Listen up, Citizens of the Universe, it is time for y’all to get down and boogie on some Afrofuturism.
Aw, who am I kidding? None of you kids even know who George Clinton is, do you? Never mind, we here got the P-Funk, and more importantly we have an amazing anthology of science fiction stories, not one of which is written by a white man (and the only white woman in it comes from South Africa). This is Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond, edited by Bill Campbell & Edward Austin Hall. Many of you will have backed the Kickstarter campaign, but for those who didn’t, here’s your chance to buy. The ebook editions will be available from those big, commercial sites eventually, but by special arrangement with the publishers we have them available now.
Here’s the full ToC:
- “I Left My Heart in Skaftafell†by Victor LaValle
- “Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows†by N.K. Jemisin
- “Skin Dragons Talk†by Ernest Hogan
- “The Last of Its Kind†by Kawika Guillermo
- “Bludgeon†by Thaddeus Howze
- “The Farming of Gods†by Ibi Zoboi
- “The Hungry Earth†by Carmen Maria Machado
- “The Half-Wall†by Rabih Alameddine
- “Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs†by Lauren Beukes
- “Amma†by Charles R. Saunders
- “The Homecoming†by Chinelo Onwualu
- “The Voyeur†by Ran Walker
- “Life-pod†by Vandana Singh
- “Four Eyes†by Tobias Buckell
- “The Death Collector†by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- “Bio-Anger†by Kiini Ibura Salaam
- “The Runner of n-Vamana†by Indrapramit Das
- “In the Belly of the Crocodile†by Minister Faust
- “Live and Let Live†by Linda D. Addison
- “The Pavilion of Frozen Women†by S.P. Somtow
- “Waking the God of the Mountain†by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
- “Culling the Herd†by C. Renee Stephens
- “Dances with Ghosts†by Joseph Bruchac
- “Un Aperitivo Col Diavolo†by Darius James
- “Othello Pop†by Andaiye Reeves
- “A Brief History of Nonduality Studies†by Sofia Samatar
- “Protected Entity†by Daniel José Older
- “The Parrot’s Tale†by Anil Menon
- “Northern Lights†by Eden Robinson
- “One Hundred and Twenty Days of Sunlight†by Tade Thompson
- “The Aphotic Ghost†by Carlos Hernandez
- “The Pillar†by Farnoosh Moshiri
- “Angels + Cannibals Unite†by Greg Tate
- “A Fine Specimen†by Lisa Allen-Agostini
- “Between Islands†by Jaymee Goh
- “Fées des Dents†by George S. Walker
- “The Taken†by Tenea D. Johnson
- “The Buzzing†by Katherena Vermette
- “Monstro†by Junot DÃaz
- “Good Boy†by Nisi Shawl
And let no one tell me that this stuff simply doesn’t exist.
I know P-funk! I got my copy of the antho, I put on the mixtape, and when those dulcet tones announced “ah-good evening” I cackled for glee.
Can’t wait to read it.