George wrote:I've been putting off Delany because my one experience with him was "Dahlgren" -- HATED IT! I'm afraid the two mentioned above will be more of the same. Nevertheless, I will eveentually read them.
I've read _Dahlgren_ (and yes Ronn!, I actually read it all the way through :-), and although it had a few interesting ideas, most of it was dreck.
However, some of Delany's other fiction is really top-notch. I particularly like _Nova_.
In my case, I had read some of his other stuff and liked it *before* I started reading _Dahlgren_, so it was very likely the contrast between "This guy writes good stuff!" and "What kind of [EMAIL PROTECTED] is this?!" which colored my attitude toward it. It would be interesting (although I didn't do it) to have asked the people who said they stopped around page 100 if _Dahlgren_ was or was not the first thing by Delaney they read . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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