I am partway into Dhalgren right now, and though the prose is as lovely as everything else Delany writes, it seems like the kind of book that one takes periodic breaks from by reading entire other books.
So I'm also reading Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End (which just won the Best Novel Hugo), but the odd thing about that one is that although the worldbuilding is fascinating, I am having trouble staying interested in the plot. Which is advantage Dhalgren as it seems to intentionally lack a plot. Maybe I'll try Charlie Stross's Glasshouse.
(Also, Dhalgren reminds me that in a world of shifting fashions, the gay leatherman archetype has stayed remarkably stable for decades.)
DHALGREN bowled me over when I was, oh, 15 or so nd I went through a phase of handing it out to friends -- none of whom, I think, ever read it. I've read it probably a dozen times since.
I enjoyed Glasshouse very much -- it does seem to have a plot.
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Date: 2007-09-06 03:44 am (UTC)So I'm also reading Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End (which just won the Best Novel Hugo), but the odd thing about that one is that although the worldbuilding is fascinating, I am having trouble staying interested in the plot. Which is advantage Dhalgren as it seems to intentionally lack a plot. Maybe I'll try Charlie Stross's Glasshouse.
(Also, Dhalgren reminds me that in a world of shifting fashions, the gay leatherman archetype has stayed remarkably stable for decades.)
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Date: 2007-09-06 12:23 pm (UTC)DHALGREN bowled me over when I was, oh, 15 or so nd I went through a phase of handing it out to friends -- none of whom, I think, ever read it. I've read it probably a dozen times since.
I enjoyed Glasshouse very much -- it does seem to have a plot.