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Samuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr. (born April 1 , 1942 , New York City ) is an award-winning American Science Fiction Author . He has written works that have garnered substantial critical acclaim, including the novels '' Nova '', ''The Einstein Intersection'', '' Hogg '', and '' Dhalgren ''. He is a professor of Comparative Literature and Creative Writing at Temple University , and is also known in the Academic world as a Literary Critic . Biography Delany was born and raised in Harlem and attended the Dalton School and Bronx High School Of Science . Delany and the poet Marilyn Hacker , who met in high school, were married for several years and have a daughter. Delany was a published science fiction author by the age of 20, and published six well-regarded science fiction novels between 1962 and 1968, as well as several prize-winning short stories (collected in ''Driftglass''). ''Dhalgren'' was published in 1974 . His main literary project through the late 1970s and 1980s was the Neveryon series. Delany has published several Autobiographical /semi-autobiographical accounts of his life as a black and Gay writer, including his Hugo Award winning autobiography, '' The Motion Of Light In Water ''. In recent years, Delany has been teaching English, Comparative Literature, and writing. Delany spent 11 years teaching at the University Of Massachusetts At Amherst , a year and a half at the University At Buffalo , and moved to the English Department of Temple University in 2001 . He has also published several books of criticism, interviews, and other essays. Themes Most of his works deal more explicitly with sexual themes than is common. '' Dhalgren '' and '' Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand '' include several sexually explicit passages, and several of his books such as '' Equinox '', '' The Mad Man '', '' Hogg '' and '' Phallos '' could even be considered Pornography , a term that Delany himself has endorsed before. He has published several books of literary criticism, with an emphasis on issues in Science Fiction and other Paraliterary Genre s, Comparative Literature , and Queer Studies . SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Fiction Novels
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Short story collections
('' Driftglass '' and ''Distant Stars'' include the Hugo and Nebula Award -winning "Time Considered As A Helix Of Semi-Precious Stones." ''Aye, and Gomorrah'' is a compilation of all of Delany's short fiction, excepting the Nevèrÿon tales.) Nonfiction Critical works
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