Flight from Neveryon

Delany, Samuel R.

ISBN 10: 0819562777 / ISBN 13: 9780819562777

Published by University Press of New England, 1994

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A novel of myth and literacy about a long-ago land on the brink of civilization. Vol 3 Series: Return to Neveryon. Num Pages: 378 pages, figures. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435. . 1994. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flight from Neveryon
• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0819562777
• ISBN 13: 9780819562777
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A novel of myth and literacy about a long-ago land on the brink of civilization. Vol 3

In his four-volume series Return to Nevčr˙on, Hugo and Nebula award-winner Samuel R. Delany appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power, gender, and the nature of civilization. Wesleyan University Press has reissued the long-unavailable Nevčr˙onvolumes in trade paperback.

The eleven stories, novellas, and novels in Return to Nevčr˙on's four volumes chronicle a long-ago land on civilization's brink, perhaps in Asia or Africa, or even on the Mediterranean. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery. Ironically, however, he is sexually aroused by the iron slave collars of servitude. Does this contaminate his mission ― or intensify it? Presumably elaborated from an ancient text of unknown geographical origin, the stories are sunk in translators' and commentators' introductions and appendices, forming a richly comic frame.

About the Author

Samuel R. Delany's many prizes include the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a lifetime's contribution to gay and lesbian literature. Wesleyan has published both his fiction and nonfiction, including Atlantis: three tales (1995), Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics (1994), Longer Views: Extended Essays (1996), and Shorter Views: Queer Thoughts & the Politics of the Paraliterary. The press has also reissued his classic science fiction novels Dhalgren (1996), Trouble on Triton (1996, originally published as Triton), and The Einstein Intersection (1998).