About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Henry Miller, Nancy A. Collins, John Norman, Jay Wiseman, Samuel R. Delany, Anne Rice, Michael Hemmingson, Laurell K. Hamilton, Carol Queen, Cecilia Tan, Kyell Gold, Jeffrey Thomas, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Alison Tyler, Patrick Califia, Louisa Burton, Dossie Easton, Angela Knight, Carrie Borzillo, Bob Flanagan, Lora Leigh, Laura Antoniou, Patricia Ryan, Marilyn Jaye Lewis, James Reese, Darklady, Jasmine Sailing, Kris Cook, Emma Holly, Robert Fleming, M. Christian, Tilly Greene, Chrissie Bentley, Gloria Brame, Susan Wright, Tamara Thorne, Robin Schone, Mitzi Szereto, Jon Jacobs, Shiloh Walker, Janet Hardy, William A. Henkin, Tina Engler, Connie Wilkins. Excerpt: Samuel Ray Delany, Jr. a/k/a "Chip" (born April 1, 1942) is an author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society. His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966 and 1967 respectively), Nova, Dhalgren, and the Return to Neverÿon series. After winning four Nebula awards and two Hugo awards over the course of his career, Delany was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2002. Between 1988 and 1999 he was a professor of comparative literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Between 1999 and 2000 he was a professor of English at SUNY Buffalo. Since January 2001 he has been a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he is Director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program. Samuel Delany (pronounced, nicknamed "Chip") was born on April 1, 1942, and raised in Harlem. His mother, Margaret Carey Boyd Delany, was a library clerk in the New York Public Library system. His father, Samuel Ray Delany, Senior, ran a Harlem...