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City of a Thousand Suns

Artists/Creators
Samuel R. Delany (Creator)
Russell FitzGerald (Artist)
Date
1969
ID #
25.2.12.02
Level of Description
Item

Object Description

Item is a science fiction publication by Samuel R. Delany titled City of a Thousand Suns, with cover art created by Russell FitzGerald.
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Acclaimed science-fiction writer Samuel R. Delany and his then-wife, the poet Marilyn Hacker, were a bohemian couple who spent time in San Francisco and their native New York. Through their friendship with the FitzGeralds, sci-fi became a new arena for Russell’s interest in mysticism and surrealism to flourish. Delany commissioned him to illustrate the covers for several of his books. 
-Jon Davies, 2024

Physical Description

Physical Extent
1 v. (141 p.) of textual and graphic material : glue bound ; 18 x 10.7 x 1.2 cm
Material Type
Textual record, Graphic material

History

Collection
Samuel Delany science fiction books
Credit Line
Gift of Dora FitzGerald, 2008
Related Exhibitions
That Directionless Light of the Future: Rediscovering Russell FitzGerald

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