Books like Neveryóna by Samuel R. Delany
In *Neveryón* – part of Delany’s Return to Neveryon saga – the protagonist Pryn, a literate woman from a largely pre‑literate mountain village, flees on a dragon to seek the vanished city of Neveryón. Her journey unites her with diverse characters and fuels a slave revolt led by Gorgik the Liberator, whose rise from bondage to state minister challenges themes of freedom, power, and desire. The narrative intertwines fantasy tropes with a sophisticated semiotic framework, positioning the story as both an adventurous quest and a literary puzzle that interrogates meaning, politics, and sexuality within an ancient, possibly African or Asian‑inspired empire.
First publish date: 1983
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Samuel R. Delany
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