I love Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand. My favorite bit is the funny (okay, blackly funny) scene where that friendly sadist explains to the protag that if he sticks around, he's going to find himself in a starring and probably fatal role as masochist. Our hero listens and prudently departs. I haven't re-read the book in years, but I remember that bit was so beautifully written -- comedic timing in prose. I read it aloud to a friend and she burst into laughter. (Wow, I'm suddenly remembering the apartment I was living in at the time.)
My favorite Delaneys, though, are probably the novella "Time Considered As A Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" and the Neveryon stories. (Hmm. Well, you could probably figure out the latter from my attachment to Sumerian myths. Not to mention Kryptonian ones.)
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Date: 2002-11-26 04:12 pm (UTC)My favorite Delaneys, though, are probably the novella "Time Considered As A Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" and the Neveryon stories. (Hmm. Well, you could probably figure out the latter from my attachment to Sumerian myths. Not to mention Kryptonian ones.)