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

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

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>wrote:

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> On 7/25/2013 11:14 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:
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>  >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.
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>  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.
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>  Jerry Friedman
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> 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).
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> 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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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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