- Published: 1975
 - Nebula Award for Best Novel, 1976 — 
 - Locus Award for Best Novel, 1976 — 
 
A young man arrives in the anarchic city of Bellona, in a near future USA. This world has two moons but could otherwise be our own. The man, known only as 'the Kid' begins to write a novel called Dhalgren that begins where it ends. Dhalgren is about the possibilites of fiction and aboout the special demands and pleasures of youth culture.