Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany

Description

Stories for Chip brings together outstanding authors inspired by a brilliant writer and critic, Science Fiction Writers of America Grandmaster Samuel R. “Chip” Delany. Award-winning SF luminaries such as Michael Swanwick, Nalo Hopkinson, and Eileen Gunn contribute original fiction and creative nonfiction. From surrealistic visions of bucolic road trips to erotic transgressions to mind-expanding analyses of Delany’s influence on the genre—as an out gay man, an African American, and possessor of a startlingly acute intellect—this book conveys the scope of the subject’s sometimes troubling, always rewarding genius. Editors Nisi Shawl and Bill Campbell have given Delany and the world at large, a gorgeous, haunting, illuminating, and deeply satisfying gift of a book.

Nisi Shawl is a writer whose work has been published at Strange Horizons, in Asimov’s SF Magazine, and in anthologies including Dark Faith 2, Dark Matter, The Moment of Change, and The Other Half of the Sky. Her story collection, Filter House, was one of two winners of the 2009 James Tiptree Jr. Award. She is a cofounder of the Carl Brandon Society and serves on the Board of Directors of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. She lives in Seattle. 

Bill Campbell is the founder of Rosarium Publishing and the author the novels Koontown Killing Kaper, My Booty Novel, and Sunshine Patriots as well as the essay collection, Pop Culture: Politics, Puns, and “Poohbutt” from a Liberal Stay-at-Home Dad. He coedited, with Edward Austin Hall, the groundbreaking anthology Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond. He lives in Washington, DC.

Introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson  

Eileen Gunn - "Michael Swanwick and Samuel R. Delany at the Joyce Kilmer Service Area, March 2005"

Nick Harkaway - "Billy Tumult"

devorah major - "Voice Prints"

Isiah Lavender, III - "Delany Encounters: Or, Another Reason Why I Study Race and Racism in

Science Fiction"

Anil Menon - "Clarity"

Ellen Kushner - "When Two Swordsmen Meet"

Chesya Burke - "For Sale: Fantasy Coffin (Ababuo Need Not Apply)"

Haralambi Markov - "Holding Hands with Monsters"

Carmelo Rafala - "Song for the Asking"

Kit Reed - "Kickenders"

Walidah Imarisha - "Walking Science Fiction: Samuel Delany and Visionary Fiction"

Alex Jennings - "Heart of Brass"

Claude Lalumière - "Empathy Evolving as a Quantum of Eight-Dimensional Perception"

Jewelle Gomez - "Be Three"

Ernest Hogan - "Guerilla Mural of a Siren’s Song"

Hal Duncan - "An Idyll in Erewhyna"

L. Timmel Duchamp - "Real Mothers, a Faggot Uncle, and the Name of the Father: Samuel R.

Delany’s Feminist Revisions of the Story of SF"

Junot Díaz - "Nilda"

Benjamin Rosenbaum - "The First Gate of Logic"

Thomas M. Disch - "The Master of the Milford Altarpiece"

Sheree Renée Thomas - "River Clap Your Hands"

Roz Clarke - "Haunt-type Experience"

Fábio Fernandes - "Eleven Stations"

Kai Ashante Wilson - "<<Légendaire.>>"

Michael Swanwick - "On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection"

Kathryn Cramer - "Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook"

Vincent Czyz - "Hamlet’s Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS"

Tenea D. Johnson - "Each Star a Sun to Invisible Planets"

Alex Smith - "Clones"

Geetanjali Dighe - "The Last Dying Man"

Geoff Ryman - "Capitalism in the 22nd Century"

Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl - "Jamaica Ginger"

Chris Brown - "Festival"

Sujets

• Science Fiction
• LGBTQ+
• Samuel R. Delany
• General officer
• General
• Fiction
• Samuel Delany

Informations

• Publié par: Rosarium Publishing
• Date de parution: 03 août 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781495601972
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

>"Michael Swanwick - "On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection"Kathryn Cramer - "Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook"Vincent Czyz - "Hamlet’s Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS"Tenea D. Johnson - "Each Star a Sun to Invisible Planets"Alex Smith - "Clones"Geetanjali Dighe - "The Last Dying Man"Geoff Ryman - "Capitalism in the 22nd Century"Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl - "Jamaica Ginger"Chris Brown - "Festival"" />

Praise
"I read The Jewels of Aptor in 1962, when I was fourteen. Samuel Delany had written it when he was nineteen, and I totally got that, the fantastic youth of the thing, but I was also blown away by what I didn’t yet understand was the style. It induced one of the most persistent and global somatic memories of reading I’ve ever had, to the point that I can actually use it as a sort of time-travel device. And yes, I know he’s written many novels since then, including Dhalgren , but I’ve always wanted a chance to say that about The Jewels of Aptor !"
William Gibson, author of Pattern Recognition
"Samuel R. Delany sits at the crossroads of the story of SF. Explore any path why SF matters, how, to whom and he is there, beaming, either in person or reflected in the writers forging ahead. This book of beautiful, brilliant stories, fiction and nonfiction, shows us why he matters so much and how, and to whom. All of us, of course."
Nicola Griffith, author of Hild
"This anthology rocks your mind, rolls your heart, and makes you tingle all over. Nisi Shawl and Bill Campbell have curated an entertaining and provocative volume, a whirlwind tour of the mythic, science fictional landscape that Delany engendered. These stories, essays, and memoirs are sensuous encounters with Delany, an ongoing conversation in the delanyesque universe. A polymath geek fest! Stories for Chip is a perfect tribute to a creative genius, a theoretical titan, and a great adventurer."
Andrea Hairston, author of Redwood and Wildfire
"This lovingly made tribute to Samuel R. Delany is packed with tiny delights. Stories that are as diverse as they are refreshing to the palate. A blend of so many different voices and takes on the influence of this great author--one could only dream that in the winter of one’s career such a collection could be constructed in one’s honor."
Jennifer Marie Brissett, author of Elysium
"A powerful testimonial to the impact Delany has had in inspiring so many of this generation’s diverse voices."
Tobias Buckell, author of Arctic Rising
"A tribute to one of the great geniuses of science fiction, this diamond of a book has stories as multi-faceted, brilliant, and wickedly sharp as Delany himself."
Ellen Klages, author of The Green Glass Sea

"Billy Tumult" copyright © 2015 by Nick Harkaway
"Voice Prints" copyright © 2015 by devorah major
"Delany Encounters: Or, Another Reason Why I Study Race and Racism in Science Fiction" copyright © 2015 by Isiah Lavender, III
"Clarity" copyright © 2015 by Anil Menon "When Two Swordsmen Meet" copyright © 2015 by Ellen Kushner
"For Sale: Fantasy Coffin (Ababuo Need Not Apply)" copyright © 2015 by Chesya Burke
"Holding Hands with Monsters" copyright © 2015 by Haralambi Markov
"Song for the Asking" copyright © 2015 by Carmelo Rafala
"Walking Science Fiction: Samuel Delany and Visionary Fiction" copyright © 2015 by Walidah Imarisha
"Heart of Brass" copyright © 2015 by Alex Jennings
"Be Three" copyright © by 2015 Jewelle Gomez
"An Idyll in Erewhyna" copyright © 2015 by Hal Duncan
"First Gate of Logic" copyright © 2015 by Benjamin Rosenbaum
"River Clap Your Hands" copyright © 2015 by Sheree Renée Thomas
"Eleven Stations" copyright © 2015 by Fábio Fernandes
"On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection " copyright © 2015 by Michael Swanwick
"Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook" copyright © 2015 by Kathryn Cramer
"Hamlet’s Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS" copyright © 2015 by Vincent Czyz
"Each Star a Sun to Invisible Planets" copyright © 2015 by Tenea D. Johnson
"Clones" copyright © 2015 by Alex Smith
"The Last Dying Man" copyright © 2015 by Geetanjali Dighe
"Capitalism in the 22nd Century" copyright © 2015 by Geoff Ryman
"Jamaica Ginger" copyright © 2015 by Nalo Hopkinson and Nisi Shawl
"Festival" copyright © 2015 by Chris Brown
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany
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Acknowledgement for permission to reprint the following:
"Haunt-type Experience" by Roz Clarke first appeared in Black Static , Witcham, Cambridgeshire, UK, February 2009.
"Nilda" by Junot Diaz first appeared in The New Yorker , New York, NY, USA, October 1999. It was subsequently reprinted in his collection This Is How You Lose Her , New York, NY, USA, September 2012, Riverhead Books.
"Real Mothers, a Faggot Uncle, and the Name of the Father: Samuel R. Delany’s Feminist Revisions of the Story of SF" by L. Timmel Duchamp first appeared in Cruising the Disciplines: A Symposium on Samuel R. Delany , Kenneth R. James, editor, Annals of Scholarship, Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, Volume 20 (2013).
"Michael Swanwick and Samuel R. Delany at the Joyce Kilmer Service Area, March 2005" by Eileen Gunn first appeared in Foundation , Kempston, Bedfordshire, UK, Winter 2007. It was subsequently reprinted in her collection Questionable Practices , Easthampton, MA, USA, March 2014, Small Beer Press.
"Guerilla Mural of a Siren’s Song" by Ernest Hogan first appeared in Pulphouse, Issue 4 (Summer 1989). It was subsequently reprinted in Alien Contact , Marty Halpern, editor, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 2011, Night Shade Books. A Polish translation appeared in Nowa Fantastyka , Warsaw, Poland, January 2013.
"Empathy Evolving as a Quantum of Eight-Dimensional Perception" by Claude Lalumière first appeared in Suction Cup Dreams: An Octopus Anthology , David Joseph Clarke, editor, Charleston, SC, USA, November 2013, Obsolescent Press.
"Kickenders" by Kit Reed first appeared in monkeybicycle , Montclair, NJ, USA, Summer 2014.
<<Légendaire.>> by Kai Ashante Wilson first appeared in Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars , Nisi Shawl, editor, Seattle, WA, USA, January 2013, The Carl Brandon Society.
"The Master of the Milford Altarpiece" by Tom Disch first appeared in The Paris Review , Paris, France, Spring 1969. It has been subsequently reprinted many times, including in Getting into Death and Other Stories , New York, NY, February 1976, Knopf.
Contents
Introduction by Kim Stanley Robinson
Eileen Gunn
Michael Swanwick and Samuel R. Delany at the Joyce Kilmer Service Area, March 2005
Nick Harkaway
Billy Tumult
devorah major
Voice Prints
Isiah Lavender, III
Delany Encounters: Or, Another Reason Why I Study Race and Racism in Science Fiction
Anil Menon
Clarity
Ellen Kushner
When Two Swordsmen Meet
Chesya Burke
For Sale: Fantasy Coffin (Ababuo Need Not Apply)
Haralambi Markov
Holding Hands with Monsters
Carmelo Rafala
Song for the Asking
Kit Reed
Kickenders
Walidah Imarisha
Walking Science Fiction: Samuel Delany and Visionary Fiction
Alex Jennings
Heart of Brass
Claude Lalumière
Empathy Evolving as a Quantum of Eight-Dimensional Perception
Jewelle Gomez
Be Three
Ernest Hogan
Guerilla Mural of a Siren’s Song
Hal Duncan
An Idyll in Erewhyna
L. Timmel Duchamp
Real Mothers, a Faggot Uncle, and the Name of the Father: Samuel R. Delany’s Feminist Revisions of the Story of SF
Junot Díaz
Nilda
Benjamin Rosenbaum
The First Gate of Logic
Thomas M. Disch
The Master of the Milford Altarpiece
Sheree Renée Thomas
River Clap Your Hands
Roz Clarke
Haunt-type Experience
Fábio Fernandes
Eleven Stations
Kai Ashante Wilson
<<L é gendaire.>>
Michael Swanwick
On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection
Kathryn Cramer
Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook
Vincent Czyz
Hamlet’s Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS
Tenea D. Johnson
Each Star a Sun to Invisible Planets
Alex Smith
Clones
Geetanjali Dighe
The Last Dying Man
Geoff Ryman
Capitalism in the 22nd Century
Nalo Hopkinson & Nisi Shawl
Jamaica Ginger
Chris Brown
Festival
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Editors
Introduction
Kim Stanley Robinson
I was in a dusty used bookstore in downtown San Diego, looking at its science fiction shelves, when I pulled down a little book titled City of a Thousand Suns . Author one Samuel R. Delany. I had recently discovered science fiction and was on the hunt for new writers, so I opened this book and started to read. It was February 12, 1972. I know that because I wrote the date on the flyleaf after taking the book home, and in all the years since I’ve held on to that volume, despite my frequent cullings of my library, because it means something to me. It brings back the feeling of that time: a twenty year-old reading another twenty year-old (more or less), discovering science fiction and the world.
Because the book was the third in a trilogy, I read it with some confusion, but when I was done I went looking for more Delany. Soon I had found all of it, and Delany had become one of my favorite writers. He was, I gathered, a young writer traveling the world, his life an adventure that was vivid and romantic and filled with literature. My own life became more exciting because of his writing: this was an intense feeling, a kind of joy.
I see versions of that feeling in all the stories and essays collected here. Delany’s writing is beautiful, which is rare enough; but rarer still, it is encouraging, by which I mean, it gives courage. People respond to that encouragement with pleasure and thanks, as you will see here.
These tributes mostly don’t try to imitate Delany’s style, which is good, as it is a very personal style, one that has morphed through the years in complex ways. Imitation could only result in pastiche or parody, forms of limited interest, although a good parody can be fun, and I’ve seen some pretty good ones of Delany’s work elsewhere. A "Bad Delany" contest would b