Dark Matter
Reading the Bones
New York : Aspect/Warner Books, [2004]
Format: Book
Description: xii, 400 pages ; 24 cm
This sequel to the award-winning Dark Matter anthology features another extraordinary collection of speculative fiction by black writers. Like its groundbreaking predecessor, DARK MATTER: Reading the Bones, introduces black SF, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to readers who may not have realized the depth and breadth of these works. This anthology includes original short fiction and previously published works from Charles Johnson, the National BookAward-winning author of Middle Passage; Tananarive Due; Walter Mosley; W.E.B. DuBois; Samuel R. Delaney; Nalo Hopkinson; Wanda Coleman; and many more. Containing approximately 30 stories, ranging from the early part of the 20th century through the most cutting-edge work of today, this is a powerful collection that will appeal to the culturally diverse audience of science fiction readers.
Contents:
Fiction. Ibo landing / ihsan bracy -- The quality of sand / Cherene Sherrard -- Yahimba's choice / Charles R. Saunders -- The glass bottle trick / Nalo Hopkinson -- Desire / Kiini Ibura Salaam -- Recovery from a fall / David Findlay -- Anansi meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington / Douglas Kearney -- The magical Negro / Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu -- Jesus Christ in Texas / W.E.B. DuBois -- Will the circle be unbroken? / Henry Dumas -- 'Cause Harlem needs heroes / Kevin Brockenbrough -- Whipping boy / Pam Noles -- Old flesh song / Ini Aanu Zoboi -- Whispers in the dark / Walter Mosley -- Aftermoon / Tananarive Due -- Voodoo Vincent and the astrostoriograms / Tyehimba Jess -- The binary / John Cooley -- BLACKout / Jill Robinson -- Sweet dreams / Charles Johnson -- Buying primo time / Wanda Coleman -- Corona / Samuel R. Delaney -- Maggies / Nisi Shawl -- Excerpt from Mindscape / Andrea Hairston -- Trance / Kalamu ya Salaam -- Essays. The second law of thermodynamics: transcription of a panel at the 1997 Black speculative fiction writer's conference held at Clark Atlanta University / Jewelle Gomez -- Her pen could fly: remembering Virginia Hamilton / Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu -- Celebrating the alien: the politics of race and species in the juveniles of Andre Norton / Carol Cooper.
Subjects:
Science fiction, American.
Fantasy fiction, American.
American fiction -- African American authors.
Science fiction, American.
Fantasy fiction, American.
American fiction -- African American authors.
ISBN:
0446528609
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Sequel to: Dark matter : a century of speculative fiction from the African diaspora.