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1977
4.5(26 reviews)
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
288 pages
ISBN: 978-0819568830
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The Jewel-Hinged Jaw

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An indispensable work of science fiction criticism revised and expanded Samuel R. Delany's The Jewel-Hinged Jaw appeared originally in 1977, and is now long out of print and hard to find. The impact of its demonstration that science fiction was a special language, rather than just gadgets and green-skinned aliens, began reverberations still felt in science fiction criticism. This edition includes two new essays, one written at the time and one written about those times, as well as an introduction by writer and teacher Matthew Cheney, placing Delany's work in historical context. Close textual analyses of Thomas M. Disch, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, and Joanna Russ read as brilliantly today as when they first appeared. Essays such as "About 5,750 Words" and "To Read The Dispossessed" first made the book a classic; they assure it will remain one.

Book Information

Title:The Jewel-Hinged Jaw
Author:Samuel R. Delany
Series:Non-Fiction Books
Book Number:#1
Published:1977
Pages:288
ISBN-10:081956883X
ISBN-13:978-0819568830

Series Progress

This book is part of the Non-Fiction Books series and is book #1 in the series.