Starboard Wine: More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction
Samuel R Delany
Published by Dragon, 1984
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1st edition, 1st printing thus of limited, definitive Dragon edition; Signed by author on half-title page and dated "'84"; No dust jacket as issued; Boards very good with some wear at top and bottom around spine and corners; Writing on flyleafs, pages otherwise unmarked
In Starboard Wine, Samuel R. 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. Seller Inventory # ABE-1768632077224
Bibliographic Details
Title: Starboard Wine: More Notes on the Language ...
Publisher: Dragon
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition