Summary: In a novel that spans the recent past to the future, "Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders" follows Eric Jeffers from age 17 to old age. Eric's journey to the Dump, a utopian community created by a gay black millionaire, delves into the territory of pornography-as-literature or, as Delany calls it, "pornatopia." Delany's work has explored and exploded issues of race, sexuality and genre for decades. He has won four Nebula awards, two Hugo awards and the William Whitehead Memorial Award for his lifetime contribution to lesbian and gay writing. Delany's work includes "Nova" (1968), "Dhalgren" (1975), "Triton" (1976) and "The Mad Man" (1994).
