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- The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Wesleyan University Press
summary
Samuel R. Delany's The Jewel-Hinged Jaw appeared originally in 1977, and is now long out of print and hard to find. The impact of its demonstration that science fiction was a special language, rather than just gadgets and green-skinned aliens, began reverberations still felt in science fiction criticism. This edition includes two new essays, one written at the time and one written about those times, as well as an introduction by writer and teacher Matthew Cheney, placing Delany's work in historical context. Close textual analyses of Thomas M. Disch, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, and Joanna Russ read as brilliantly today as when they first appeared. Essays such as "About 5,750 Words" and "To Read The Dispossessed" first made the book a classic; they assure it will remain one.
Table of Contents
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- 1. About 5,750 Words
- pp. 1-16
- 4. Thickening the Plot
- pp. 35-42
- 5. Faust and Archimedes
- pp. 43-58
- 9. To Read The Dispossessed
- pp. 105-166
- APPENDIXES
- pp. 185-226
Additional Information
ISBN
9780819572462
Related ISBN(s)
9780819568830
MARC Record
OCLC
859684857
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No