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sam delany Anonymous Wed May 13 18:07:45 2020 No.15356387 [Reply] [Original]

what's everyone thoughts on Sam Delaney. favorite thing by him and such.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 18:08:27 2020 No.15356391 >>15356387 Who?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 18:08:59 2020 No.15356394 >>15356391 Samuel R. Delany, the sci-fi gaynigga.

Anonymous Wed May 13 18:21:50 2020 No.15356475

I'm reading Dhalgren. Its main character is full of self referential stuff (mixed race, clumsy, bisexual, confuses left and right). The worst part of it is the increasing focus on poetry (guy wants to be a poet, how original) and it's the sort of pretentious bullshit I despised in Fall of Hyperion.
The foreword describes it as experimental and yeah, it's very weird, full of hippie/progressive commentary, absolutely disgusting scenes. There's a gay sex scene and it didn't turn me on, and the following chapter has some steamy sex with a chick and it was pretty hot (my heterosexuality confirmed, thank God).
It's got at Wolfean/Kafkaesque vibe which is the only thing that's keeping me interested.

I tried reading Neveryona and it was okay but the ebook was barely readable from all the Ocr and editing errors, so I dropped it.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 18:32:59 2020 No.15356553 >>15356475 Yeah I thought Dhalgren was okay but kinda pretentious. Hogg was awful imo. Just really boring. It's just pages and pages of kids assfucking on dirty mattresses and eating each other's boogers.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 18:58:59 2020 No.15356715 Really enjoyed Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. Hogg was very jarring but I've come to appreciate it more now after reading analysis

Anonymous Wed May 13 19:05:29 2020 No.15356751
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Read Dahlgren a while back. Kind of a slog, don't remember much.

Read (Trouble on) Triton more recently and loved it. One of the best characters I've read. The book kinda gets the last word on the whole utopia/dystopia debate too.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 19:20:24 2020 No.15356862 >>15356387 Everything wrong with modern liberal progressive society encapsulated in a man, but go ahead.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 19:21:49 2020 No.15356878 >>15356387 I like his writing very much. I don’t care about his beliefs. He’s a damn good writer. Period.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 19:23:16 2020 No.15356888 >>15356862 Kill yourself, /pol/fucker

Anonymous Wed May 13 19:28:33 2020 No.15356933

>>15356387
A great writer with absolutely abhorrent and degenerate ideas and themes. I respect his skill despite being as far away politically and spiritually as possible from him. Nova seemed more focused a little less experimental and shines for it IMO. A

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