The jewels of Aptor
by Samuel R. Delany
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Delany's first novel, written when he was about 19. The story follows a small group through a post-nuclear war future setting, on a quest to rescue a priestess of the goddess Argo from the land of the dark god Hama. If you're going to start reading his science fiction novels, this would be a good start - or read it after reading several of his later ones and gain an interesting perspective on his evolution as an author. For a book written in 1962 by a nineteen-year-old, it is imaginative and extraordinary. Even reading it now and seeing the marks of youth in the author's style, it's a fun story, and you can also notice the gift for description that make Delany's works so vivid.
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radiation, mutations, quest, religion, adventure, war, sailing, ships, exploration, Islands, Poets, Fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Science FictionTimes
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Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the 1971 ed. published by Sphere Books, London.
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