delany noted that DHALGREN as a place was based on the bombed out riot torn cities of the late sixties. he wanted to evoke that feel, that sense of time and spacelessness. i wouldn't be surprised if he had detroit in mind. i never did finish the book...
but octavia butler, and steven barnes are other excellent sf writers. i haven't come across any that feel like techno though. On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Kent williams wrote: > Walter Mosley "Blue Light" > > On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote: > > > > for sci-fi by a black author, i cant say enough good things about > > samuel delany's "dhalgren". i even suspect the city is at least > > somewhat based on detroit because they mention other local midwest > > cities and dont mention it. great book, and not really > > strictly "future" related.... > > > >
