Samuel R. Delany

(April 1, 1942 –)

Samuel Ray "Chip" Delany, Jr., is an American pro writer and critic.

His early writing was primarily high-quality space opera such as Nova and The Einstein Intersection. Later, he moved more towards New Wave writing which was far more experimental and far less popular. Dahlgren, which sold a million copies, might be considered an exception, but it is probably the book most likely to be cited by fans as important, but unreadable -- for many years "How far did you manage to get into Dahlgren? was a common fannish question.

For the last 20-plus years he has been primarily known as a critic.

Though openly gay, he was married for 25 years to Marilyn Hacker. Their daughter, Iva Hacker-Delany, was born in 1974.

• Photo at Tricon, 1966.
• Samuel R. Delany & Tom Purdom talk at Philcon in 2017.
• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1968 -- Balticon 2
• 1970 -- Best Short Story Hugo for "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"
• 1973 -- OMPAcon '73
• 1975 -- Philcon 1975
• 1976 -- Anonycon 2
• 1977 -- Mudcon 1
• 1978 -- Minicon 13
• 1979 -- Penulticon '79
• 1980 -- Michicon
• 1981 -- Norwescon IV
• 1982 -- Torque 3
• 1984 -- VCON 12, Contradiction 4
• 1985 -- Pilgrim Award
• 1986 -- Genericon II
• 1987 -- WisCon 11
• 1988 -- Readercon 2
• 1989 -- Norcon 8, Best Non-Fiction Book Hugo for "The Motion of Light in Water
• 1990 -- ConDiego, Fourth Street Fantasy Convention 1990
• 1991 -- Gaylaxicon 1991
• 1992 -- Lunacon 35
• 1995 -- Intersection
• 1999 -- 25th World Fantasy Convention
• 2002 -- Science Fiction Hall of Fame
• 2009 -- Eaton Award
• 8 other Hugo nominations
• Four Nebula Awards

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1942—

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