Urth Net
The Splendor and Miser y of Bodies, of Cities
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on 7/31/01 6:37 AM, matthew.malthouse at guardian.co.uk at
matthew.malthouse at guardian.co.uk wrote:
On 28/07/2001 05:00:25 urth wrote:
Does anyone know if Delany ever published his
sequel to "Stars In My Pockets"?
Alas no.
Between the time when Delany planned the diptych and wrote Stars... and it was published then getting on with the second the AIDS issue hit and Delany said that his world was so changed by it that he could no longer write the second - poor memory might not serve but I think it was to be entitled "The Slplendour of Cities and their Dying" or something bery similar.
The subject line above is, or would have been, the title of the sequel.
In the Fall 1996 issue of The Review of Contemporary Fiction, along with a short interview with Delany and various articles about Delany, there is a thirteen page excerpt from The Splendor and Misery. According to the latest issue of the Review in my library, this back issue is still available. The address is
The Review of Contemporary Fiction
ISU Campus Box 4241
Normal IL 61790-4241
The price is eight dollars, with a ten percent discount for individuals.
--Adam