In Starboard Wine, Samuel R. Delany explores the implications of his now-famous assertion that science fiction is not about the future. Rather, it uses the future as a means of talking about the present and its potentiality.
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.
In Starboard Wine, Samuel Delany explores the implications of his now-famous assertion that science fiction is not about the future.
This title explores the implications of Samuel Delaney's assertion that science fiction is not about the future. Rather, it uses the future as a means of talking about the present and its potentiality.
Essays about science fiction.