Bill Campbell’s & Edward Austin Hall’s Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond arrived shortly after and it’s been a disorganised couple of months when it comes to reading (side-tracked by watching all three seasons of Person of Interest, twice), as well, my direction or enthusiasm has moved firmly back towards non-fiction. Womack’s Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture a couple of months ago, I think this is the book I was intending to read. Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond is available from Rosarium Publishing on October 18th, 2013.When I started reading Ytasha L.

One Hundred and Twenty Days of Sunlight – Tade Thompson.

A Brief History of Nonduality Studies – Sofia Samatar.

Un Aperitivo Col Diavolo – Darius James.Waking the God of the Mountain – Rochita Loenen-Ruiz.In the Belly of the Crocodile – Minister Faust.The Runner of n-Vamana – Indrapramit Das.The Death Collector – Silvia Moreno-Garcia.Unathi Battles the Black Hairballs – Lauren Beukes.The Hungry Earth – Carmen Maria Machado.The Last of Its Kind – Kawika Guillermo.Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows – N.K.I Left My Heart in Skaftafell – Victor LaValle.Introduction – Bill Campbell and Edward Austin Hall.The entire (and very impressive) Table of Contents can be found below the cut. This anthology definitely falls in that category. I use my “Lookin’ Good” series of posts to highlight books that I haven’t been able to read and review yet but look so promising that I just want to spread the word. (The incorrect publication date on Amazon was based on advance copies the anthology is actually just being released this week.) Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond is available from Rosarium Publishing on October 18th, 2013. Yet, when we read novels about it or watch something on TV or in the movie theater, it is white beyond all comprehension.” Based on that cover illustration by John Jennings, I’d say “mission accomplished” and then some.īut more seriously, as Bill Campbell, who edited this anthology together with Edward Austin Hall, says: “When we look up at the night sky, space is black as far as the eye can see.

The anthology’s goal is to “give ‘space’ some much needed color”. Jemisin, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Sofia Samatar and Nisi Shawl, just to pick the first few names that jumped out at me in this very exciting and diverse lineup. Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond is a new anthology offering a generous 40 pieces of short fiction by such authors as Lauren Beukes, Tobias Buckell, Junot Díaz, Kiini Ibura Salaam, N.K.

Mothership by Bill Campbell