︎ Condition note: Fine dust jacket near fine, edges slightly rubbed. 20.50 Overview The story of a truly galactic civilization with over 6,000 inhabited worlds. Things sparkle and explode all over, and it’s not entirely comfortable but it is quite wonderful.” This classic read predicted the Internet and is packed with themes that still resonate today. In this dizzyingly original novel, information is perilous, but without it a human is only a rat in a cage.Ĭampbell Award winner Jo Walton described this science fiction landmark as being “like pop rocks for the brain. Delany (Author) 96 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 338.00 3 Used from 338.00 Paperback 52.09 1 Used from 23. But the tragedy of Rat Korga is the prologue to the story of Marq Dyeth, an “industrial diplomat,” who travels from world to world in this exciting, sprawling future, solving problems that come with the spread of “General Information.” The greatest fear in this future is Cultural Fugue, a critical mass of shared knowledge that can destroy life over the surface of an entire world in hours. Delany Check all the awards nominated and won by Samuel R. Delany Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand Paperback Deluxe Edition, 14 January 2005 by Samuel R. With a burst of radiation to the brain, an angry young man is transformed into a dim-witted slave-suitable only for the most brutal work. Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand is a science fiction masterpiece, an essay on the inexplicability of sexual attractiveness, and an examination of interstellar politics among far-flung worlds. In this far-future classic, sexual attraction is a science, gender is a whole new construct, and information is both precious and perilous. Vyme has become an alcoholic and a seemingly unreliable parent through deep-seated anxiety, yet this apparent untrustworthiness contrasts with his profound love and concern for children.
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