Samuel R. Delany

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ListMay 24, 2026

My ratty Sci-fi/Fantasy paperbacks

Books I own that have crumbling covers, yellowed paper, and speculative subject matter.

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ListMar 3, 2026

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ReviewDec 6, 2025

Docking Your Spaceship on the Whorf

Though Delany asserts he was a staunch believer in the Sapir Whorf hypothesis at the time he penned this, I'm skeptical to what degree he genuinely believed it. The hypothesis is that thought can only exist within the confines of a language. The novel takes i…

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QuoteAug 28, 2024

Samuel R. Delany

The artist has some internal experience that produces a poem, a painting, a piece of music. Spectators submit themselves to the work, which generates an inner experience for them. But historically it's a very new, not to mention vulgar, idea that the spectato…

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My ratty Sci-fi/Fantasy paperbacks

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Docking Your Spaceship on the Whorf

Samuel R. Delany

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Around the salon

My ratty Sci-fi/Fantasy paperbacks

2026 Ranked

Docking Your Spaceship on the Whorf

Samuel R. Delany