![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When he leaves, he gives his orchid to a new arrival in a scene where the dialogue keeps mirroring the scene where he got it. Also, when the Kid arrives in the city, he is given his orchid by someone who is leaving. 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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