by Samuel R. Delany
Some odd characters with strange philosophies. Class conflict on a large scale. All set against the backdrop of the 32nd century spanning many galaxies.
Basically, I was shamed into reading Nova. Well, maybe not shamed, exactly. But a number of friends, upon learning that I'd never read anything by Samuel R. Delany, strongly suggested that I read this book.Nova won the Hugo Award for Delany in 1968. It's a space opera about a good-guy space captain ...
Delany was probably the most stylistically experimental of all the new wave SF authors. You don't read a Delany novel for the plot, but rather for the stylistic flair and imagery. I read Nova about 20 years ago and honestly I don't remember the plot, but I remember the sensory syrynx and the sort ...
Dry, very dry.
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