Driftglass Explained

Driftglass
Author:	Samuel R. Delany
Cover Artist:	David Wilcox
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Science fiction, fantasy
Release Date:	1971
Media Type:	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages:	278

Driftglass is a 1971 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Samuel R. Delany. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Worlds of Tomorrow, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, If and New Worlds or the anthologies Quark/3, Dangerous Visions and Alchemy & Academe. In 2019, Driftglass was selected as one of the "50 Unapologetically Queer Authors Share the Best LGBTQ Books of All Time" in O, The Oprah Magazine.^[1]

Contents

• "The Star Pit"
• "Dog in a Fisherman’s Net"
• "Corona"
• "Aye, and Gomorrah..." (winner of the Nebula Award)
• "Driftglass"
• "We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"^[2]
• "Cage of Brass"
• "High Weir"
• "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
• "Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo"

Sources

• Web site: The Internet Speculative Fiction Database . 2008-01-02 .
• Web site: Contento . William G. . Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections . 2008-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080106223939/http://contento.best.vwh.net/t33.htm#A732 . 2008-01-06 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hart . Michelle . 50 Queer Authors Share Their All-Time Favorite LGBTQ Books . Oprah Magazine . 4 June 2019.
2. This story is dedicated to Roger Zelazny, of whose work it is a pastiche. Zelazny also appears as a character. "'My name's Roger...' followed by something Polish and unpronounceable that began with Z and ended with Y." (p. 141) It also contains a pre-Internet reference to "a worldwide computer system." (p.155)