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A People's Future of the United States
| Author: | John Joseph Adams Victor LaValle |
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One World, 2019 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and imagine new futures for America--from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more.
In these tumultuous times, in our deeply divided country, many people are angry, frightened, and hurting. Knowing that imagining a brighter tomorrow has always been an act of resistance, editors Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams invited an extraordinarily talented group of writers to share stories that explore new forms of freedom, love, and justice. They asked for narratives that would challenge oppressive American myths, release us from the chokehold of our history, and give us new futures to believe in.
They also asked that the stories be badass.
The result is this extraordinary collection of twenty-five stories that blend the dark and the light, the dystopian and the utopian. These tales are vivid with struggle and hardship--whether it's the othered and the oppressed, or dragonriders and covert commandos--but these characters don't flee, they fight.
A People's Future of the United States is a call to arms for anyone who believes in our power to dream a just world. Thrilling, inspiring, and a sheer joy to read, this anthology reminds us of the life-giving power of storytelling.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction by Victor LaValle
- The Bookstore at the End of America -- Charlie Jane Anders
- Our Aim Is Not to Die -- A. Merc Rustad
- The Wall -- Lizz Huerta
- Read After Burning -- Maria Dahvana Headley
- Chapter 5: Disruption and Continuity [excerpted] -- Malka Older
- It Was Saturday Night, I Guess That Makes It All Right -- Sam J. Miller
- Attachment Disorder -- Tananarive Due
- By His Bootstraps -- Ashok K. Banker
- Riverbed -- Omar El Akkad
- What Maya Found There -- Daniel José Older
- The Referendum -- Lesley Nneka Arimah
- Calendar Girls -- Justina Ireland
- The Synapse Will Free Us from Ourselves -- Violet Allen
- O.1 -- Gabby Rivera
- The Blindfold -- Tobias S. Buckell
- No Algorithms in the World -- Hugh Howey
- Esperanto -- Jamie Ford
- ROME -- G. Willow Wilson
- Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death -- N. K. Jemisin
- Good News Bad News -- Charles Yu
- What You Sow -- Kai Cheng Thom
- A History of Barbed Wire -- Daniel H. Wilson
- The Sun in Exile -- Catherynne M. Valente
- Harmony -- Seanan McGuire
- Now Wait for This Week -- Alice Sola Kim
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