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However much, as readers, we lose ourselves in a novel or story, fiction itself is an experience on the order of memory -not on the order of actual occurrence.

Samuel R. Delany

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Author Bio

  • NameSamuel R. Delany
  • DescriptionAmerican author, professor and literary critic
  • AliasesSamuel Ray Delany, Jr.; Samuel Ray Delany; Chip Delany
  • BornApril 1, 1942
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksNova; Babel-17; Dhalgren; Hogg; Quark/; Quark/1; Quark/2; Quark/3; Quark/4
  • AwardsNebula Award