Dhalgren

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Foreward by William Gibson In Bellona, dead centre of the US, something has happened. The population has fled; madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. Into this disaster zone comes a young poet, lover and adventurer, known only as the Kid. Tackling questions of race, gender and sexuality, 'Dhalgren' is a literary marvel, a groundbreaking work of magical realism and one of the most profound and best-selling science fiction novels of all time. A literary landmark.

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"The very best ever to come out of the science fiction field... A literary landmark." - Theodore Sturgen; "A Joycean tour de force of a novel, Dhalgren...stake[s] a better claim than anything else in this last quarter-century...to a permanent place as one of the enduring monuments of our national literature." - The Libertarian Review

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Samuel R. Delany is best known as the author of science fiction and fantasy novels, and his books, including Babel-17, have won both Hugo and Nebula Awards. He has also published several books of non-fiction, including critical studies of literature, a volume of memoirs and the best-selling Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. Born and raised in New York City's Harlem, he is now a professor of creative writing and English at Temple University in Philadelphia. William Gibson's best-selling Neuromancer was the first book ever to win the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. Author of many critically acclaimed novels, he is best known for the Neuromancer series, which includes Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive.