Dhalgren

1st edition, 1st printing; Signed by author on title page and inscribed "To Michael from Samuel R. Delany Berkeley '87"; Creasing on spine and some light wear around edges otherwise exceedingly well preserved and very fine copy; Text unmarked; Very scarce signed first printing of author's most notorious work in very good to near fine condition "In Dhalgren, perhaps 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"" (Jonathan Lethem). 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. And into this disaster zone comes a young man–poet, lover, and adventurer–known only as the Kid. Tackling questions of race, gender, and sexuality, Dhalgren is a literary marvel and groundbreaking work of American magical realism.".