I've read SimPLGoS and liked it a lot. I was scared of Delany's books when I tried it, and bounced right off the first page. I tried it again later and quite liked it; I am very sad that the sequel will probably never see the light of day.
I then tried Dhalgren and bounced right off, too, possibly even the second time. Then I tried again and really got into it...then I got into the last section. I think it is perfectly fine to just stop when you get there, because it is just excerpts from a journal, and it is hard to get anything much coherent there. But make sure you do read the end of the book and then refresh your memory of how the book started. That is pretty neat.
On RASFW, there was a post or a quote from a fanzine about Dhalgren that I never remember who made it but I remember the quote: "Answer: absolute zero, the center of the sun, and the end of Dhalgren. The question? Name three points mankind will never reach.". Hee!
I have not read any of his other books yet. I think the suggestions given by others to try Babel-17 are probably spot on.
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Date: 2009-02-04 09:24 pm (UTC)I then tried Dhalgren and bounced right off, too, possibly even the second time. Then I tried again and really got into it...then I got into the last section. I think it is perfectly fine to just stop when you get there, because it is just excerpts from a journal, and it is hard to get anything much coherent there. But make sure you do read the end of the book and then refresh your memory of how the book started. That is pretty neat.
On RASFW, there was a post or a quote from a fanzine about Dhalgren that I never remember who made it but I remember the quote: "Answer: absolute zero, the center of the sun, and the end of Dhalgren. The question? Name three points mankind will never reach.". Hee!
I have not read any of his other books yet. I think the suggestions given by others to try Babel-17 are probably spot on.