Samuel R. Delany

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Samuel R. Delany is an acclaimed American author known for his works in science fiction, fantasy, erotic literature, and nonfiction. He has received numerous awards, including two Hugo Awards and four Nebula Awards. Delany, who grew up in Harlem, began his career as a professor in 1988 and has since taught at various colleges.

Samuel R. Delany's works include several notable titles with alternate names: "Captives of the Flame," also known as "Out of the Dead City"; "The Bridge of Lost Desire," republished as "Return to Neveryon"; "The Tides of Lust," alternatively titled "Equinox"; and "Triton," which was also published as "Trouble on Triton." Additionally, Delany co-authored "Black Gay Man" with Robert Reid-Pharr. These works explore diverse themes and settings, ranging from science fiction to social commentary.

The Fall of the Towers

Captives of the Flame / Out of the Dead City

(1963)

The Towers of Toron

(1964)

City of a Thousand Suns

(1965)

Return to Nevèrÿon

Tales of Nevèrÿon

(1979)

Neveryóna

(1983)

Flight from Nevèrÿon

(1985)

The Bridge of Lost Desire / Return to Neveryon

(1987)

Standalone Novels

The Ballad of Beta-2

(1965)

Babel-17

(1966)

The Einstein Intersection

(1967)

Nova

(1968)

The Tides of Lust

(1973)

Dhalgren

(1975)

Tritón / Trouble on Triton

(1976)

Empire

(1978)

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

(1984)

They Fly At Çiron

(1993)

Hogg

(1994)

The Mad Man

(1994)

Dark Reflections

(2007)

Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders

(2011)

Voyage, Orestes!

(2019)

Shoat Rumblin: His Sensations and Ideas

(2020)

Short Stories/Novellas

The Jewels of Aptor

(1962)

Empire Star

(1966)

Home Is the Hangman/We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line

(1990)

Bread and Wine

(1999)

Phallos

(2004)

Collections

Aye, and Gomorrah

(1967)

Driftglass

(1971)

Distant Stars

(1981)

The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction

(1986)

Driftglass/Starshards

(1993)

Atlantis

(1995)

Sensitive Skin #9: post-beat, pre-apocalyptic art, writing and music

(2012)(With: Bernard Meisler,John Lurie)

A, B, C

(2015)

The Novels of Samuel R. Delany Volume One

(2017)

Occasional Views, Volume 1

(2021)

Occasional Views, Volume 2

(2021)

Roots of Imagination: A Chrestomathy

(2023)

Non-Fiction

The Jewel-Hinged Jaw

(1977)

The American Shore

(1978)

Heavenly Breakfast

(1979)

Starboard Wine

(1984)

The Motion of Light in Water

(1988)

Wagner Artaud

(1988)

The Straits of Messina

(1989)

Silent Interviews

(1994)

Longer Views

(1996)

Times Square Red, Times Square Blue

(1999)

1984

(2000)

Shorter Views

(2000)

Black Gay Man

(2001)

About Writing

(2006)

Conversations with Samuel R. Delany

(2009)

The Atheist in the Attic

(2018)(With: Eleanor Arnason)

Letters from Amherst

(2019)

Frederick Weston & Samuel R. Delany in Conversation

(2021)(With: Frederick Weston)

Occasional Views, Volume 1

(2021)

Of Solids and Surds

(2021)

Occasional Views, Volume 2

(2021)

The Tragedy of Ophelia: Two Essays

(2021)

Outspoken Authors

The Human Front

(2001)(By: Ken MacLeod)

The Left Left Behind

(2009)(By: Terry Bisson,Eleanor Arnason)

Lucky Strike

(2009)(By: Kim Stanley Robinson)

The Underbelly

(2010)(By: Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason)

Mammoths of the Great Plains

(2010)(By: Eleanor Arnason)

The Wild Girls

(2011)(By: Ursula K. Le Guin,Eleanor Arnason)

Modem Times 2.0

(2011)(By: Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason)

The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

(2011)(By: Cory Doctorow,Eleanor Arnason)

Report from Planet Midnight

(2012)(By: Nalo Hopkinson,Eleanor Arnason)

The Science of Herself

(2013)(By: Karen Joy Fowler,Eleanor Arnason)

Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials

(2013)(By: Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner)

New Taboos

(2013)(By: John Shirley)

Raising Hell

(2014)(By: Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason)

My Life, My Body

(2015)(By: Marge Piercy)

Gypsy

(2015)(By: Carter Scholz,Eleanor Arnason)

Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be

(2016)(By: Joe R. Lansdale,Eleanor Arnason)

Fire.

(2017)(By: Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason)

Totalitopia

(2017)(By: John Crowley)

The Atheist in the Attic

(2018)(With: Eleanor Arnason)

Thoreau's Microscope

(2018)(By: Michael Blumlein,Eleanor Arnason)

The Beatrix Gates

(2019)(By: Rachel Pollack)

A City Made of Words

(2019)(By: Paul Park)

PM's Outspoken Authors

The Presidential Papers

(1984)(By: John H. Kessel)

The Human Front

(2001)(By: Ken MacLeod)

The Underbelly

(2010)(By: Gary Phillips,Eleanor Arnason)

Mammoths of the Great Plains

(2010)(By: Eleanor Arnason)

Modem Times 2.0

(2011)(By: Michael Moorcock,Eleanor Arnason)

Surfing the Gnarl

(2012)(By: Rudy Rucker)

Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials

(2013)(By: Eleanor Arnason,Paul Krassner)

Raising Hell

(2014)(By: Norman Spinrad,Eleanor Arnason)

Gypsy

(2015)(By: Carter Scholz)

Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be

(2016)(By: Joe R. Lansdale,Eleanor Arnason)

Fire.

(2017)(By: Elizabeth Hand,Eleanor Arnason)

The Atheist in the Attic

(2018)(With: Eleanor Arnason)

Beatrix Gates

(2019)(By: Rachel Pollack)

Talk Like a Man

(2019)(By: Nisi Shawl)

Big Girl

(2020)(By: Meg Elison)

Planetbreaker’s Son

(2021)(By: Nick Mamatas)

Utopias of the Third Kind

(2021)(By: Vandana Singh)

Night Shift

(2022)(By: Eileen Gunn)

The Collapsing Frontier

(2024)(By: Jonathan Lethem)

Anthologies

Shores Beneath

Dangerous Visions

(1967)

Dangerous Visions 3

(1967)

Quark 1

(1970)

Quark 4

(1971)

Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader

(1973)

Alpha 5

(1974)

Wondermakers 2

(1974)

Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy, November 1977

(1977)

Nebula Awards 13

(1980)

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969

(1981)

What If? Volume 3

(1982)

Worlds Apart

(1986)

diacritics: a review of contemporary criticism

(1986)

Mississippi Review 47 / 48

(1988)

Storming the Reality Studio

(1991)

Fiction International 22

(1992)

Avant-Pop: Fiction for a Daydream Nation

(1993)

The Mammoth Book of Erotica

(1994)

Swords of the Rainbow

(1996)

Shade

(1996)

Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories

(1997)

A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

(2000)

The Ultimate Cyberpunk

(2002)

Supermen

(2002)

Reading the Bones

(2004)

110 Stories

(2004)

The Space Opera Renaissance

(2006)

The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1

(2007)

Fiction's Present

(2007)

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction

(2010)

Ecce Kosti Addenda

(2012)

The Shadows Took Shape

(2013)

The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack

(2013)

Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology

(2013)

Cross Worlds: Transcultural Poetics: An Anthology

(2014)

Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep

(2015)

People of Color Destroy Science Fiction!

(2016)

Everyone: Worlds Without Walls

(2017)

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018

(2018)

The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison

(2019)

Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers!

(2019)

Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology

(2021)

Queer Ideas

(2023)

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