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9780446525831

Dark Matter A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

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  • ISBN13:

    9780446525831

  • ISBN10:

    0446525839

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-07-18
  • Publisher: Aspect
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Summary

For the first time, 40 short stories from past and present black science fiction and fantasy writers have been collected in a one-of-a-kind anthology. Authors include Steven Barnes, Octavia E. Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Tananarive Due, and Walter Mosley.

Author Biography

Sheree R. Thomas edits the literary journal Anansi: Fiction of the African Diaspora and has contributed to national publications including the Washington Post, Black Issues Book Review, and QBR: The Black Book Review.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Looking for the Invisible ix
Fiction
Sister Lilith
1(4)
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
The Comet
5(14)
W. E. B. Du Bois
Chicago 1927
19(16)
Jewelle Gomez
Black No More (excerpt from the novel)
35(16)
George S. Schuyler
separation anxiety
51(18)
Evie Shockley
Tasting Songs
69(17)
Leone Ross
Can You Wear My Eyes
86(5)
Kalamu ya Salaam
Like Daughter
91(12)
Tananarive Due
Greedy Choke Puppy
103(10)
Nalo Hopkinson
Rhythm Travel
113(3)
Amiri Baraka
Buddy Bolden
116(8)
Kalamu ya Salaam
Aye, and Gomorrah...
124(10)
Samuel R. Delany
Ganger (Ball Lightning)
134(18)
Nalo Hopkinson
The Becoming
152(6)
Akua Lezli Hope
The Goophered Grapevine
158(13)
Charles W. Chesnutt
The Evening and the Morning and the Night
171(26)
Octavia E. Butler
Twice, at Once, Separated
197(13)
Linda Addison
Gimmile's Songs
210(16)
Charles R. Saunders
At the Huts of Ajala
226(9)
Nisi Shawl
The Woman in the Wall
235(25)
Steven Barnes
Ark of Bones
260(13)
Henry Dumas
Butta's Backyard Barbecue
273(2)
Tony Medina
Future Christmas (excerpt from the novel The Terrible Twos)
275(15)
Ishmael Reed
At Life's Limits
290(22)
Kiini Ibura Salaam
The African Origins of UFOs (excerpt from the novel)
312(7)
Anthony Joseph
The Astral Visitor Delta Blues
319(7)
Robert Fleming
The Space Traders
326(30)
Derrick Bell
The Pretended
356(16)
Darryl A. Smith
Hussy Strutt
372(11)
Ama Patterson
Essays
Racism and Science Fiction
383(15)
Samuel R. Delany
Why Blacks Should Read (and Write) Science Fiction
398(7)
Charles R. Saunders
Black to the Future
405(3)
Walter Mosley
Yet Do I Wonder
408(7)
Paul D. Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid
The Monophobic Response
415(2)
Octavia E. Butler
Contributors 417(7)
Copyrights and Permissions 424(2)
Acknowledgments 426

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