Driftglass: Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction

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Summary: Lovely little stories
Review: A collection of ten stories with settings ranging from foreign worlds to a tiny fishing village in Greece. Delany, as always, writes lyrically and with a great graciousness and clarity. If there was a fault it would be that I was inclined to find some of these a little bit slight. For people who keep track of these things, the stories included are:

The Star Pit
Dog in a Fisherman's Net (* my favorite!)
Corona
Aye, And Gomorrah
Driftglass
We, In Some Strange Power's Employ, Move On A Rigorous Line
Cage of Brass
High Weir
Time Considered As A Helix of Semi-Precious Stones
Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo

Rating:
Summary: Brilliant, lyrical, evocative writing and story-telling
Review: I've read this book four or five times over the years, and continue to marvel at Delany's awesome stylistic resources. Several of the stories are very moving, all are interesting, and all are exceptionally well-written. The stories cover the conflict between old and new (in the future), personal loss, the nature of freedom within the limits of the universe, and one odd, self-reflective narrative. Well worth seeking out for beauty in narrating and narrative.