Praise for Samuel R. Delany Named an SFWA Grand Master of Science Fiction Winner of the 2022 World Fantasy Award Winner of the 2021 Anisfield-Wolf Award Winner of the 2008 Stonewall Book Award Winner of the 1970 and 1989 Hugo Award Winner of the 1966, 1967, and 1968 Nebula Award "The most interesting writer of science fiction writing in English today." -- The New York Times Book Review "Delany's prismatic output is among the most significant, immense and innovative in American letters." --Jordy Rosenberg, The New York Times "Delany has a fearsomely stocked intellect, and a wider range of experience than most writers can even imagine. He is brilliant, driven, prolific." -- The Nation "Immensely sophisticated as literature . eminently readable and gorgeously entertaining." -- Washington Post Book World "In Delany, each work is in dialogue with the next, the fiction illuminating the nonfiction, which in turn re-illuminates the fiction.
" --Kenneth R. James, Tor "Samuel R. Delany . is the best science-fiction writer in the world." --A.J. Budrys, Galaxy Magazine "In his novels, criticism, [and] letters, Samuel R. Delany left an indelible mark upon the last century, and there's little doubt he'll continue to do the same in the present one.
" --Elizabeth Hand, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction "The wit, sensitivity, penetration, playfulness and the incandescent intelligence . characterize Delany and his extraordinary work." --Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao "Samuel R. Delany [is] one of the most important literary figures of our time." --Nisi Shawl, author of Everfair.