![]() She doesn't shy away from showing when and how they are hurting, and how their feelings express themselves in their bodies, whether it's through a clenched feeling in the chest or a burst of overt violence. When Onye discovers in a spiritual visit that someone powerful is trying to kill her, she makes it her goal to get to the would-be murderer first - and find out more about who exactly she is along the way.ĥ-star review: "The first thing that struck me about Who Fears Death is Nnedi's really sharp and subtle communication of her characters' emotions. She names the baby Onyesonwu - meaning "Who fears death?" - and both she and Onye realize very quickly she seems to have special abilities. In postapocalyptic Africa, a woman gives birth to a baby after being raped by one of the generals who destroyed her village. One of the most human explorations of the possibilities of our repressive future and the hope for hard-won rebellion I have ever read." - Gretchen 6. It will sit on my shelf by my Butler, Jemisin, Le Guin, Okorafor, Leckie. Readers of dystopias that explore race, gender, disability, sexuality, and class will not want to miss this one. Aster's voice is so solid, her experiences read as tangible, every surface and texture feel real both physically and emotionally. When she discovers clues about the circumstances of her mother's death, she also comes closer to disturbing truths about the ship and its journey.ĥ-star review: "Incredible, relevant, harrowing, and fascinating, this is the story of a young woman in the low class of a brutally stratified generation ship. ![]() An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonĪster was born into slavery, and she's trying to escape from the brutally segregated spaceship that for generations has been trying to escort the last humans from a dying planet to a Promised Land. There was no one quite like her." - Anthony 5. Butler’s spare, unadorned, focused prose carries her mysterious, haunting tale forward with a bracing clarity. Lilith will have to decide who to side with, especially when all of humanity is at stake.ĥ-star review: "Utterly fascinating, provocative, mournful, and compelling. But some of the humans aren't happy about this deal, even if it means the destruction of their own race. They've kept the Earthlings alive, in a deep sleep, for centuries, but now they want Lilith to help bring their ship back to a now-inhabitable Earth so they can merge their two races. She is one of the few humans who were rescued at the last minute by the Oankali, an alien race that survives by genetically merging with other civilizations. The first novel in the Xenogenesis series, Dawn, introduces us to Lilith, a woman whose son and husband died in the fires that destroyed Earth. There are stories in it that I have never forgotten and still think about to this day, particularly Derrick Bell's 'The Space Traders.' Love it." - Alecia 4. Delany, Nalo Hopkinson, Walter Mosley, and more.ĥ-star review: "This book blew my mind. This anthology gathers fiction and essays from classic writers of Black science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction like Octavia Butler, Samuel R. ![]() Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, edited by Sheree Thomas I don’t know what else to say about this book except that it sets a new standard for the subgenre of urban fantasy." - Gin Jenna 3. His evocation of American history, in all its messiness and filth, will blow you away. Her older brother Kev wants to protect Ella from herself - but after he ends up incarcerated, she struggles with her ability to confront the past and the future, knowing that a revolution might be the only way toward progress.ĥ-star review: "Onyebuchi’s writing is stunning. Set in ’92 Los Angeles, Ella has what she calls a "Thing" - an ability to see things that haven't yet happened. The Fifth Season is unlike anything else I have ever read." - Jamieson 2. Sometimes I feel it's the same plot rehashed, over and over. I love fantasy but it lets me down a lot. #Best 2017 audio books sci fi fullShe must journey through a broken and war-torn world to find and save her daughter, all during the collapse of the all-powerful empire that has ruled over the world for a thousand years.ĥ-star review: "This book is spectacular - smart, clever, well crafted, well timed, full of great characters and great scenes. ![]() Essun comes home one day to find her husband has killed their son and kidnapped their daughter.
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