Dhalgren

Samuel R. Delany

Victor Gollancz Limited, 2010 - Social Science - 805 pages

A young man arrives in the anarchic city of Bellona, in a near future USA. This world has two moons but could otherwise be our own.The man, known only as 'the Kid', begins to write a novel called Dhalgren that begins where it ends.Dhalgren is about the possibilites of fiction and about the special demands and pleasures of youth culture.

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User Review  - David Agranoff - Goodreads

This classic of Science Fiction won pretty much every major award in the field the year I was born. While I knew a lot about this author, I had not yet read anything by him. I decided to give Delany a ...

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User Review  - Chris Miller - Goodreads

You have to read it...at least twice (in my case anyway) to really capture the plot, characters, and especially the themes that run through this very daring, different book. It's been a while since I ...

About the author

Born in 1942 in Harlem, New York, Delany has become one of SF's most influential authors. Since 1988 he has also been Professor of Comparative Literature at Massachusetts University. He has won the NEBULA AWARD.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dhalgren; SF masterworks
• Author: Samuel R. Delany
• Publisher: Victor Gollancz Limited, 2010
• ISBN: 0575090995, 9780575090996
• Length: 805 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology