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Signed. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION; number 293 of 300 copies signed by author Samuel Delany, with additional signatures of Lavelle Porter, who wrote the introduction, and Piotr Jablonski who did the artwork. Fine in Fine dust jacket and slightly shelfworn slipcase.
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- Title
- Nova
- Author
- Samuel R. Delany
- Publisher
- Centipede Press
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1613472811
- ISBN 13
- 9781613472811
- Illustrator
- Piotr Jablonski
Set up to crash and burn like a Shakespearean tragedy performed in space, Nova follows the orphaned gypsy, Mouse, as he and a group of cyber stud renegades are recruited by the bullish pirate, Lorq Von Ray, to amass seven tons of the vital energy source, Illyrion. Thereby, shifting the balance of power and control in the galaxy to a new faction.
There’s just one planetary-sized problem. Procuring that much Illyrion in one go requires skimming the surface of the sun and entering a nova at just the right moment. Oh, and their crew isn’t the only one vying for that precious substance. Talk about bursting your super nova.
Nova was written and published at the height of the 1960s hippie movement, but out of touch and dated it is not. Its formative ideas behind race relations, free-flowing information overload, and questioning one’s own purpose are as relevant today as when the novel was released. And Delany’s inclusion of computer interfacing with mechanical limbs and implants predates the cyberpunk genre by years. He spearheaded the movement before the notion even existed. Prescience and Delany go together like Mouse and sensory-syrynx performances.
The novel also features an array of motifs ranging from the occult — in the form of Tarot card reading — to aesthetes who discuss the merits of art showcased in the Alkane, a museum on the planet Vorpis. Plus, there’s a backwards talking dialect that even Yoda can’t refute.
If nothing else, Nova is a fast-paced, adventurous space opera so densely packed that by the end you’ll be spinning out of control wondering if the story will have enough time to resolve itself. But don’t sweat it. You’re only defying physics flying too close to the sun.
Samuel R. Delany (b. 1942) is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society. His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (both Nebula award winners), Nova, and Dhalgren. After winning four Nebula awards and two Hugo awards over the course of his career, Delany was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2002. From January 2001 until his retirement in May 2015, he was a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Introduction by Lavelle Porter.
Artwork by Piotr Jablonski.
Tarot cards by Russell FitzGerald.
Limited to 300 signed and numbered copies and 80 unsigned copies.
Signed by Samuel R. Delany, Lavelle Porter, and Piotr Jablonski.
Clothbound with top-edge stain and two-color stamping.
Fully cloth bound, gorgeous dustjackets, printed endpapers, ribbon markers, head and tail bands.
Cloth slipcase with stamping on the spine.
Original book price: $325.
Book size 6¼ × 9¾ inches.
Number of pages: 328.
Published March 2022.
ISBN 978-1-61347-281-1.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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