Launch of 9 Ebooks by Samuel R. Delany

A press release from Stacy Horowitz of Open Road Media:img-samuel-r-delany_175935437580

In 2014, new worlds are waiting to be explored.  I am delighted to tell you that nine titles by Samuel R. Delany are available for the first time as ebooks today.

 

The list includes his bestselling and most popular novel, Dhalgren, the Nebula Award-­winning Babel-17 as well as Delany’s Hugo award-winning literary memoir, The Motion of Light in Water.

 

Delany is noted for addressing issues of class and sexuality as well as for exploring perception, memory, and language in his works. Called a writer of . . . consistently high ambition and achievement by the New York Times Book Review, Delany grew up reading the science fiction greats of his time including Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, and Robert Heinlein.

 

For more information, see this page.

Open Road will publish the following titles:

 

–  Dhalgren

–  Babel-17

–  Nova

–  Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

– Tales of Nevèrÿon

–  Neveryóna

– Flight from Nevèrÿon

– Return to Nevèrÿon

– The Motion of Light in Water

 

Delany published his first novel, The Jewels of Aptor, at the age of twenty. Throughout his storied career, he has received four Nebula Awards and two Hugo Awards. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2002. Delany’s works also extend into memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society. He is currently a professor of English and creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia, as well as the former director of its graduate creative writing program.