The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction. Samuel R. R. Delany

The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction



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The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction Samuel R. R. Delany ebook
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Page: 288
ISBN: 9780819572462

Samuel R. Delany's The Jewel-Hinged Jaw appeared originally in 1977, and is now long out of print and hard to find. The impact of its demonstration that science fiction was a special language, rather than just gadgets and green-skinned aliens, began reverberations still felt in science fiction criticism. This edition includes two new essays, one written at the time and one written about those times, as well as an introduction by writer and teacher Matthew Cheney, placing Delany's work in historical context. Close textual analyses of Thomas M. Disch, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, and Joanna Russ read as brilliantly today as when they first appeared. Essays such as "About 5,750 Words" and "To Read The Dispossessed" ...

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