![]() ![]() Book Ends: The ending is the beginning of the opening sentence fragment.What's more, they're in different phases a passing physicist points out that this is impossible. Bad Moon Rising: At one point, the clouds part to show two moons (one of which is promptly named "George") in the sky.Delany is very fond of characters with "ugly" hands and bitten nails. ![]() Arc Words: "You can't make that discord on a harmonica." "Someday I'll die." "Artichokes.".Bellona is perpetually overcast and covered in smoke, with a few exceptions when the sky is shown, it may contain two moons or a sun so large it takes up the whole sky. (It was Delany's first serious attempt at blending SF with Lit Fic.) This description doesn't really do the book justice. Eventually a massive fire forces him to leave. He explores, learning about its inhabitants and culture, staying for months. ![]() The narrator, a nameless man of strange ethnicity, hitches a ride to the city, and the plot begins. It's become a haven for the dregs and free spirits of society. A strange catastrophe has befallen it, and so radio/television/phone signals can neither enter nor leave. It takes place in the fictional city of Bellona, which is in the exact geographic center of the United States. Dhalgren is a strange New Wave Science Fiction / Lit Fic novel by Samuel R. ![]()
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