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The Einstein Intersection

By: Samuel R. Delany, Neil Gaiman - foreword, Gabrielle de Cuir - producer
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for best science fiction novel of 1967. 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.

©2018 Samuel R. Delany (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Skyboat Media, Inc. Americas Black & African American Gay Studies Genre Fiction LGBTQ+ Studies Literary Fiction Science Fiction Social Sciences United States

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To me this book sat somewhere between SF and Magical Realism. It's, a poetic retelling of the tale of Orpheus and short enough to hold the attention and intrigue without dragging or annoying.

Peak late Sixties-SF and the narration seems to capture that tone perfectly.

Worth a listen, especially as it's included with Audible Unlimted

Interesting

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It was interesting and had lots of parallels with mythology but I had a hard time following what was happening at some points.

Interesting and wierd

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I gave it some stars because it did, at times, pique my interest, but I just didn't get it.

Imaginative, but I didn't really understand it

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This was an interesting short story that gave more as the story was revealed. A sci fi post apocalyptic story with interesting biology and sociology concepts. Leaves you thinking a bit. Your imagination really stretches to story beyond the pages. I really disliked the narration though.

Great short story...terrible performance

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This is an excellent book. One of the very few I have listened to more than once.

Superb

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