Driftglass

Driftglass is a 1971 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Samuel R. Delany. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Worlds of Tomorrow, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, If and New Worlds or the anthologies Quark/3, Dangerous Visions and Alchemy & Academe. In 2019, Driftglass was selected as one of the "50 Unapologetically Queer Authors Share the Best LGBTQ Books of All Time" in O, The Oprah Magazine.^[1]

"The Star Pit"
"Dog in a Fisherman’s Net"
"Corona"
"Aye, and Gomorrah..." (winner of the Nebula Award)
"Driftglass"
"We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"^[2]
"Cage of Brass"
"High Weir"
"Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" (winner of the Hugo Award and Nebula Award)
"Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo"

References

^ Hart, Michelle (4 June 2019). "50 Queer Authors Share Their All-Time Favorite LGBTQ Books". Oprah Magazine.
^ This story is dedicated to Roger Zelazny, of whose work it is a pastiche. Zelazny also appears as a character. "'My name's Roger...' followed by something Polish and unpronounceable that began with Z and ended with Y." (p. 141) It also contains a pre-Internet reference to "a worldwide computer system." (p.155)