Tag: Samuel R. Delany

The Jewels of Aptor audiobook by Samuel R. Delany (1942-) Delany's first novel, from 1962, serves as a sort of prologue to the subsequent Captives of the Flame, 1963. Set several centuries after the Great Fire -- a nuclear holocaust -- a young woman seeks her destiny with the help of a four-armed youth. (Summary by BellonaTimes)   The Jewels of Aptor Cover of first edition paperback Author(s) Samuel R. Delany Cover artist Jack Gaughan Country United States Language English Genre(s) Science Read more [...]

Captives of the Flame audiobook by Samuel R. Delany (1942- ) Chip Delany's 2nd novel -- the first is The Jewels of Aptor (1962) -- published by Ace Books in 1963. Set in the 35th Century, the survivors of a nuclear war live on the coastline and an island in a kingdom ruled by a royal family in disrepair. A young victim -- the son of a wealthy merchant -- of their wrath becomes a working-class hero as he fights to get back his good name, aided by a disaffected member of the royal family. This Read more [...]