Empire Star | Study Guide

Samuel R. Delany

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Overview

Author

Samuel R. Delany

Year Published

1966

Type

Novella

Genre

Science Fiction

Perspective and Narrator

The narrator of Empire Star is a crystallized alien life-form called Jewel. He tells the story, alternating between the first-person and third-person omniscient perspectives.

Tense

Empire Star is told in the past tense.

About the Title

The titular Empire Star is the location of the galaxy's central government. It is a place where time and space can be navigated to access and control past or future events.

Diagrams

Companion on journey Instructor Pet Instructor Comet Jo Eighteen-year-old simplex boy; carries a message to Empire Star Jewel Crystallized Tritovian; has a multiplex consciousness Lump Hybrid of Lll and machine; houses the mind of a great Lll writer San Severina Empire princess; owns seven enslaved Lll D'ik Young devil-kitten
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Summary

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Characters

Comet Jo Jewel San Severina Lump

Symbols

The Plyasil Fields The Transport Area The Empire Star

Themes

Simplex, Complex, and Multiplex Slavery: "The Shame and Tragedy of the Multiplex Universe" Literature's Connection to Life
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