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Samuel R. "Chip" Delany is an American [[pro writer]] and critic who was married for 25 years to [[Marilyn Hacker]].
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'''Samuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr.''', is an American [[pro writer]] and [[critic]].
  
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His early writing was primarily high-quality [[space opera]] such as ''Nova'' and ''The Einstein Intersection''.  Later, he moved more towards [[New Wave]] writing which was far more experimental and far less popular. (''Dahlgren'', which sold a million copies, might be considered an exception, but it is probably the book most likely to be cited by [[fans]] as important, but unreadable -- for many years "How far did''you'' manage to get into ''Dahlgren''? was a common [[fannish]] question.)
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His early writing was primarily high-quality [[space opera]] such as ''Nova'' and ''The Einstein Intersection''.  Later, he moved more towards [[New Wave]] writing which was far more experimental and far less popular. ''Dahlgren'', which sold a million copies, might be considered an exception, but it is probably the book most likely to be cited by [[fans]] as important, but unreadable -- for many years "How far did ''you'' manage to get into ''Dahlgren''? was a common [[fannish]] question.
  
 
For the last twenty-plus years he has been primarily known as a critic.
 
For the last twenty-plus years he has been primarily known as a critic.
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Though openly gay, he was married for 25 years to [[Marilyn Hacker]]. Their daughter, Iva Hacker-Delany, was born in 1974.
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*[https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/86086/n25t3hws/ Photo] at [[Tricon]], 1966.
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*{{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAliwsNZ_1E|text=Samuel R. Delany & Tom Purdom talk at Philcon in 2017}}
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* Four [[Nebula Awards]]
 
* Four [[Nebula Awards]]
  
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{{link | website=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAliwsNZ_1E|text=Samuel R. Delany & Tom Purdom talk at Philcon in 2017}}
 
  
 
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Revision as of 20:55, 9 October 2020

(1942 –)

Samuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr., is an American pro writer and critic.

His early writing was primarily high-quality space opera such as Nova and The Einstein Intersection. Later, he moved more towards New Wave writing which was far more experimental and far less popular. Dahlgren, which sold a million copies, might be considered an exception, but it is probably the book most likely to be cited by fans as important, but unreadable -- for many years "How far did you manage to get into Dahlgren? was a common fannish question.

For the last twenty-plus years he has been primarily known as a critic.

Though openly gay, he was married for 25 years to Marilyn Hacker. Their daughter, Iva Hacker-Delany, was born in 1974.

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