Pynchon and Delany

Adam J. Thornton adam at phoenix.Princeton.EDU
Mon Jun 10 16:26:08 CDT 1996


> Of course, Delany is sometimes described as the Ulitmate Marginal Writer.
> Not only does he write SF (which everybody who *doesn't* read SF insists on
> calling "sci fi"), but he is black, gay, and a post-structuralist critic!

And dyslexic.  Don't forget dyslexic.

Dhalgren is hard to approach.  I recommend _Hogg_ and _The Mad Man_ for
those who felt the Katje-Brigadier Pudding scene were too tame.

Adam
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