Samuel R. Delany

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Samuel R. Delany Stats: The highest rated book by Samuel R. Delany on Book Notification is Babel-17, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Samuel R. Delany on Book Notification is Babel-17, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Dhalgren, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Samuel R. Delany books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of The Fall of the Towers Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Captives of the Flame / Out of the Dead City
1963
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2
The Towers of Toron
1964
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3
City of a Thousand Suns
1965
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List of Return to Nevèrÿon Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9.3
Tales of Nevèrÿon
1979
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2
Neveryóna
1983
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3
Flight from Nevèrÿon
1985
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4
The Bridge of Lost Desire / Return to Neveryon
1987
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Ballad of Beta-2
1965
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2
7.4
Babel-17
1966
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3
9
The Einstein Intersection
1967
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4
8
Nova
1968
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5
The Tides of Lust
1973
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6
9.5
Dhalgren
1975
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7
8.3
Tritón / Trouble on Triton
1976
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8
Empire
1978
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9
8
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
1984
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10
They Fly At Çiron
1993
Go
11
Hogg
1994
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12
The Mad Man
1994
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13
8.7
Dark Reflections
2007
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14
Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
2011
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15
Voyage, Orestes!
2019
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16
Shoat Rumblin: His Sensations and Ideas
2020
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
3
The Jewels of Aptor
1962
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2
6
Empire Star
1966
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3
Home Is the Hangman/We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line
1990
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4
Bread and Wine
1999
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5
Phallos
2004
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Aye, and Gomorrah
1967
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2
8
Driftglass
1971
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3
Distant Stars
1981
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4
The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction
1986
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5
Driftglass/Starshards
1993
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6
Atlantis
1995
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7
Sensitive Skin #9: post-beat, pre-apocalyptic art, writing and music (With: Bernard Meisler, John Lurie)
2012
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8
A, B, C
2015
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9
The Novels of Samuel R. Delany Volume One
2017
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10
Occasional Views, Volume 1
2021
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11
Occasional Views, Volume 2
2021
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12
Roots of Imagination: A Chrestomathy
2023
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13
Last and First Tales
2026
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Jewel-Hinged Jaw
1977
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2
The American Shore
1978
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3
Heavenly Breakfast
1979
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4
Starboard Wine
1984
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5
8
The Motion of Light in Water
1988
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6
Wagner Artaud
1988
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7
The Straits of Messina
1989
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8
8
Silent Interviews
1994
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9
Longer Views
1996
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10
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
1999
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11
1984
2000
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12
Shorter Views
2000
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13
Black Gay Man
2001
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14
7
About Writing
2006
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15
Conversations with Samuel R. Delany
2009
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16
The Atheist in the Attic (With: Eleanor Arnason)
2018
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17
Letters from Amherst
2019
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18
Frederick Weston & Samuel R. Delany in Conversation (With: Frederick Weston)
2021
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19
Occasional Views, Volume 1
2021
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20
Of Solids and Surds
2021
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21
Occasional Views, Volume 2
2021
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22
The Tragedy of Ophelia: Two Essays
2021
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List of Outspoken Authors Books in Publication Order

Presents iconic authors' fiction, plus interviews and essays.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Presidential Papers (By: John H. Kessel)
1984
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2
6.7
The Human Front (By: Ken MacLeod)
2001
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3
The Left Left Behind (By: Terry Bisson, Eleanor Arnason)
2009
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4
Lucky Strike (By: Kim Stanley Robinson)
2009
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5
The Underbelly (By: Gary Phillips, Eleanor Arnason)
2010
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6
7
Mammoths of the Great Plains (By: Eleanor Arnason)
2010
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7
The Wild Girls (By: Ursula K. Le Guin, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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8
6
Modem Times 2.0 (By: Michael Moorcock, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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9
The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (By: Cory Doctorow, Eleanor Arnason)
2011
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10
Surfing the Gnarl (By: Rudy Rucker)
2012
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11
Report from Planet Midnight (By: Nalo Hopkinson, Eleanor Arnason)
2012
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12
The Science of Herself (By: Karen Joy Fowler, Eleanor Arnason)
2013
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13
Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (By: Eleanor Arnason, Paul Krassner)
2013
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14
New Taboos (By: John Shirley)
2013
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15
Raising Hell (By: Norman Spinrad, Eleanor Arnason)
2014
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16
My Life, My Body (By: Marge Piercy)
2015
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17
Gypsy (By: Carter Scholz, Eleanor Arnason)
2015
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18
Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (By: Joe R. Lansdale, Eleanor Arnason)
2016
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19
Fire. (By: Elizabeth Hand, Eleanor Arnason)
2017
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20
Totalitopia (By: John Crowley)
2017
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21
The Atheist in the Attic (With: Eleanor Arnason)
2018
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22
Thoreau's Microscope (By: Michael Blumlein, Eleanor Arnason)
2018
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23
The Beatrix Gates (By: Rachel Pollack)
2019
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24
A City Made of Words (By: Paul Park)
2019
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25
Talk Like a Man (By: Nisi Shawl)
2019
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26
Big Girl ( By: Meg Elison)
2020
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27
Planetbreaker’s Son (By: Nick Mamatas)
2021
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28
Utopias of the Third Kind (By: Vandana Singh)
2021
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29
Night Shift (By: Eileen Gunn)
2022
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30
The Collapsing Frontier (By: Jonathan Lethem)
2024
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31
Not What I Intended (By: Nancy Kress)
2025
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32
She is Here (By: Nicola Griffith)
2026
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List of Sexual Cultures Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Times Square Red, Times Square Blue
1999
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2
Private Affairs (By: Phillip Brian Harper)
1999
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3
In Your Face (By: Mandy Merck)
2000
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4
Tropics of Desire (By: José Quiroga)
2000
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5
Murdering Masculinities (By: Greg Forter)
2000
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6
Our Monica, Ourselves (By: Lauren Berlant, Lisa A. Duggan)
2001
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7
Black Gay Man ( By: Robert F. Reid-Pharr)
2001
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8
Passing
2001
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9
The Explanation For Everything (By: Paul Morrison)
2002
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10
Queer Globalizations (By: Martin F. Manalansan IV, Arnaldo Cruz-Malave)
2002
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11
Queer Latinidad (By: Juana María Rodríguez)
2003
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12
Love the Sin ( By: Janet R. Jakobsen)
2003
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13
Boricua Pop (By: Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Frances n-Muntaner)
2004
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14
In a Queer Time and Place (By: J. Jack Halberstam)
2005
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15
Why I Hate Abercrombie & Fitch (By: Dwight A. McBride)
2005
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16
God Hates Fags (By: Michael Cobb)
2006
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17
Once You Go Black (By: Robert F. Reid-Pharr)
2007
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18
The Latino Body (By: Lazaro Lima)
2007
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19
Arranging Grief (By: Dana Luciano)
2007
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20
4
Cruising Utopia (By: José Esteban Muñoz)
2009
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21
Another Country
2010
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22
Extravagant Abjection (By: Darieck Scott)
2010
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23
Relocations (By: Karen Tongson)
2011
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24
Single (By: Michael Cobb)
2012
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25
Beyond the Nation (By: Martin Ponce)
2012
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26
Brown Boys and Rice Queens (By: Eng-Beng Lim)
2013
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27
Transforming Citizenships (By: Isaac West)
2013
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28
Investigating Young People's Sexual Cultures (By: Clarissa Smith, Feona Attwood)
2014
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29
The Delectable Negro (By: Vincent Woodard)
2014
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30
Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings ( By: Juana María Rodríguez)
2014
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31
Sensational Flesh (By: Amber Jamilla Musser)
2014
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32
The Exquisite Corpse of Asian America (By: Rachel C. Lee)
2014
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33
Not Gay (By: Jane Ward)
2015
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34
Embodied Avatars (By: Uri McMillan)
2015
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35
A Taste for Brown Bodies (By: Hiram Pérez)
2015
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36
Wedlocked (By: Katherine Franke)
2015
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37
A Body, Undone (By: Christina Crosby)
2016
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38
The Color of Kink (By: Ariane Cruz)
2016
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39
Archives of Flesh (By: Robert F. Reid-Pharr)
2016
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40
Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left (By: Malik Gaines)
2017
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41
The Life and Death of Latisha King
2018
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42
Queer Nuns (By: Melissa M. Wilcox)
2018
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43
After the Party ( By: Joshua Chambers-Letson)
2018
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44
Sensual Excess (By: Amber Jamilla Musser)
2018
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45
Afro-Fabulations
2018
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46
Queer Times, Black Futures ( By: Kara Keeling)
2019
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47
Queer Faith
2019
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48
Archiving an Epidemic (By: Robb Hernández)
2019
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49
Frottage (By: Keguro Macharia)
2019
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50
The Sex Obsession (By: Janet R. Jakobsen)
2020
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51
Becoming Human (By: Zakiyyah Iman Jackson)
2020
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52
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality (By: Jane Ward)
2020
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53
Keeping It Unreal (By: Darieck Scott)
2022
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54
Sexuality Beyond Consent
2023
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55
Queer Childhoods (By: Mary Zaborskis)
2024
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56
Bottoms Up (By: Xiomara Verenice Cervantes-Gomez)
2024
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57
Deviant Matter (By: Kyla Wazana Tompkins)
2024
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58
Extravagant Camp (By: Chris A. Eng)
2025
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59
Queer Lasting (By: Sarah Ensor)
2025
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List of Samuel R. Delany Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Dangerous Visions
1967
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2
Dangerous Visions 3
1967
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3
Quark 1
1970
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4
Shores Beneath
1971
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5
Quark 4
1971
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6
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader
1973
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7
4
Alpha 5
1974
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8
Wondermakers 2
1974
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9
Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy, November 1977
1977
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10
Nebula Awards 13
1980
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11
TriQuarterly 49: Science Fiction
1980
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12
8
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969
1981
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13
What If? Volume 3
1982
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14
Nebula Award Stories 3
1983
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15
Worlds Apart
1986
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16
diacritics: a review of contemporary criticism
1986
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17
Mississippi Review 47 / 48
1988
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18
Storming the Reality Studio
1991
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19
Fiction International 22
1992
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20
Avant-Pop: Fiction for a Daydream Nation
1993
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21
The Mammoth Book of Erotica
1994
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22
Swords of the Rainbow
1996
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23
Shade
1996
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24
Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories
1997
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25
10
A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
2000
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26
The Ultimate Cyberpunk
2002
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27
Supermen
2002
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28
Reading the Bones
2004
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29
110 Stories
2004
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30
The Space Opera Renaissance
2006
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31
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1
2007
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32
Fiction's Present
2007
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33
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
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34
Ecce Kosti Addenda
2012
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35
The Shadows Took Shape
2013
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36
The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack
2013
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37
Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology
2013
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38
Cross Worlds: Transcultural Poetics: An Anthology
2014
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39
Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep
2015
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40
4
People of Color Destroy Science Fiction!
2016
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41
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018
2018
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42
I Transgress
2019
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43
Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology
2021
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Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany (\"Chip\") was born on April 1st, 1942 and is currently 84 years old. Samuel R. Delany was born in New York City, USA.

Samuel R. Delany has written 22 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1977 with the book The Jewel-Hinged Jaw. The most recently released was The Tragedy of Ophelia: Two Essays which was released in 2021. There are no upcoming non-fiction books by Samuel at this time.

Samuel R. Delany: Awards & Accolades

Samuel R. Delany has won multiple awards including: The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Awards, Imagination in Service to Society, in 2021 and the World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 2022.

Delany's books have also won multiple awards, The Motion of Light in Water won the Hugo Award, Best Related Work, in 1989. A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora won the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 2001. People of Color Destroy Science Fiction! won the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2017.

The following novels by Samuel R. Delany were also nominated for these awards:

  • Babel-17: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1967). Otherwise Award, Retrospective Award (1995).
  • The Einstein Intersection: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1968). Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (1997).
  • Nova: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1969).
  • Tales of Nevèrÿon: National Book Awards, Best Science Fiction - Paperback (1980).
  • Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand: Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel (1987).
  • Tritón / Trouble on Triton: Otherwise Award, Retrospective Award (1995).
  • Silent Interviews: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (1995).
  • Reading the Bones: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2005). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2005).
  • About Writing: Hugo Award, Best Related Work (2007).
  • Dark Reflections: Stonewall Book Award, Literature (2008).
  • Dhalgren: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2012).

Samuel R. Delany: Lists & Other Mentions

  • Dhalgren was a Flavor Wire: 50 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels That Everyone Should Read Selection in 2013.

Related Authors

Fans of Samuel R. Delany also enjoy these authors:

  1. Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation Series.
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings Series.
  3. Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea Cycle Series.
  4. Neil Gaiman, author of the American Gods Series.
  5. John Scalzi, author of the Old Man's War Series.

Samuel R. Delany: F.A.Q

When was Samuel R. Delany Born? How old is Samuel R. Delany?

Samuel R. Delany was born on April 1st, 1942. Samuel R. Delany is currently 84 years old.

Where was Samuel R. Delany Born?

Samuel R. Delany was born in New York City, USA and is American.

What awards has Samuel R. Delany won?

Samuel R. Delany has won the following awards: Imagination in Service to Society at the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation Awards (2021) and the Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Award (2022).

What book awards has Samuel R. Delany won?

The Motion of Light in Water: Hugo Award Best Related Work (1989).
A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora: World Fantasy Award Anthology (2001).
People of Color Destroy Science Fiction!: British Fantasy Award Best Anthology (2017).

What was the first book Samuel R. Delany wrote?

The first book written by Samuel R. Delany was The Jewels of Aptor, published in 1962.

What was the most recent book Samuel R. Delany wrote?

His most recently released work was Roots of Imagination: A Chrestomathy on March 1st, 2023.

What is the most popular book by Samuel R. Delany?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Samuel R. Delany book is Babel-17. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Babel-17 (7.44)
  2. Dhalgren (9.5)
  3. The Einstein Intersection (9)
  4. Tales of Nevèrÿon (9.33)
  5. Tritón / Trouble on Triton (8.33)

Are there upcoming new books by Samuel R. Delany?

Samuel R. Delany has a new book coming out on June 16th, 2026 called Last and First Tales.

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How many books has Samuel R. Delany written?

Samuel R. Delany has written 61 books across 10 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in The Fall of the Towers Series
  • 4 books in the Return to Nevèrÿon Series
  • 16 Standalone Novels
  • 5 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 13 Collections
  • 22 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Outspoken Authors Series
  • 1 book in the Sexual Cultures Series

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