Samuel R. Delany on “The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction”
September 9, 2012 (originally: 09.25.2011)
http://www.ttbook.org/book/samuel-r-delany-jewel-hinged-jaw-notes-language-science-fiction-0
Samuel R. Delany has been described as “American science fiction’s most consistently brilliant and inventive writer.” Delany’s non-fiction includes the essay collection, “The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction.”
2:00 “when the words are put together in poetic form, you listen to them differently. You pay attention to them differently. When they’re put together in a prose form, again you pay a different kind of attention to them. And it’s the same thing with science fiction.”
2:33 “Then her world exploded”
3:35 dyslexia
related:
Junot Diaz on Samuel R. Delany
April 13, 2014
http://www.ttbook.org/book/bookmark-junot-diaz-samuel-r-delany
Writer Junot Diaz tells us why he’s a big fan of Samuel R. Delany’s novel, “Dark Reflections”.
http://www.ttbook.org/junot-diaz