Quark (anthology series)
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Quark is an anthology book series devoted to avant-garde
science fiction
and related material, edited by fiction-writer and critic Samuel R. Delany
and poet and editor Marilyn Hacker
; four volumes were published in 1970 and 1971. The editors, once married, were among the foremost homosexual activist/writers in the following decades.
The volumes in the series are:
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and related material, edited by fiction-writer and critic Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany
Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as "Chip" is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein...
and poet and editor Marilyn Hacker
Marilyn Hacker
Marilyn Hacker is an American poet, translator and critic. She is Professor of English at the City College of New York....
; four volumes were published in 1970 and 1971. The editors, once married, were among the foremost homosexual activist/writers in the following decades.
The volumes in the series are:
- Quark/1Quark/1Quark/1 is a 1970 anthology of short stories and poetry edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker. It is the first anthology in the Quark series. The stories and poems are original to this anthology.-Contents:...
- Quark/2Quark/2Quark/2 is a 1971 anthology of short stories and poetry edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker. It is the second volume in the Quark series. The stories and poems are original to this anthology.-Contents:...
- Quark/3Quark/3Quark/3 is a 1971 anthology of short stories and poetry edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker. It is the third volume in the Quark series. The stories and poems are original to this anthology.-Contents:* Continuous Landscape, by Donald Simpson...
- Quark/4Quark/4Quark/4 is a 1971 anthology of short stories and poetry edited by Samuel R. Delany and Marilyn Hacker. It is the fourth and final volume in the Quark series. The stories and poems are original to this anthology with the exception of "Voortrekker" which had previously appeared in the magazine...