{"id":1404,"date":"2010-07-14T21:37:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T01:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2010-07-14T21:37:34","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T01:37:34","slug":"do-you-have-any-idea-how-huge-this-is-new-delany-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=1404","title":{"rendered":"Do you have any idea how HUGE this is?  NEW.  DELANY.  NOVEL."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/500x_6a00e54ed05fc288330120a5184089970b-500wi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1405\" title=\"500x_6a00e54ed05fc288330120a5184089970b-500wi\" src=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/500x_6a00e54ed05fc288330120a5184089970b-500wi-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/500x_6a00e54ed05fc288330120a5184089970b-500wi-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mpomy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/500x_6a00e54ed05fc288330120a5184089970b-500wi.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Thanks to the wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/charliejane.com\/\">Charlie Jane Anders<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\">io9<\/a>, I have just learned that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.temple.edu\/creativewriting\/faculty\/delany\/index.htm\">Samuel R. Delany<\/a>, the iconic author of my most favoritest novel <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhalgren\">Dhalgren<\/a>, has a major work coming out in February 2011. \u00a0And, to whet your appetite, there is <a href=\"http:\/\/bostonreview.net\/BR35.4\/delany.php\">an excerpt now in circulation through Boston Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For me, Dhalgren was the literary equivalent of 2001: A Space Odyssey. \u00a0It is a massive tome that has puzzled readers since its publication in 1975. \u00a0Up to that point, Delany had shown considerable talent in cranking out VERY engaging space operas and other sci-fi, but with Dhalgren, the view is turned inward. \u00a0Reality is constantly shifting as the main character travels through a dream-city that crashes back-and-forth between chaos, love, violence, sex and apocalypse.<\/p>\n<p>Now, &#8220;Through The Valley of The Nest of Spiders&#8221; is heading toward imminent release (February 1) \u00a0and it appears that the master has another vast work with which to challenge us. \u00a0I can hardly wait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to the wonderful Charlie Jane Anders at io9, I have just learned that Samuel R. Delany, the iconic author of my most favoritest novel Dhalgren, has a major work coming out in February 2011. \u00a0And, to whet your appetite, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=1404\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50],"tags":[1134,528,1132,1133],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}