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 critic.

Themes

Most of his works deal more explicitly with sexual themes than is common. Dhalgren and Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand include several sexually explicit passages, and some books like Equinox, The Mad Man and Hogg could even be considered pornography. He has published several books of literary criticism, with an emphasis on issues in science fiction and other paraliterary genres, comparative literature, and queer theory.

Related Topics:
Dhalgren - Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand - Equinox - The Mad Man - Hogg - Pornography - Science fiction - Paraliterary - Genre - Comparative literature - Queer theory

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