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david moses fruchter | 11 May 2013 23:59

Re: The Eater of Darkness

Wow, from that image of the wrapping text, if SRD didn't read it before 
he wrote Dhalgren then it's a pretty spooky case of parallel evolution 
(either than, or some common ancestor that we're not aware of.)

On 4/29/2013 3:39 PM, Planet_Stories wrote:

Anybody know if Chip ever read this? Given the description of the 
typography, it sounds like a maybe to me.

http://observatory.designobserver.com/rickpoynor/feature/on-the-trail-of-the-eater-of-darkness/37857/

The Eater of Darkness
Robert M. Coates
Cover art by Milton Glaser

Another book to hunt down!!!

Fred Kiesche
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Planet_Stories | 29 Apr 2013 22:39
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The Eater of Darkness

Anybody know if Chip ever read this? Given the description of the typography, it sounds like a maybe to me.

http://observatory.designobserver.com/rickpoynor/feature/on-the-trail-of-the-eater-of-darkness/37857/

The Eater of Darkness
Robert M. Coates
Cover art by Milton Glaser

Another book to hunt down!!!

Fred Kiesche
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Ralph Dumain | 26 Apr 2013 07:27
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analysis of TRITON ....

Just came across this old article. I find it quite remarkable, but I've 
also been out of the relevant loop for some time:

*John Fekete./The Dispossessed /and /Triton: /Act and System in Utopian 
Science Fiction <http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/18/fekete18art.htm>
/Science Fiction Studies/, # 18 = Volume 6, Part 2 = July 1979
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Todd Mason | 2 Apr 2013 00:11
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Fw: Samuel R. Delany's "Phallos" -- New and enhanced edition

Wesleyan just enjoys referring to an Enhanced PHALLOS on 1 April...of course, it's also Delany's birthday
(the thoughtful gift)...

Todd Mason
http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/

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From: Wesleyan Press <lstarr <at> wesleyan.edu>
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Sent: Monday, April 1, 2013 5:38 PM
Subject: Samuel R. Delany's "Phallos" -- New and enhanced edition

We are pleased to announce the
release of  Phallos: Enhanced and Revised Edition, by Samuel R. Delany, edited and with an afterword by
Robert F.
Reid-Pharr. 

A race for the stolen phallus of a
nameless god

Phallos is a vivid
and clever 2004 book by the acclaimed novelist and critic Samuel R.
Delany. A gay pornographic novella, with the explicit sex omitted, Phallos is set during the reign of the
second-century Roman
emperor Hadrian, and circles around the historical account of the
murder of the emperor’s favorite, Antinous. The story moves from
Syracuse to Egypt, from the Pillars of Hercules to Rome, from Athens
to Byzantium, and back. Young Neoptolomus searches after the stolen
phallus of the nameless god of Hermopolis, crafted of gold and
encrusted with jewels, within which are reputedly the ancient secrets
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Zvi Gilbert | 1 Apr 2013 15:52
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Happy birthday, Chip!

Happy birthday to Samuel R. Delany, 71 years young today.

And a nice little essay in his honour from Jo Walton at Tor.com:

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/04/on-this-day-samuel-r-delany

Happy spring and Easter to all.

--Zvi

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Greg Weeks | 19 Feb 2013 19:28
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Audio book


Captives of the Flame audio book by Librivox

http://librivox.org/captives-of-the-flame-by-samuel-r-delany/

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Greg Weeks
http://durendal.org/greg/
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Zvi Gilbert | 2 Jan 2013 18:18
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Also...

Here's a video of Chip reading from 'Through the Valley of the Nest of
Spiders', for those of you who don't follow boingboing.

http://boingboing.net/2013/01/02/samuel-delany-reads-from-t.html

Five points to the first person to decode the hidden reference in Cory's
post.

--Z

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zvi_delany_list | 2 Jan 2013 18:11
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Delany articles from American Literary History

Hello everyone and happy new year to you!

Samuel R. Delany was kind enough to send us copies of the articles by and about his work from the recent issue
of American Literary History. I have uploaded the zip archive of PDFs to the web group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delany-list/files/

Please do not distribute widely -- this is for our personal use, not for the entire Internet! 

Looking forward to discussing them with all of you.

Best,

--Zvi
zvi <at> vex.net
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Zvi Gilbert | 5 Dec 2012 22:32
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Three pieces of news, including: EXCLUSIVE: Delany's Brudner lectures

Hi everyone, and happy holidays.

Several pieces of interesting Delany news to report.

Samuel R. Delany gave the annual Brudner Memorial Prize Lectures on October
17-18, 2012.
http://lgbts.yale.edu/brudner

Delany posted the lectures in a text version on his Facebook page, but for
those of you who don't follow Delany on Facebook (or aren't on Facebook), I
asked if I could make them available on this list, and Delany was gracious
enough to send the corrected text to me in Word format. The two lectures
("Letter at 70" and "A View from the Valley's Edge") are available here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delany-list/files/

There is lots of wonderful stuff in them, including a discussion of an
(interestingly conservative!) view of the great novels, reflections on
getting older, and other gems. Please do read them, and I'm interested to
start a conversation about some of the views and ideas contained therein.

Delany also let me know that "the newest edition of* American Literary
History *(edited by Gordon Hutner), out of MIT Press, has a Symposium of
five papers, including Robert's "Introduction," on Delany's Work edited by
Robert F.
Reidd Pharr." More details about the volume can be found here:

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_literary_history/toc/alh.24.4.html

Those of you with institutional access may be able to read these essays
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Greg Weeks | 5 Dec 2012 16:23
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The Jewels of Aptor/Captives of the Flame


Both of these are being sold on Amazon by Wonder eBooks. Does anyone know 
if these are authorized by SRD or are being sold because they are Public 
Domain? These appear to be the only two books by SRD that Wonder is 
selling.

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Greg Weeks
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Zvi Gilbert | 30 Nov 2012 17:58
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Fwd: Starboard Wine -- reissued!

This just came through today -- but I already bought my copy. :)

Hope you're all having a great holiday season, and perhaps we can have some
late-year Delany discussions...

--Zvi

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From: Wesleyan Press <lstarr <at> wesleyan.edu>
Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Starboard Wine -- reissued!
To: zvi <at> vex.net

   *We are pleased to announce the reissue of this classic work of
criticism by Samuel R. Delany, Starboard Wine: More Notes on the Language
of Science Fiction**
*
[image: Delany - Starboard R-72-3.jpg]

In *Starboard Wine*, Samuel Delany explores the implications of his
now-famous assertion that science fiction is not about the future. Rather,
it uses the future as a means of talking about the present and its
potentiality. By recognizing a text’s specific “difference,” we begin to
see the quality of its particulars. Through riveting analyses of works by
Joanna Russ, Robert Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, and Thomas M. Disch,
Delany reveals critical strategies for reading that move beyond overwrought
theorizing and formulaic thinking. Throughout, the author performs the
kinds of careful inquiry and urgent speculation that he calls others to
engage in.
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