New Suns
Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Winner of the 2020 Locus, World Fantasy and Ignyte Awards “There’s nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns,” proclaimed Octavia E. Butler. New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange. Between this book’s covers burn tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their indefinable overlappings. These are authors aware of our many possible pasts and futures, authors freed of stereotypes and clichés, ready to dazzle you with their daring genius. Unexpected brilliance shines forth from every page. Includes stories by Kathleen Alcala, Minsoo Kang, Anil Menon, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Alex Jennings, Alberto Yanez, Steven Barnes, Jaymee Goh, Karin Lowachee, E. Lily Yu, Andrea Hairston, Tobias Buckell, Hiromi Goto, Rebecca Roanhorse, Indrapramit Das, Chinelo Onwualu and Darcie Little Badger.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This fantastic kitchen-sink anthology, introduced by Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton, features 17 stories from all over the world a variety of Indian, African-American, Native American, and Asian cultures are all represented and of every sort of speculative genre. Tobias Buckell's "The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex" is firmly in science fiction territory, while Anil Menon's "The Robots of Eden" gives a glimpse of a Black Mirror esque future from an Indian perspective. Andrea Hairston's "Dumb House" is an unexpected yet glorious mix of speculative fiction and old Southern rootwork. Steven Barnes's "Come Home to Atropos" describes a curious future through an advertisement. "The Fine Print" by Chinelo Onwualu tells the classic tale of a Faustian deal from an African perspective. Readers who appreciate stories from the depths will enjoy Jaymee Goh's "The Freedom of the Shifting Sea," and those who prefer their monsters to be earthbound will find Rebecca Roanhorse's "Harvest" exquisite. This book's wide range of stories is its greatest strength; though no reader will love them all, every reader will find something worth rereading. This anthology will appeal most to readers of multiple genres interested in exploring the world's various cultures, and is well suited to library collections.
