Delany, Samuel R.

The Einstein intersection by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
39 editions published between 1967 and 1999 in 7 languages and held by 1,240 libraries worldwide
"Tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity."

Return to Nevèrÿon by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
10 editions published between 1987 and 1994 in English and held by 1,117 libraries worldwide

Stars in my pocket like grains of sand by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
16 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,066 libraries worldwide
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues -- technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism -- have only become more pressing with the passage of time. The novel's topic is information itself: What are the repercussions, once it has been made public, that two individuals have been found to be each other's perfect erotic object out to "point nine-nine-nine and several nines percent more"? What will it do to the individuals involved, to the city they inhabit, to their geosector, to their entire world society, especially when one is an illiterate worker, the sole survivor of a world destroyed by "cultural fugue," and the other is -- you!

Trouble on Triton an ambiguous heterotopia by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
27 editions published between 1976 and 1996 in 7 languages and held by 966 libraries worldwide
"In a story as exciting as any science fiction adventure written, Samuel R. Delany's 1976 SF novel, originally published as Triton, takes us on a tour of a utopian society at war with our own Earth. High wit in this future comedy of manners allows Delany to question gender roles and sexual expectations at a level that, 20 years after it was written, still make it a coruscating portrait of "the happily reasonable man," Bron Helstrom - an immigrant to the embattled world of Triton, whose troubles become more and more complex, till there is nothing left for him to do but become a woman. Against a background of high adventure, this minuet of a novel dances from the farthest limits of the solar system to Earth's own Outer Mongolia. Alternately funny and moving, it is a wide-ranging tale in which character after character turns out not to be what he - or she - seems."--BOOK JACKET.

Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
14 editions published between 1979 and 1996 in English and French and held by 945 libraries worldwide
Fantasy of a fabulous empire.

Dhalgren by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
23 editions published between 1974 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 921 libraries worldwide
"Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. The population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. Into this disaster zone comes a young man-poet, love, and adventurer known only as the Kid. -- Back cover.

Nova by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
44 editions published between 1968 and 2002 in 11 languages and held by 919 libraries worldwide
Science fiction-roman.

Atlantis three tales by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
9 editions published in 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 895 libraries worldwide
Three novellas by a black writer. The novella, Atlantis: Model 1924, describes the sense of wonder experienced by a 17-year-old black youth from the South on his arrival in New York, while Citre et Trans is on a black man who is raped in Greece and the effect this has on his life. By the author of Return to Neveryon.

Flight from Nevèrÿon by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
12 editions published between 1985 and 1994 in English and held by 861 libraries worldwide
The fabulous land of Neveryon is one of the most vividly realized creations in all of modern fantasy. an ancient empire of exotic pleasures and nameless terrors.

Neveryóna, or, The tale of signs and cities by Samuel R Delany ( Book )
11 editions published between 1983 and 1996 in English and held by 850 libraries worldwide