The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction
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The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction is a 1986
collection of short stories and novellas by Samuel R. Delany
. The collection includes those works by Delany that have won the Nebula Award
.
1986 in literature
The year 1986 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Michael Grade. Controller of BBC One, axes plans to televise Ian Curteis's The Falklands Play.-New books:*Kingsley Amis - The Old Devils...
collection of short stories and novellas by 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...
. The collection includes those works by Delany that have won the Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
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Contents
- "Babel-17Babel-17Babel-17 is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis plays an important part...
" - "A Fabulous, Formless DarknessThe Einstein IntersectionThe Einstein Intersection is a 1967 science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1967 and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1968. Delany's intended title for the book was A Fabulous, Formless Darkness.The novel is purportedly influenced by...
" - "Aye, and Gomorrah...Aye, and Gomorrah"Aye, and Gomorrah..." is a famous science fiction short story by Samuel R. Delany. It is Delany's first sold short story, and won the 1967 Nebula Award for best short story. Before it appeared in Driftglass and Aye, and Gomorrah, and other stories, it was first published as the closing tale in...
" - "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious StonesTime Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" is a science fiction short story by Samuel R. Delany. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1970, and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette in 1969.-Plot summary:...
" - Forward to an Afterword
- Afterword: A Fictional Architecture that Manages Only with Great Difficulty Not Once to Mention Harlan Ellison