DHALGREN
by Delany, Samuel R
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy, corners a little bumped, without dust jacket as issued. An uncommon book. (11090)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Gregg Press, 1977. First edition. A fine copy, corners a little bumped, without dust jacket as issued. An uncommon book. (11090). Octavo, cloth. Signed by Delany on the title page. This edition contains all textual corrections from the author, including several dropped lines of dialogue (these corrections were not fully made through the first nine printings of the paperback editions). Lengthy introduction by Jean Mark Gawron. "Convoluted and fascinating, it remains on of the key works of avant-garde SF, by an author determined to extend the limits of the genre." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-127. Nominated for the Nebula award for best novel in 1975. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-315. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 533-38.
Synopsis
Dhalgren is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. The story begins with this cryptic passage: to wound the autumnal city. So howled out for the world to give him a name. The in-dark answered with wind. What follows is an extended trip to and through Bellona, a fictional city in the American Midwest cut off from the rest of the world by some unknown catastrophe. William Gibson calls Dhalgren "A riddle that was never meant to be solved."
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11090
- Title
- DHALGREN
- Author
- Delany, Samuel R
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy, corners a little bumped, without dust jacket as issued. An uncommon book. (11090)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Gregg Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- SF . Signed
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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