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                    Samuel R. Delany @SamuelRDelany1
                  
                  
                    
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                      Jan 22, 2023
                    
                  
                
                
              This book, which I read as soon as it came out in paper back, was one of the most influential books of my adolescence. When my best friend, C E 'Abe' Abramson, who back then was Chuck, returned from Alabama, he came to visit at 80 LaSalle St., and I sat on top of the upright…