I think, despite all its brilliance and cleverness, the best thing about Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany is the playfulness. It’s a short story that’s won both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards back in the day, and rightfully so. The story is a good example of why I seem to like every Delany book I come across: brilliant, lyrical and association heavy style. In Space. Very human and tongue-in-cheek.

Driftglass
author: | Samuel R. Delany (1971) |
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date read: | 2019-09-29 |
pages: | 278 |
lists: | five-stars , scifi |
rating: | β β β β β |