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The Motion of Light in Water: East Village Sex and Science Fiction Writing: 1960-1965

Samuel R. Delany

First published 1990
Publisher Paladin / Grafton Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Bernard Kay
Pages xxii+581
Price £6.99
ISBN 0586089101

  • "A Paladin UK Paperback Original 1990" stated on the copyright page.
  • "FIRST BRITISH PUBLICATION" printed on the back cover.
  • Publisher is given as "Paladin" (over) "Grafton Books" (over) "A Division of the Collins Publishing Group" on the title page, and simply "Paladin" on the book's spine.
  • "Front cover photograph of Samuel R. Delany, 1961 by Bernard Kay" printed on the back cover.
  • Other prices: New Zealand $19.95 and Australia $16.95 printed on the back cover.
  • Expanded edition (not stated), includes "The Column at the Market's Edge" (stated on the title page).
  • Month of publication from Locus1, which states that this edition is "greatly expanded and revised".
  • The contents page and the first page of the 532-page memoir gives the title as "The Peripheries of Love".
  • "The Column at the Market's Edge" began as a written interview between Delany and the editors of Camera Obscura in 1988, but this is its first publication.

Year Reviewer Publication
2010 Bruce Gillespie SF Commentary, #80A