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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Samuel R. Delany
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Description for Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Paperback. A science fiction essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 485.
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues-technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism-have only become more pressing with the passage of time.
The novel's topic is information itself: What are the repercussions, once it has been made public, that two individuals have been found to be each other's perfect erotic object out to "point nine-nine-nine and several nines percent more"? What will it do to the individuals involved, to ... Read more
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. First published in 1984, the novel's central issues-technology, globalization, gender, sexuality, and multiculturalism-have only become more pressing with the passage of time.
The novel's topic is information itself: What are the repercussions, once it has been made public, that two individuals have been found to be each other's perfect erotic object out to "point nine-nine-nine and several nines percent more"? What will it do to the individuals involved, to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819567147
SKU
V9780819567147
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About Samuel R. Delany
SAMUEL R. DELANY is award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, most recently Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders. He lives in New York City.
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