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The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village, 1957-1965
by Delany, Samuel R
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0877959471
- ISBN 13
- 9780877959472
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About This Item
Arbor House, New York, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Inscribed by Author. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Review copy. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; New York. Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0877959471. ISBN/EAN: 9780877959472. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 12154. . 9780877959472
Synopsis
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village is an autobiography by science fiction author Samuel R. Delany in which he recounts his experiences as growing up a gay African American, as well as some of his time in an interracial and open marriage. It describes encounters with Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, and Stokely Carmichael, a dinner with W. H. Auden, and a phone call to James Baldwin.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12154
- Title
- The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village, 1957-1965
- Author
- Delany, Samuel R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0877959471
- ISBN 13
- 9780877959472
- Publisher
- Arbor House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- BZDB185 Science Fiction & Fantasy; New York. Inscribed by Author ISBN: 0877959471 EAN: 9780877959472 Delany, Samuel R. The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village, 1957-1965
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I have been a bookseller since 1986 and closed my shop in 2001 to concentrate on mail order and do some writing. My stock includes a large selection of books on Baseball, True Crime, Ohioana, Botany, Literature, and Music. And I've cowritten two books: Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues with Frazier Robinson (1999) and Jim Tully: American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood Brawler with Mark Dawidziak (2011, foreword by Ken Burns). Mark Dawidziak and I have also written introductions to six reissues of Tully's books: Circus Parade (foreword by Harvey Pekar), Shanty Irish (foreword by John Sayles), The Bruiser (foreword by Gerald Early), Blood on the Moon, Shadows of Men, and Tully's breakthrough book, Beggars of Life.
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