writing (2006)
The Atheist in the Attic (2018)
Anthologies containing stories by Samuel R Delany
Dangerous Visions 3 (1967)
Nebula Award Stories 3 (1967)
World's Best Science Fiction 1968 (1968)
Nebula Award Stories 5 (1970)
The Hugo Winners 1968-1970 (1971)
Partners in Wonder (1971)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four (1981)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994)
Off Limits (1996)
Nebula Award Stories 3 (1967)
World's Best Science Fiction 1968 (1968)
Nebula Award Stories 5 (1970)
The Hugo Winners 1968-1970 (1971)
Partners in Wonder (1971)
Modern Science Fiction (1974)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four (1981)
The Norton Book of Science Fiction (1993)
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994)
Off Limits (1996)
Short stories
| The Ballad of Beta-2 [short story] (1965) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| Empire Star [short story] (1966) | |||
| Aye, and Gomorrah... (1967) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards | ||
| Corona (1967) | |||
| Driftglass [short story] (1967) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| The Star Pit (1967) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| High Weir (1968) | |||
| Lines of Power (1968) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
| The Power of the Nail (1968) (with Harlan Ellison) | |||
| Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (1968) | Hugo Nebula Awards | ||
| Prismatica (1977) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The Tale of Gorkin (1979) | Nebula Awards (nominee) |
Awards
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Books about Samuel R Delany
Samuel R Delany recommends
Motherlines (1978)
(Holdfast, book 2)
Suzy McKee Charnas
"Everything I've always wanted from an adventure, and then some!"
The Falling Woman (1986)
Pat Murphy
"A lovely and literate exploration of the dark moment where myth and science meet."
Alanya to Alanya (2005)
(Marq'ssan Cycle, book 1)
L Timmel Duchamp
"[Duchamp] is simply and unarguably among the best."
The Mere Wife (2018)
Maria Dahvana Headley
"Maria Dahvana Headley writes with crackling headlong sentences that range among old plots and news observations about a world that earlier today seemed too familiar. Master story teller, brilliant stylist, a writer with this sort of command of language is a delight to read. Here's a book to call up an old story in the newest possible way."
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