That character, Mr. Calkins, publishes a newspaper with wrong dates as well as the protagonist's poetry collection Brass Orchids.
In this novel, a retired astronaut tells the protagonist that "Returning from the moon was not the same as going, played backwards." Another character in this novel is only ever heard through a grate in a monastery. That character, Mr. Calkins, publishes a newspaper with wrong dates as well as the protagonist's poetry collection Brass Orchids. In this novel, Bobby Richards is pushed down an elevator shaft by his sister June after he threatens to tell their parents that she had sex. The black man who may have raped June, George Harrison, becomes identified with the second moon in this novel. This novel's protagonist wears only one shoe, and along with his lovers Lanya and Denny, leads a gang called the Scorpions whose members disguise themselves with holograms of mythical beasts. For 10 points, name this novel about The Kid's time in the ruined city of Bellona, the masterpiece of Samuel Delany.
In this novel, a retired astronaut tells the protagonist that "Returning from the moon was not the same as going, played backwards."
Dhalgren