(urth) S.R. Delany's "Neveron" Stories
Marc Aramini
marcaramini at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 25 07:52:33 PDT 2013
Yeah his last is a bit cropo-mucophagic. Delany is a good writer who writes about some nasty stuff. Not sure if his later output is worth the effort, but Dark Reflections was at least a little but less pornographic than his other late stuff. I guess I don't see neveryon as New Sun like because of the absence of religious obsession, the thing that so captivated me about New Sun. I think Delany is more interested in the "traditional" (oxymoron) postmodern look at power relationships and sociological constructions. Haven't read Neveryon in many years though,mostly I remember a bridge and male prostitution ...
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On Jul 25, 2013, at 3:12 AM, "Gerry Quinn" <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:
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> From: Fred Kiesche
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>> Anybody know if Samuel R. Delany is a fan of Gene Wolfe? I'm seeing parallels
>> in pacing, "feel" between the New Sun and SRD's "Neveron" stories and books.
>> Or are both just influenced by (for example) Borges?
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> Common interests seem more likely. Delaney was mostly writing before Wolfe - I think he's been writing mostly autobiographies and gay porn since the '80s. He has a new SF novel out recently, though the Tor review suggested it is for the strong of stomach.
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> - Gerry Quinn
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