Description

Interplanetary war, capture and escape, diplomatic intrigues that topple worlds.

In a story as exciting as any science fiction adventure written, Samuel R. Delanys 1976 SF novel, originally published as Triton, takes us on a tour of a utopian society at war with . . . our own Earth! High wit in this future comedy of manners allows Delany to question gender roles and sexual expectations at a level that, 20 years after it was written, still make it a coruscating portrait of the happily reasonable man, Bron Helstrom an immigrant to the embattled world of Triton, whose troubles become more and more complex, till there is nothing left for him to do but become a woman. Against a background of high adventure, this minuet of a novel dances from the farthest limits of the solar system to Earths own Outer Mongolia. Alternately funny and moving, it is a wide-ranging tale in which character after character turns out not to be what he or she seems.

Author: Samuel R. Delany
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 07/19/1996
Pages: 326
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.35w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780819562982
Language: English