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* Universally regarded as one of the most important first novels in science fiction * 'Streaked through with poetry and crammed with vivid images' New Worlds * A thrilling, ambitious and colourful quest novel * 'Outrageously fantastic, romantic and gorgeously implausible' Analog

About the Author

Samuel R. Delany was born in 1942, raised in Harlem, New york and educated at the Bronx High School of Science. He is professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts. His many notable books include Nova, Triton, Driftglass, The Einstein Intersection and The Fall of the Towers trilogy.