Abstract:This essay starts with two questions: how does one define science fiction, and what difference does race makes to science fiction? Posing these questions together suggests that they are related and provides an opportunity to consider Stars in My Pocket like Grains of Sand (1984) and its author, Samuel R. Delany, who writes from a variety of subject positions: African American, gay, feminist, and more. Delany's work demonstrates how science fiction is a necessity for contemporary African American intellectual i… Show more
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