Samuel Delany and the Past and Future of Science Fiction

Re:Samuel Delany and the Past and Future of Science Fiction by WaxProlix on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:01PM (#9978078)

I started with Babel-17 and then read Nova and Stars In My Pocket... before getting into the short stories a bit (Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones was the first, I think).

He's a master, and his works are in a real sense masterworks. Whatever you start with, you'll probably find something to enjoy.

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Re:Samuel Delany and the Past and Future of Science Fiction by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:03PM (#9978096)

Stars in my pocket... is an Epic. Definitely worth it, but like Dune, it took me years of trying to get past page 100. Once past, they were both amazing works, but, oh do they start of sooo slowly.

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Re:Samuel Delany and the Past and Future of Science Fiction by WaxProlix on Thursday July 30, 2015 @05:34PM (#9978322)

I never had a problem with either of them, for some reason, but E.R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros had that effect on me pretty heavily. To this day I've never read more than 100 pages of that book in a single attempt (where attempt can be a couple weeks of concerted effort).

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