Re: A new Delany novel is on its way

I've dropped that same hint, myself. You are not alone in wanting to
see that book become a reality.
 

--- In [email protected], Patrick Kapty <pkapty@...> wrote:
>
> Glad to hear it!
> Guess it's too much to hope that sometime soon he'll write
> the sequel to "The Stars in my Pocket..." (hint) (hint)
> I've been waiting a loooooong time for that one!!!
> 
> -- Patrick
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: nivekgnir <kdring@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 2:45:23 PM
> Subject: [delany-list] Re: A new Delany novel is on its way
> 
> 
> Thought I'd resurrect this little thread for an update.
> 
> Chip is still expanding the book. When I first reviewed it, it had
> become a 55,000 word novel grown out of the original 16,000 word
> novella. It's now nearly 97,000 words and growing. 
> 
> And it's marvelous. Chip has added more SF and light future history
> elements. This has added quite a bit of texture to the novel in that
> it more clearly feels as though we have jumped into the future. The
> relationships and characters are deeper and more complex. 
> 
> But the best part is that it's pure, brilliant Delany. The more I read
> it, the more I love this book.
> 
> I can't wait for it to be finished so everyone can have a chance to
> experience this fantastic novel.
> 
> --Kevin
> 
> --- In delany-list@ yahoogroups. com, "nivekgnir" <kdring@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Issue 7 of Black Clock magazine contains "In the Valley of the Nest
> > of Spiders", a 16-thousand word novella by Samuel R. Delany. Through
> > the Valley of the Nest of Spiders,due from Bamberger Books in the
summer
> > or fall of 2008, is a more than threefold expansion of that work. The
> > novel follows Eric, a young man just eleven days shy of his
seventeenth
> > birthday.
> > 
> > It would not be unreasonable to look at Through the Valley of the Nest
> > of Spiders as a companion piece to Dark Reflections, Delany's most
> > recently published novel. But where that novel centers on themes of
> > loneliness, sexual repression,fear, and the difficult life of the
> > artist, Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders, in sharp contrast,
> > celebrates companionship, love, sexual openness, and freedom. Like
Dark
> > Reflections, Spiders moves through time. However, Dark Reflections
> > starts in the present day and goes back towards Arnold Hawley's
> > teens. Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders takes a different
> > track, starting in the present day, jumping ahead to the twilight of
> > Eric's life, and then moving back in 20-odd short chapters to the
> > present day once again. Though it does move several decades into the
> > future and off-handedly mentions fictional future events and
> > technologies, I would hesitate to call this a science fiction novel.
> > (Then again, I wouldn't argue against that label, either.)
> > 
> > Another major contrast is that where Arnold's background, friends,
> > and experiences provide him with strongly intellectual
surroundings and
> > attitude, Eric's life and surroundings are anything but. Yet I
> > believe it would be a huge mistake to take Arnold's life
> > (intellectual, lonely, and sexually repressed), compare it with
> > Eric's (satisfying, rewarding, yet unsophisticated) , and read it as
> > a rejection of intellectualism by Delany!
> > 
> > Towards the end of Dark Reflections, we learn that Arnold Hawley ran
> > away in fear from a situation that would likely have changed the
course
> > of his life. Early in Through the Valley of the Nest of
Spiders,Eric is
> > told a story by Bill Bottom, a neighbor of his. Bill, like Arnold,ran
> > away from a situation that had the potential for great happiness. He
> > concludes by asking Eric to promise that when he is presented with his
> > own choice—and, Bill insists, that moment will come—to choose
> > happiness, no matter how afraid he might be to take that path.
Whatever
> > the genre may be (science fiction, gay porn, mainstream literature?) ,
> > this is a novel of love, relationships, and the consequences— both
> > good and bad—of taking that chance and making the choice to go after
> > what makes you happy.
> > 
> > I personally enjoyed this novel very much. Perhaps more so than any of
> > Delany's books since StarsIn My Pocket Like Grains of Sand. It made
> > me happy.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> 
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