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

[David Stockhoff]

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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