Re: Re: What are the "Biographical" Works?
David Carlton <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:29:49 +0200
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My understand is that Dark Reflections Really isn't based on his life at all, that the character is completely different from Delany in multiple ways. Pretty sure I've seen Delany himself addressing this, maybe in one of the interviews in The Polymath? (Which, come to think of it, might be a decent addition to your list!) -- David Carlton [email protected] On Apr 11, 2012, at 6:08 PM, "Planet_Stories" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks! Forgot about Heavenly Breakfast. > > I put Dark Reflections there as it seemed to be based off his life (with the note of it being fictional). > > --- In [email protected], David Carlton <carlton@...> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Planet_Stories <recursive_loop@...>wrote: >> >>> Greetings: >>> >>> A couple of people on Twitter have been asking which are the biographical >>> works (real or fictional) by SRD. I've got listed: >>> >>> Motion of Light >>> Times Square Red, Times Square Blue (essays) >>> Dark Reflections (fictional) >>> Bread & Wine (graphic novel) >>> >> >> Dark Reflections is not autobiographical. Motion of Light and Bread & Wine >> certainly are; I'm not sure how much of Times Square Red/Blue I would >> characterize that way, it's been a while. >> >> >>> And I haven't read, so I'm not sure about: >>> >>> Tides of Lust???? >>> >> >> This isn't autobiographical either. >> >> >>> Did I miss any? >> >> >> I think Heavenly Breakfast is autobiographical, though it's been long >> enough since I've read it that I can't be sure and I'm on vacation so I >> can't check my copy. >> >> >>> Also, would any of the essay collections (e.g., Silent Interviews and the >>> others) contain any biographical essays? >>> >> >> Not sure about this without checking my copies either. >> >> -- >> David Carlton >> carlton@... >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > == Posted to delany-list, hosted at yahoo groups == > == A mailing list for the discussion of the works of Samuel R. Delany. ==Yahoo! Groups Links > > >