Dhalgren in New Orleans (Article)

I found this article to be extremely interesting considering all the recent events in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. There is a science-fiction writer by the name of Samuel Delany who wrote a story more than thirty years ago about a U.S. city struck by an unspecified catastrophe that was ignored by the government. The story, Dhalgren, tells a tale of a group of people who decide to stay in the town despite the events unfolding. The real irony is the drama that occurs after the actual disaster. The area becomes a moral-less war zone, with the same fighting and looting that has recently occured in New Orleans. After reading the article, I was astounded at the sheer relevance that a story written decades ago had to an actual event that happened mere weeks ago. It definitely made me want to read the novel to see how it turns out.

http://www.reason.com/hod/bb091305.shtml