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Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Author: | Sheree Renée Thomas |
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Warner Aspect, 2000 |
Series: | Dark Matter: Book 1 |
1. Dark Matter |
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Book Type: | Anthology |
Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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This work is a selction from author Nisi Shawl's: A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction, an annotated list of 40+ black science fiction works that are important to your understanding of its history.
This volume introduces black science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to the generations of readers who have not had the chance to explore the scope and diversity among African-American writers.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Looking for the Invisible - (2000) - essay by Sheree Renée Thomas [as by Sheree R. Thomas]
- Sister Lilith - (2000) - short story by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- The Comet - (1920) - short story by W. E. B. Du Bois
- Chicago 1927 - [The Gilda Stories] - (2000) - short story by Jewelle Gomez
- Black No More (excerpt) - (1931) - short fiction by George S. Schuyler
- Separation Anxiety - (2000) - short story by Evie Shockley
- Tasting Songs - (2000) - short story by Leone Ross
- Can You Wear My Eyes - (2000) - short story by Kalamu ya Salaam
- Like Daughter - (2000) - short story by Tananarive Due
- Greedy Choke Puppy - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
- Rhythm Travel - (1996) - short fiction by Amiri Baraka
- Buddy Bolden - (1996) - short story by Kalamu ya Salaam
- Aye, and Gomorrah... - (1967) - short story by Samuel R. Delany
- Ganger (Ball Lightning) - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
- The Becoming - (2000) - short story by Akua Lezli Hope
- The Goophered Grapevine - (1887) - short story by Charles W. Chesnutt
- The Evening and the Morning and the Night - (1987) - novelette by Octavia E. Butler
- Afterword (The Evening and the Morning and the Night) - (1996) - essay by Octavia E. Butler
- Twice, at Once, Separated - (2000) - short story by Linda D. Addison [as by Linda Addison]
- Gimmile's Songs - [Dossouye] - (1984) - short story by Charles R. Saunders
- At the Huts of Ajala - (2000) - short story by Nisi Shawl
- The Woman in the Wall - (2000) - novelette by Steven Barnes
- Ark of Bones - (1974) - short story by Henry Dumas
- Butta's Backyard Barbecue - (2000) - short fiction by Tony Medina
- Future Christmas (excerpt from The Terrible Twos) - short fiction by Ishmael Reed
- At Life's Limits - [Of Wings, Nectar, & Ancestors - 3] - (2000) - novelette by Kiini Ibura Salaam
- The African Origins of UFOs (excerpt) - (2000) - short fiction by Anthony Joseph
- The Astral Visitor Delta Blues - (2000) - short story by Robert Fleming
- The Space Traders - (1992) - novelette by Derrick Bell
- The Pretended - (2000) - short story by Darryl A. Smith
- Hussy Strutt - (2000) - short story by Ama Patterson
- Racism and Science Fiction - (1998) - essay by Samuel R. Delany
- Why Blacks Should Read (and Write) Science Fiction - (2000) - essay by Charles R. Saunders
- Black to the Future - (1999) - essay by Walter Mosley
- Yet Do I Wonder - (1994) - essay by Paul D. Miller
- The Monophobic Response - (1995) - essay by Octavia E. Butler
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