Is this book worth reading? I'm only a few pages into it,

better than ulysses

>>9372305
I'll give you another sample:
>under the moon on the sea of her, his fingers were knobbed peninsulas.

>>9372298

It's "of it's time". There must be better experimental fiction out there.

From what I can a lot of Delany is proudly for perverts by perverts.
Just check out Hogg.

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>>9373067
I own Hogg and wanted to get another Delany because I want a more normie thing to point to in case anyone takes Hogg off my shelf and starts flipping through it

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>tfw the only version available is the horrible SF Masterworks edition

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>>9373232
>Hey son ya readin' them books again

>Heh heh

>Mind if your 'ol pop borrows a paperback to peruse

>Sure dad

>Hey what's this one... "Hogg" odd name. Must be about pig farmer or somethin

>DAD NO

>Jaysus what'd it say he did wit that nail

>mfw

>>9373288
I picked up the one in the OP last month at Strand in NYC

>>9373433
the UK sucks that's what I'll say

>>9372298
Yes, start at the second chapter and read the first chapter after you finish the rest of the book. First bit has some unnecessary virtuoso poetry that is a bit of a stumbling block to the narrative.

>>9373067
Babel-17 and Empire Star were earnest attempts at 1950s-style SF, but even so you could see his gaye biker / poet fetish leaking through.

>>9372298
Loved this book and even I'll admit the first pages are kind of banal. By the second chapter though, the narrative really takes off.

>>9372381
this made me cringe

>>9373067
I am literally a gay pervert. I read some other book by Delany and liked it, so was pretty excited to try Dhalgren

I wanted to stop reading almost immediately, but forced myself through 300 pages, hoping and waiting for it to get good. It never did. It's bad