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skmurphy · 2023-07-06 · Original thread
If you are looking for good books by Delany

Jewel Hinged Jaw is literary criticism and advice for writers https://www.amazon.com/Jewel-Hinged-Jaw-Language-Science-Fic...

His three most pure "science fiction" novels are Babel-17, Trouble on Triton (originally published as Triton), and Nova. They are all very imaginative but grounded in scientific extrapolation.

His Neveryona series of stories and books are set in a medieval frame but are really about modern life. I found them interesting and thought-provoking.

He wrote a short autobiographical piece about some time he spent in a commune called "Heavenly Breakfast" that I found insightful.

He has a number of very good shorts science fiction stories from the 60's and 70's that are very good as well. Two in particular I enjoyed:

"Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"

"We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"

are collected in "Driftglass"

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