Longer Views: Extended Essays - Hardcover

Delany, Samuel R.

9780819552815: Longer Views: Extended Essays

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ISBN 10: 081955281X ISBN 13: 9780819552815

Publisher: Wesleyan Univ Pr, 1996

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The science fiction writer gathers essays discussing such topics as linguistics, science fiction, and homosexuality

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Longer Views is an intellectually adventurous book . . . Every page of every essay here rewards a second reading, and a third. Delany has a fearsomely stocked intellect, and a wider range of experience than most writers can even imagine . . . He is brilliant, driven, prolific. The Nation"

Texts that inspire his respect are treated with what might be called skeptical deference . . . in Longer Views, [Delany] proves he can . . . deconstruct a text from nose to tail until there is nothing left but the oink. New York Times Book Review"

Rare personal frankness and stunning erudition . . . Recommended for readers who enjoy the challenge of being led into remote regions of a gifted mind. Library Journal"

One of science fiction's grand masters . . . Delany's elegant command of language and deep insight into other authors' works are delightful to behold. Booklist"

"Longer Views is an intellectually adventurous book . . . Every page of every essay here rewards a second reading, and a third. Delany has a fearsomely stocked intellect, and a wider range of experience than most writers can even imagine . . . He is brilliant, driven, prolific."-- "The Nation"

"Texts that inspire his respect are treated with what might be called skeptical deference . . . in Longer Views, [Delany] proves he can . . . deconstruct a text from nose to tail until there is nothing left but the oink."-- "New York Times Book Review"

About the Author

SAMUEL R. DELANY is award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, most recently Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. He lives in New York City.

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