Title: How Long 'til Black Future Month? Pdf Stories
Author: N. K. Jemisin
Published Date: 2018-11-27
Page: 416
An Amazon Best Book of December 2018: N.K. Jemisin has been sweeping science fiction and fantasy awards for years with her Broken Earth novels. Now Jemisin gathers almost two dozen short stories she crafted during her writing career, and, golly, you can see "award winner" on every page. I usually avoid reading short story collections, because inevitably the first two stories are excellent and the third through the eighth stories are mediocre, sucking away the propulsion to keep reading. But each one of Jemisin's tales is gloriously bright and complex, thrusting you forward to read the next, and the one after that…and then suddenly it's the next morning and you haven't gotten a wink of sleep. The collection's title reflects Jemisin's realization that the science fiction she read frequently excluded characters of color, making it seem like people like her had no place in writers' dreams of the future. Jemisin's stories reshape that vision through the lens of alternate history, dragons, fairies, near-future drama, and far-future events that spotlight the age-old blight of discrimination and upend readers' assumptions about who can be heroic. Through her imagination and fierceness, Jemisin declares that Black Future Month can be now. --Adrian Liang, Amazon Book Review "The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation... Jemisin seems able to do just about everything."―New York Times"Jemisin's phenomenal success has been something like an earthquake ripping through the traditional order of fantasy itself."―New York/Vulture"The most critically acclaimed author in contemporary science fiction and fantasy."―GQ"Jemisin's stories are discerning, thought-provoking, and beautifully crafted, showcasing a master at work."―Pen America"Marvelous and wide-ranging."―Los Angeles Times"One line from [Jemisin's introduction] has tattooed itself on my mind, a sort of manifesto for her ongoing work and all the fiction I love: 'Now I am bolder, and angrier, and more joyful.' I felt, after reading these stories, that I was too."―NPR Books
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I'm usually not one for short stories, but these grab me! I loved N.K. Jemisin's '100 thousand kingdoms' trilogy but haven't yet read the Broken Earth trilogy. This collection is fantastic and much bigger than I expected. The intro is well worth reading, and is a great glimpse into her start and goals as a writer, and her experiences. I hope many high school English teachers will add this book to their reading lists for students! The first story is titled “The Ones Who Stay and Fight” and is “a pastiche of and a reaction to Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.”These are going to be amazing little stories to read and digest slowly, I think!I adore NK Jemisin (Disclaimer: I received this free book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)I am the biggest Jemisin fan. Seriously. Sell me some of her grocery lists. Ever since finishing The Broken Earth trilogy, I've been obsessed ever since. And this collection is no different. While it's different than anything I've ever seen, it truly showcases Jemisin's true gift of writing. Jemisin is such a talented writer in terms of characters and setting. Even though these stories are shorter, there is no lack of attention to detail and world building. Each one establishes us in a world, with characters who grab us, and stories with glorious mystery.Incredible collection This is one of the most creative, thoughtful, frightening collections I have read in years. I sincerely recommend it to fans of her books and to all readers of sci-fi and fantasy.
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