{"product_id":"dhalgren-9780375706684","title":"Dhalgren","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn one of the most profound and bestselling science fiction novels of all time, Samuel R. Delany has produced a novel \"to stand with the best American fiction of the 1970s\" (Jonathan Lethem, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bellona is a city at the dead center of the United States. Something has happened there.... The population has fled. Madmen and criminals wander the streets. Strange portents appear in the cloud-covered sky. Into this disaster zone comes a young man--poet, lover, and adventurer--known only as the Kid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTackling questions of race, gender, and sexuality, \u003ci\u003eDhalgren\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary marvel and groundbreaking work of American magical realism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter his seventh novel, \u003ci\u003eEmpire Star \u003c\/i\u003e(1966), \u003cb\u003eSamuel R. Delany\u003c\/b\u003e began publishing short fiction professionally with \"The Star Pit.\" It appeared in \u003ci\u003eWorlds of Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e and was turned into a popular two-hour radio play, broadcast annually over WBAI-FM for more than a decade. Two tales, \"Aye, and Gomorrah\" and \"Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones,\" won Nebula Awards as the best science fiction short stories, respectively, of 1967 and 1969. \u003ci\u003eAye, and Gomorrah: And Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003econtains all the significant short science fiction and fantasy works that Delany published between 1965 and 1988, excepting only those tales in his Return to NevèrYon series. A native New Yorker, Delany teaches English and creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. In July of 2002, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582781231378,"sku":"9780375706684","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_306840cc-e56e-4a37-83ae-b60de8743705.jpg?v=1732023575","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dhalgren-9780375706684","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}