Starboard Wine: More Notes on the Language of Science Fiction

In Starboard Wine, Samuel R. Delany explores the implications of his now-famous assertion that science fiction is not about the future. Rather, it uses the future as a means of talking about the present and its potentiality. By recognizing a text's specific "difference," we begin to see the quality of its particulars. Through riveting analyses of works by Joanna Russ, Robert Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, and Thomas M. Disch, Delany reveals critical strategies for reading that move beyond overwrought theorizing and formulaic thinking. Throughout, the author performs the kinds of careful inquiry and urgent speculation that he calls others to engage in.

General

ISBN		9780819568847
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Non-Fiction
Publisher		Wesleyan Univ Pr
Pages		280
List Price		$27.95
Author		Delany, Samuel R.
Publication Date		07/11/2012
Release Status		Forthcoming
Format		Paperback
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 9 Inches (US) Width: 6 Inches (US)
Contributions		Cheney, Matthew