The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village, 1957-1965 [INSCRIBED]
by Samuel R. Delany
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0877959471
- ISBN 13
- 9780877959472
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village is an autobiography by science fiction author Samuel R. Delany in which he recounts his experiences as growing up a gay African American, as well as some of his time in an interracial and open marriage. It describes encounters with Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, and Stokely Carmichael, a dinner with W. H. Auden, and a phone call to James Baldwin.
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047660
- Title
- The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village, 1957-1965 [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- Samuel R. Delany
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0877959471
- ISBN 13
- 9780877959472
- Publisher
- Arbor House-William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City; Science Fiction & Fantasy;
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