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Einstein Intersection by Samuel R Delany
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Einstein Intersection (original 1967; edition 1998)

by Samuel R Delany (Author)

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A nonhuman race reimagines human mythology.
Member:jdayrutherford
Title:Einstein Intersection
Authors:Samuel R Delany (Author)
Info:Wesleyan University Press (1998), Edition: Revised ed., 149 pages
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The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany (1967)

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    Black Orpheus [1959 film] by Marcel Camus (tootstorm)
    tootstorm: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a movie and this is a book site, but Delany fans should definitely watch the Camus film that inspired his Einstein Intersection.
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    The Ballad of Beta-2 by Samuel R. Delany (raizel)
    raizel: both books look at how history becomes myth. The Ballad of Beta-2 is simpler and easier to read.
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A very interesting book - I liked it a lot even though I am not sure that I understood it! I loved the myths which entwined the science fiction (and had some laughs at the 1960s references to 45s & 33s; Ringo Starr & "the great rock and the great roll"). ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
This reads more like an epic poem than a novel. It's very odd, but its treatment of the ideas of gender and "the other" were really interesting. ( )
  James_Knupp | Apr 8, 2023 |
Too post-modern "literary fiction" for me. Reminded me of Dhalgren but at least shorter. May have been better had my Greek literature knowledge been better. ( )
  Castinet | Dec 11, 2022 |
I think I need to read this one again.
Delany's writing is weird, but I must admit I am fascinated. ( )
  Nannus | Jan 17, 2022 |
Interesting voice for the main character who is a mutant living in a far future post-human world. It was confusing at times and there were some long philosophical discussions that I did not get. I kept reading it until the end, that's a plus, but I don't think I will read it again. I probably missed a lot that would become clear in a rereading, but it is just not interesting enough to bother. ( )
  futureman | Jan 7, 2022 |
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Samuel R. Delanyprimary authorall editionscalculated
Dahlblom, GunillaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Elson, PeterCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gaiman, NeilForewordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gaughan, JackCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Mayo, FrankCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Polanis, JacquesTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
s.BENešCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Schmidt, JakobTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Tüzünsoy, ArdanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Zebrowski, GeorgeIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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It darkles, (tinct, tint) all this our funanimal world. James Joyce/Finnegans Wake
I do not say, however, that every delusion or wandering of the mind should be called madness. Erasmus of Rotterdam/In Praise of Folly
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for DON WOLLHEIM a responsible man in all meanings to and for what is within and JACK GUAGHAN for what is without
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