There is a spectre haunting the science fiction genre-the spectre
of Barry N. Malzberg . . . In a genre that, with one hand, claimed
to be the ultimate storehouse of innovation, and with the other,
leveled strict rules for writing and codes of narrative conduct
onto its authors, Malzberg stuck out like a forked tongue,
composing works of bona fide literature that dwarfed the efforts of
his contemporaries and established him as one of science fiction's
most dynamic enfant terribles. Originally published in 1975,
GALAXIES is a masterwork of the Malzberg canon, which includes over
fifty novels and collections. Metafictional, absurdist and
sardonic, the book mounts a concerted attack against the market
forces that prescribed SF of the 1970s and continue to prescribe it
today. At the same time, the book tells a story of technology and
cyborgs, of bureaucracy and tachyons, of love and hate and sadness
. . . Despite his deviant literary antics, Malzberg could not be
ignored by the SF community. In 1973, he won the first annual John
W. Campbell Memorial Award, which is presented to the best SF novel
of the year by a distinguished committee of SF experts, authors and
critics. Thereafter he received nominations for the Hugo, Nebula
and Philip K. Dick Awards, among others. Nonetheless his writing
has not received the attention it so profoundly deserves. GALAXIES
is among the works listed in acclaimed SF editor David Pringle's
SCIENCE FICTION: THE 100 BEST NOVELS, published in 1985. With an
introduction by Jack Dann, this special paperback edition ushers
Malzberg's genius into the twenty-first century.
General
Imprint: |
Anti-Oedipus Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2014 |
First published: |
March 2014 |
Authors: |
Barry N. Malzberg
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9892391-4-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
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LSN: |
0-9892391-4-4 |
Barcode: |
9780989239141 |
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