Triton by Samuel R. Delany. New York. 1976. Bantam Books. 370 pages. paperback. Y2567.  

DESCRIPTION - Interplanetary war. Capture and escape. Diplomatic intrigues that topple worlds. All the color, invention and romance of classic science fiction in a futuristic novel for today. TROUBLE ON TRITON. The human race has colonized the outer satellites. One of them is Triton, moon of Neptune, where the ideals of universal prosperity are possible, Yet Earth threatens war. Within this strange climate of complete utopia and certain doom, BRON HELSTROM seeks passion and purpose in a gypsy woman whose wisdom and power will forever reverse his life. THE SPIKE: The woman he loves - a wandering playwright ganymede. SAM: The man he admires - the handsome, astute chief foreign officer crippled by the responsibility of vast power. LAWRENCE: His confessor - the master of strategic games. CHARO and WINDY: The players - cosmic minstrels of the far future.

Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as ‘Chip’, is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society. His science fiction novels include BABEL-17, THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966 and 1967 respectively), NOVA, DHALGREN, and the RETURN TO NEVÈRŸON series. After winning four Nebula awards and two Hugo awards over the course of his career, Delany was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2002. Between 1988 and 1999 he was a professor of comparative literature at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Between 1999 and 2000 he was a professor of English at SUNY Buffalo. Since January 2001 he has been a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he is Director of the Graduate Creative Writing Program.

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