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Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

Samuel R Delany author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Published:18th Apr '19

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A stunning, many-layered speculation on the future of humanity, on interaction between cultures, on love and sex, on religion and politics, STARS IN MY POCKETS LIKE GRAINS OF SAND is an enduring masterpiece by one of science fiction’s greatest writers.

The only survivor when his home is utterly destroyed, Rat Korga is transported to a new life on the planet Velm.

Escaping a society that suppressed and enslaved him, Korga joins a vast, rich interstellar culture and finds himself sharing a world with Marq Dyeth, the person this civilization’s officials have calculated to be his perfect partner.

‘Sentence by sentence, phrase by phrase, Delany invites the reader to collaborate in the process of creation. The reader who accepts this invitation has an extraordinarily satisfying experience in store’
NEW YORK TIMES

‘Sentence by sentence, phrase by phrase, Delany invites the reader to collaborate in the process of creation. The reader who accepts this invitation has an extraordinarily satisfying experience in store’
New York Times Book Review

‘A rocket launch, a phoenix reborn, a new Delany novel—three wonderful, fiery events’
Ursula K. Le Guin

ISBN: 9780008352110

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 28mm

Weight: 310g

464 pages