Driftglass
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| Driftglass | |
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 cover of the first edition |
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| Author(s) | Samuel R. Delany |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction Short stories |
| Publisher | Signet Books |
| Publication date | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 278 pp |
Driftglass is a 1971 collection of science fiction short stories by Samuel R. Delany. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Worlds of Tomorrow, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, If and New Worlds or the anthologies Quark/3, Dangerous Visions and Alchemy & Academe.
[edit] Contents
- "The Star Pit"
- "Dog in a Fisherman’s Net"
- "Corona"
- "Aye, and Gomorrah..."
- "Driftglass"
- "We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"[1]
- "Cage of Brass"
- "High Weir"
- "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
- "Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo"
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ This story is dedicated to Roger Zelazny, of whose work it is a pastiche. Zelazny also appears as a character. "'My name's Roger...' followed by something Polish and unpronounceable that began with Z and ended with Y." (p. 141) It also contains a pre-Internet reference to "a worldwide computer system." (p.155)
- Bibliography
- "The Internet Speculative Fiction Database". http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?DRFTGLSS5E1971. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- Contento, William G.. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". http://contento.best.vwh.net/t33.htm#A732. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
