(urth) S.R. Delany's "Neveron" Stories

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes danldo at gmail.com
Sat Jul 27 18:29:42 PDT 2013


Delany has been fascinated since early days with the idea of "artist as
outlaw," and he sometimes takes this to extremes in his own writing. That
said, he has gone too far for me to follow at least twice (HOGG and THE MAD
MAN).


On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:44 PM, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I actually have enjoyed some of Delany's work.  I am not one to allow an
> artist's personal life to affect my opinion of their art, but some of the
> things Delany writes about are so far beyond my experience that I cannot
> relate.  Other subjects he chooses to focus on are disgusting, and I think
> this is his aim.  The NAMBLA thing is repulsive to me.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The difference is that he's not that particular kind of pervert, but
>> politically supports their right to exist. His argument (which I do _not_
>> agree with) is that man-boy love was acceptable in society much longer than
>> it's been unacceptable, and that it became unacceptable when it was no
>> longer beneficial to the economic ruling classes.
>>
>> As I said: A Marxist.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:11 PM, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What's the difference?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, he is not, though he has spoken in support of them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:39 AM, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> He is also a member of NAMBLA.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:54 PM, David Stockhoff <
>>>>> dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, there's that. ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/26/2013 3:49 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Delany is (or at least was) a Marxist with very little interest in
>>>>>>> religion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:44 PM, David Stockhoff <
>>>>>>> dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net**>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     On 7/25/2013 11:14 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     >Religion vs. non-religion, I don't know, passages from NOVA and
>>>>>>>>     other works feel pretty damn religious to me. Maybe Delany
>>>>>>>>     doesn't believe, but he sure can talk the talk.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     I believe he can do that.  Maybe I was too sure of myself, but I
>>>>>>>>     very, very strongly suspect that he simply dismisses the talk,
>>>>>>>>     except maybe in occasional moods.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     Jerry Friedman
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     I think Delany is concerned with, among other things, words and
>>>>>>>     language and symbols as a form of power. Neveryona and some other
>>>>>>>     novels are preoccupied with this idea (and sex).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     I don't see such a person as being interested in religion except
>>>>>>>     as another form of power and another source of language. But I
>>>>>>>     could be wrong.
>>>>>>>
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