Flight from Neveryon by Delany, Samuel R

Wesleyan University Press, 1994-02-15. Paperback. Used: Good.

Wesleyan University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Wesleyan University Press. New. BRAND NEW, GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER!

Wesleyan University Press, 1994. Trade Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good condition with minimal shelfwear; a clean, tight copy.

Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT. 2nd trade paperback printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear.In his four-volume series Return to Nevèrÿon, Hugo and Nebula award-winner Samuel R. Delany appropriated the conceits of sword-and-sorcery fantasy to explore his characteristic themes of language, power, gender, and the nature of civilization. Wesleyan University Press has reissued the long-unavailable Nevèrÿon volumes in trade paperback.The eleven stories, novellas, and novels in Return to Nevèrÿon's four volumes chronicle a long-ago land on civilization's brink, perhaps in Asia or Africa, or even on the Mediterranean. Taken slave in childhood, Gorgik gains his freedom, leads a slave revolt, and becomes a minister of state, finally abolishing slavery. Ironically, however, he is sexually aroused by the iron slave collars of servitude. Does this contaminate his mission - or intensify it? Presumably elaborated from an ancient text of unknown geographical origin, the… Read More

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark