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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The textures that Delany conjures out of his prose always makes me smile. These two shorter works are testaments to his imaginative mind. Discorporate navigators, multiplex computer blobs, a genetically enhanced space pilot made to resemble a lion; it's all here. He's still honing in his plotting at this point, but the text shines brightly on the page with rich, strange and brilliant concepts, characters and worlds to explore. These two stories revolve around the concepts of communication, and I guess you could argue that they're mirrors to each other? But I just see them as two exemplary conceptual explorations that Delany would carry with him to Nova, my favorite of his.
A pair of early works from Delany... both full of amazing ideas and tight, economical prose. I like both of them, and I made the right decision in reading both this time, as they inform one another. I do feel that the stories are both a bit... glib? I think I prefer his later stuff, but these are excellent.
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Babel-17
i loved the linguistic discussion and how language is approached and is such an important part of the narrative. i really enjoy sci-fi stories that don't treat language as something that is not important or that is easily handled (looking at you Star Trek and the universal translator - like, i love Star Trek and i get why the translator is a thing but i really dislike it. there should be more characters like Hoshi on Trek). that said, i was confused at parts and think certain elements were too rushly explained while others, which didn't seem as important to the overall plot, were very detailed.
Empire Star
it was fun.
i loved the linguistic discussion and how language is approached and is such an important part of the narrative. i really enjoy sci-fi stories that don't treat language as something that is not important or that is easily handled (looking at you Star Trek and the universal translator - like, i love Star Trek and i get why the translator is a thing but i really dislike it. there should be more characters like Hoshi on Trek). that said, i was confused at parts and think certain elements were too rushly explained while others, which didn't seem as important to the overall plot, were very detailed.
Empire Star
it was fun.
read for “contemporary fiction” course
**planning to do a reread to get a better understanding of everything i’ve just read because this novel is so ambitious, i know for sure i can’t just be simply done with it by having read it only once
**planning to do a reread to get a better understanding of everything i’ve just read because this novel is so ambitious, i know for sure i can’t just be simply done with it by having read it only once
