The publication makes up for this somewhat with a wealth of excellent illustrations from seven artists - different sf artist for each story.more I like Delany but I only like the new stories two stars worth sorry to say. These three stories - "Prismatica", "Omegahelm", and "Ruins" - are all more fantasy fables than sf, and I found them less than convincing. Unfortunately the three new stories are not up to the level of any of the stories that appeared in the early collection. This book, published about a decade later collects the early novella Empire Star, three of the better stories from "Driftglass", and only three new stories from the later 70s. These three stories - "Prismatica", "Omegahelm", and "Ruins" - are all more fantasy fables t After Delany's first story collection, "Driftglass", was published in the early 70s, Delany wrote few stories.
My favorite stories, strangely, tended to be the ones with the longest, strangest names: "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", and, especially, "We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line".moreĪfter Delany's first story collection, "Driftglass", was published in the early 70s, Delany wrote few stories. The first few stories in this collection, namely "Prismatica", "Corona", and "Empire Star" (really a novella) would have been off-putting for their slick cleverness if the prose and the imagination behind the prose weren't so damn good. My favorite stories, strangely, tended to be the ones with the longest, strangest names: "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", and, especially, "We, in Some Strange Power's Employ, Mo This was my first Delany book, and it left me pretty impressed.
This was my first Delany book, and it left me pretty impressed. Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones is an award-winning classic, Empire Star was always one of my favorites, and We, In Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line is one my favorite titles. Not to mention a lovely Michael Whelan cover and an interesting introduction from Delany. They're not necessarily his best works, and some also appeared in his first collection, Driftglass (and Empire Star appeared individually), but it's well worthwhile in this format for the lavish illustrations.
Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones is an award-winning classic, Empir This is a big, lovely collection of seven of Delany's stories, each very nicely illustrated by a different artist. This is a big, lovely collection of seven of Delany's stories, each very nicely illustrated by a different artist. We, in some strange power's employ, move on a rigorous line / illustrated by Michael Sorkin.more Time considered as a helix of semi-precious stones / illustrated by Jeanette Adams. Prismatica / illustrated by John Pierard -Įmpire star / illustrated by John Jude Palencar. Of doubts and dreams : an introduction / by Samuel R. Delany - Prismatica / illustrated by John Pierard - Corona / illustrated by John Collier - Empire star Delany has a grasp of the evolutionary nature of mythology, a subtle comic touch, and a lyric sense of the outsider making his unorthodox way in the world-or worlds-that give his work a dimension unusual. Contents: Of doubts and dreams : an introduction / by Samuel R. Delany has a grasp of the evolutionary nature of mythology, a subtle comic touch, and a lyric sense of the outsider making his unorthodox way in the world-or worlds-that give his work a dimension unusual.
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