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It's a map of a non-existent coast under an imaginary constellation on an impossible sky in—" he grunted, twisting something—"the middle of a ring of… - Samuel R. Delany
" "It's a map of a non-existent coast under an imaginary constellation on an impossible sky in—" he grunted, twisting something—"the middle of a ring of meaningless numbers. That's why it's powerful. That's why it's magic.
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About Samuel R. Delany
Samuel Ray Delany Jr. (born 1 April 1942) is an award-winning 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.
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He sat cross-legged in the crumpled, body-warmed bedding, now, and looked at her beside him until his eyes ached with keeping his lids up, looking not to miss the beauty of her breathing, the faint flare of her nostrils, the rise of her chest, the movement of her skin a millimetre back and forth across her collarbone as she breathed. His eyes, flooded with her gloriousness, filled with tears. He had to blink and look away.
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