The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction
| First published | 1977 |
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| Publisher | Dragon Press |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Nonfiction |
| Pages | 326 |
| Price | $12.95 |
"First edition so stated on copyright page. 1108 copies printed: 4 copies lettered A-D; 110 numbered copies signed by the author; 994 trade copies. " - Currey
Interior illustrations by Richard M. Powers (issued without dust jacket)
Info from Locus #205 (October 1977).
"All pieces that have previously appeared have been somewhat revised for this edition." (from copyright page)
No ISBN.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Darrell Schweitzer | Thrust, #10, Spring 1978 |
| 1978 | Charles N. Brown | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March-April 1978 |
| 1978 | William Gibson | Locus, #211 May 1978 |
| 1978 | Sara Jayne Steen | Extrapolation, May 1978 |
| 1978 | Annemarie Kindt | Holland-SF 1978, #5 |
| 1978 | Annemarie van Ewijck | |
| 1979 | John Clute | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1979 |
| 1979 | Brian Stableford | Foundation, #16 May 1979 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Preface (The Jewel-Hinged Jaw) | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 15 | Letter to a Critic: Popular Culture, High Art, and the S-F Landscape | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 33 | About Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Words | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 51 | Shadows | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 135 | Critical Methods/Speculative Fiction | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 149 | Quarks | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 155 | Teaching S-f Writing | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 163 | Thickening the Plot | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 171 | Characters | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 179 | On Pure Story-Telling | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 191 | Faust and Archimedes | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 211 | Alyx | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 231 | Prisoners' Sleep | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 239 | To Read The Dispossessed | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| 309 | A Fictional Architecture That Manages Only with Great Difficulty Not Once to Mention Harlan Ellison | Samuel R. Delany | Essay |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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1978 | Berkley Windhover | Trade Paperback | Nonfiction | Richard Powers (artist) | xii+303 | |
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2011 | Wesleyan University Press | eBook | Nonfiction | |||
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2013 | Gateway / Orion | eBook | Nonfiction |