Aye, and Gomorrah
Science fiction short story by Samuel R. Delany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the 1967 short story. For the 2003 short story collection, see Aye, and Gomorrah, and other stories.
"Aye, and Gomorrah..." is a New Wave science fiction short story by American writer Samuel R. Delany. It is the first short story Delany sold, and won the 1967 Nebula Award for best short story. Before it appeared in Driftglass and Aye, and Gomorrah, and other stories, it first appeared as the final story in Harlan Ellison's seminal 1967 anthology, Dangerous Visions. It was controversial because of its sexual subject matter,[1] and has been called "one of the best stories by a gay man published in the 1960s."[2]
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"Aye, and Gomorrah..." | |
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Short story by Samuel R. Delany | |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
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Published in | Dangerous Visions |
Publication type | Anthology |
Publication date | December 1967 |
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Graham Sleight has described it as a "revisionist take" on Cordwainer Smith's story "Scanners Live in Vain".[3]