Dhalgren

Dhalgren is an 800+ page science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany.

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Dhalgren was originally published in 1974 as a paperback original (a Frederik Pohl selection) by Bantam Books.

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The Bantam edition of Dhalgren went through 17 printings, selling close to a million copies. Subsequently, Dhalgren was republished by Gregg Press (1977), Grafton (1992), University Press of New England (Wesleyan) (1996) and by Vintage, an imprint of Random House (2001), the latter two with an introduction by William Gibson.

Science fiction: Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology upon society and persons as individuals. In common with most fiction, science fiction is written mainly to entertain people. The borders of this genre are not well defined, and the...

Novel: A novel (from French nouvelle, "new") is an extended fictional narrative in prose. Down into the 18th century, the word referred specifically to short fictions of love and intrigue as opposed to romances—epic-length works about love and adventures. Having become one of the major literary genr...

Samuel R. Delany: Samuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr. (born April 1, 1942) is an award-winning science fiction author. He has written works that have garnered substanial critical acclaim, including the novels Dhalgren and Hogg. He is a professor at Temple University, and is also known in the academic world as a literary ...