Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond

Katherena Vermette, Carlos Hernandez, Sofia Samatar, Ibi Zoboi, Eden Robinson, Daniel Jose Older, S.P. Somtow, Nisi Shawl, Rabih Alameddine, Tobias Buckell, Carmen Maria Machado, Lauren Beukes, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Diaz Junot, Victor Lavalle, N.K. Jemisin

Sujets

• Science-Fiction
• Dystopie
• Toute la Science-Fiction
• Science Fiction
• Fiction
• Cyberpunk

Informations

• Publié par: Rosarium Publishing
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781495617898
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

The Last of Its Kind copyright 2013 by Kawika Guillermo
Bludgeon copyright 2013 by Thaddeus Howze
The Farming of Gods coyright 2013 by Ibi Zoboi
The Hungry Earth copyright 2013 by Carmen Maria Machado
The Homecoming copyright 2013 by Chinelo Onwualu
Waking the God of the Mountain copyright 2013 by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
Culling the Herd copyright 2013 by C. Renee Stephens
Dances with Ghosts copyright 2013 by Joseph Bruchac
Othello Pop copyright 2013 by Andaiye Reeves
The Parrot s Tale copyright 2013 by Anil Menon
Angels Cannibals Unite copyright 2013 by Greg Tate
A Fine Specimen copyright 2013 by Lisa Allen-Agostini
The Buzzing copyright 2013 Katherena Vermette
Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond
Copyright 2013 by Rosarium Publishing
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Acknowledgment for permission to reprint the following:
I Left My Heart in Skaftafell by Victor LaValle. A previous version of this story originally appeared in Daedalus , Vol. 133, No. 4, Fall 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows by N.K. Jemisin. First published in Ideomancer , Vol. 3, Issue 9, December 2004. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Skin Dragons Talk by Ernest Hogan. First published in Science Fiction Age , March 1998. Copyright 1998 by Ernest Hogan. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Half-Wall by Rabih Alameddine. First published in Ploughshares , Spring 2011. Copyright Rabih Alameddine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs by Lauren Beukes. First published in Home Away: 24 Hours, 24 Cities, 24 Writers (Zebra Press, South Africa, April 2010). Reprinted by permission of the author.
Amma by Charles R. Saunders. First published in Beyond the Fields We Know , Fall 1978. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Voyeur by Ran Walker. First published in Frightmares: A Fistful of Horror (ed. Stan Swanson), Dark Moon Press, 2011. Copyright 2011 by Randolph Walker Jr. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Life-pod by Vandana Singh. First published in Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction , Issue 100, August 2007. Copyright 2007 by Vandana Singh. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Four Eyes by Tobias Buckell. First published in New Voices in Science Fiction (ed. Mike Resnick), DAW, 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Death Collector by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. First published in AE-The Canadian Science Fiction Review , February 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Bio-Anger by Kiini Ibura Salaam. First published in Ancient, Ancient: Short Fiction by Kiini Ibura Salaam (Aqueduct Press, 2012). Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Runner of n-Vamana by Indrapramit Das. Copyright 2013 by Indrapramit Das. First published in Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars (ed. Nisi Shawl), January 2013. Reprinted by permission of the author.
In the Belly of the Crocodile by Minister Faust. First Published in Griots (eds. Milton Davis, Charles R. Saunders), MVmedia, 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Live and Let Live by Linda D. Addison. First published in How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend. Copyright 2011 by Linda D. Addison. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Pavilion of Frozen Women by S.P. Somtow. First published in Cold Shocks (ed. Tim Sullivan), 1991. Copyright 1991 by Somtow Sucharitkul. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Un Aperitivo Col Diavolo by Darius James. First published in German in The Gold Collection: Neue Weihnachtsgeschichten (eds. Karsten Kredel, J rn Morisse), Suhrkemp Verlag, 2007. First published in English in Paraphilia Magazine , Issue 4, 2009. Reprinted by permission of the author.
A Brief History of Nonduality Studies by Sofia Samatar. First published in Expanded Horizons , Issue 36, August 2012. Copyright Sofia Samatar. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Protected Entity by Daniel Jos Older. First published in Salsa Nocturna: Stories by Daniel Jos Older (Crossed Genres Publications, 2012). Reprinted by permission of the author.
Northern Lights by Eden Robinson. First published in The Fiddlehead , Issue 253, August 2012. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Aphotic Ghost by Carlos Hernandez. First published in Bewere the Night: Tales of Shapeshifters and Werecreatures (ed. Ekaterina Sedia), Prime, 2011. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Pillar by Farnoosh Moshiri. First published in The Crazy Dervish and the Pomegranate Tree (Black Heron Press, 2004). Reprinted by permission of the author.
Between Islands by Jaymee Goh. First published in Expanded Horizons , Issue 19, June 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.
F es des Dents by George S. Walker. A previous version of this story originally appeared in Electric Spec , Vol. 5, Issue 3, August 2010. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Taken by Tenea D. Johnson. First published in Whispers in the Night: Dark Dreams III (ed. Brandon Massey), Dafina, 2007. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Monstro by Junot D az. First published in The New Yorker , Copyright 2012 by Junot D az. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Good Boy by Nisi Shawl. First published in Filter House (Aqueduct Press, 2008). Reprinted by permission of the author.
Contents
Bill Campbell and Edward Austin Hall Introduction
Victor LaValle I Left My Heart in Skaftafell
N.K. Jemisin Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows
Ernest Hogan Skin Dragons Talk
Kawika Guillermo The Last of Its Kind
Thaddeus Howze Bludgeon
Ibi Zoboi The Farming of Gods
Carmen Maria Machado The Hungry Earth
Rabih Alameddine The Half-Wall
Lauren Beukes Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs
Charles R. Saunders Amma
Chinelo Onwualu The Homecoming
Ran Walker The Voyeur
Vandana Singh Life-pod
Tobias Buckell Four Eyes
Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Death Collector
Kiini Ibura Salaam Bio-Anger
Indrapramit Das The Runner of n-Vamana
Minister Faust In the Belly of the Crocodile
Linda D. Addison Live and Let Live
S.P. Somtow The Pavilion of Frozen Women
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz Waking the God of the Mountain
C. Renee Stephens Culling the Herd
Joseph Bruchac Dances with Ghosts
Darius James Un Aperitivo Col Diavolo
Andaiye Reeves Othello Pop
Sofia Samatar A Brief History of Nonduality Studies
Daniel Jos Older Protected Entity
Anil Menon The Parrot s Tale
Eden Robinson Northern Lights
Tade Thompson One Hundred and Twenty Days of Sunlight
Carlos Hernandez The Aphotic Ghost
Farnoosh Moshiri The Pillar
Greg Tate Angels Cannibals Unite
Lisa Allen-Agostini A Fine Specimen
Jaymee Goh Between Islands
George S. Walker F es des Dents
Tenea D. Johnson The Taken
Katherena Vermette The Buzzing
Junot D az Monstro
Nisi Shawl Good Boy
About the Authors
Introduction
When we look up at the night sky, space is black as far as the eye can see. Yet, when we read novels about it or watch something on TV or in the movie theater, it is white beyond all comprehension.
That was the thought that launched the collection you hold in your hands. It happened this past December while I was, oddly enough, looking up at the night sky. I d just finished watching an SF movie and had gone outside, mentally ranting about what I d just seen. It was a tired and familiar rant, and I was tired of ranting it. Yet, there I was.
It went something like this
Mainstream, American corporate culture white washes all culture-past, present, and future-giving people the false impression that America has been, is, and always will be the White Man s Country. For example, people have no clue that the Revolutionary army was, at times, 16 black and fully integrated. They have no idea that the Wild West was 25 African-American. Watching movies of late gives one the impression that the Civil Rights movement was a battle between crusty, old white folks and bright-eyed, determined white girls. And, in the magical hands of Martin Scorsese (in Gangs of New York ), over 100 black corpses disappeared and this country s largest race riot ended up having nothing to do with race at all.
Hollywood executives tell us that no one wants to see movies or watch TV shows focusing on people of color, though we make up almost 30 of their domestic market and the vast majority of their foreign one. Once you take out Denzel Washington, Will Smith, and Morgan Freeman s narration, people of color are nearly invisible.
Science fiction often implies that racism will be dead in the future. At least, they never really address it so we can only assume it will be. We can also assume that it s dead because a melanin-devouring plague (Schuylerosis?) either killed all people of color or that same plague killed all the melanin on the planet, leaving only a handful of affable sidekicks in its wake. Because, if racism were truly dead, roughly 6 out of every 7 cast members would be people of color as opposed to, say, 2 out of every 15.
So, that s the rant. That s one of my problems with popular culture. Hopefully, Mothership is part of the solution. After all, as this collection exemplifies, there are a lot of creative people out there doing quality work who are more than ready and are exceptionally qualified to give this culture some much needed color.
I thank them all for helping to make Mothership possible. This anthology would not have happened without them. As always, I thank my family and friends for their support. I thank Edward Austin Hall, John Jennings, Kyra Baker, and my brother Gerald Mohamed for all readily jumping aboard the Mothership and help