The Motion Of Light In Water

The Motion Of Light In Water

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Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany
1988 • 584 pages

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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 with Marilyn Hacker. (Wikipedia

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Wordy and self-obsessed, although I suppose readers of memoirs wouldn't be surprised by that, although Delany's colorful and detailed description of life coming of age as a gay man in '60s NYC is eye-opening.

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