Delany: The Jewel-Hinged Jaw
Summary: The Jewel-Hinged Jaw by Delany (Berkeley, Dragon Press (1977)). (Stub — expand from highlights.)
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Last updated: 2026-05-07
Quotes
Language and Sci-Fi Cognition
“The corrective process that the reader of SF must use to decode the sentences is much more complex and depends on a much more varied set of linguistic expectations than that used by the reader of mundane fiction.” (p. 34)
Critical Thinking
“Style is not a decoration of content; it is the very tool of thought that allows content to exist.” (p. 21)