“”Mine’s the same purpose as everybody else’s; in real life, anyway:…” — Dhalgren 📚 log(book)

I'm currently behind on reviews, so don't be surprised if the recent reviews are a bit sparse.

“Mine’s the same purpose as everybody else’s; in real life, anyway: to get through the next second, consciousness intact.”
The next second passed.

Cover of Dhalgren.

Dhalgren

by Samuel R. Delany · published 1975 · read 2019-07-11

★★☆☆☆

Asking me to rate Dhalgren by Samuel Delany is like asking me to rate Kafka's Process. I'm sure that they are both good books, objectively. I'm sure they are good books to many people out there. I can recognize their excellent language, their meta storytelling, their intense settings and the skilled ways they use language to provoke feelings (which they do!).