Neveryóna by Samuel R. Delany

[randy_byers]

Comments

[the_gardener]

You have to admire an author who can title a novel in such a way that it can be read as Never Yawn. (A worthy successor to Dull Gren.) That sad, I couldn't get on with the books at all, and never got to the end of the first.

[randy_byers]

That reminds me that at some point I considered speculating whether Delany was committing a pun on "never yoni". This would obviously be advocacy of gay male sex.

[ron_drummond]

I read it twice in a row when it first came out, but not since. Based on my memory of it I've been calling it my favorite Delany novel for some time now. Reading your review makes me want to reread it -- and not.

[randy_byers]

There's always a danger when re-reading old favorites that one will find them less good than previously, but there's always the chance that one will find new riches revealing themselves as well. There's plenty to chew on in this novel, that's for sure. I recommend re-reading it. For what it's worth, my re-reading of the series so far has confirmed my preference for Tales of Neveryon, so maybe you'd renew your love for Neveryona as well.