Driftglass

Driftglass is a 1971 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Samuel R. Delany. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Worlds of Tomorrow, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, If and New Worlds or the anthologies Quark/3, Dangerous Visions and Alchemy & Academe. In 2019, Driftglass was selected as one of the "50 Unapologetically Queer Authors Share the Best LGBTQ Books of All Time" in O, The Oprah Magazine.[1]

Driftglass

Cover of the first edition.
Author	Samuel R. Delany
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Publisher	Signet Books
Publication date	1971
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	278

Contents

• "The Star Pit"
• "Dog in a Fisherman’s Net"
• "Corona"
• "Aye, and Gomorrah..." (winner of the Nebula Award)
• "Driftglass"
• "We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"[2]
• "Cage of Brass"
• "High Weir"
• "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
• "Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo"

References

1. Hart, Michelle (4 June 2019). "50 Queer Authors Share Their All-Time Favorite LGBTQ Books". Oprah Magazine.
2. This story is dedicated to Roger Zelazny, of whose work it is a pastiche. Zelazny also appears as a character. "'My name's Roger...' followed by something Polish and unpronounceable that began with Z and ended with Y." (p. 141) It also contains a pre-Internet reference to "a worldwide computer system." (p.155)

Sources

• "The Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Retrieved 2008-01-02.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on 2008-01-06. Retrieved 2008-01-02.