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The Einstein Intersection
Samuel R. Delany · Sci-Fi · 135 pages
28 Pulse Score
Based on recommendations from independent creators
magical realismspace operaquest
hard sci fimagical realism
#230 All Time
About this book
The surface story tells of the problems a member of an alien race, Lo Lobey, has assimilating the mythology of earth, where his kind have settled among the leftover artifacts of humanity. The deeper tale concerns, however, the way those who are "different" must deal with the dominant cultural ideology. The tale follows Lobey's mythic quest for his lost love, Friza. In luminous and hallucinated language, it explores what new myths might emerge from the detritus of the human world as those who are "different" try to seize history and the day.
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