Dark Matter: Reading the Bones
Pages: 400
|Published: 1 Jan 2004
Description
Dark Matter: Reading the Bones is a second diverse anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction by an array of African-American authors includes both original works and previously published short fiction.
Dark Matter is the first and only series to bring together the works of black SF and fantasy writers. The first volume, Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, was featured in the "New York Times", which named it a Notable Book of the Year.
Contents
Introduction (Dark Matter: Reading the Bones) • essay by Sheree Renée Thomas [as by Sheree R. Thomas]
Ibo Landing (1998) / short story by Ihsan Bracy
The Quality of Sand / short story by Cherene Sherrard
Yahimba's Choice [Dossouye] / short story by Charles R. Saunders
The Glass Bottle Trick (2000) / short story by Nalo Hopkinson
Desire / short story by Kiini Ibura Salaam
Recovery from a Fall / short story by David Findlay
Anansi Meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington (2000) / short story by Douglas Kearney
The Magical Negro / short story by Nnedi Okorafor [as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
Jesus Christ in Texas (1920) / short story by W. E. B. Du Bois
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1974) / short story by Henry Dumas
'Cause Harlem Needs Heroes / short story by Kevin Brockenbrough
Whipping Boy / short story by Pam Noles
Old Flesh Song / short story by Ibi Zoboi [as by Ibi Aanu Zoboi]
Whispers in the Dark (2001) / novelette by Walter Mosley
Aftermoon / short story by Tananarive Due
Voodoo Vincent and the Astrostoriograms / short story by Tyehimba Jess
The Binary / short story by John Cooley
BLACKout / short story by Jill Robinson
Sweet Dreams / short story by Charles Johnson
Buying Primo Time / short story by Wanda Coleman
Corona (1967) / short story by Samuel R. Delany
Maggies / short story by Nisi Shawl
Excerpt from Mindscape / short story by Andrea Hairston
Trance / short story by Kalamu ya Salaam
The Second Law of Thermodynamics • essay by Jewelle Gomez
Her Pen Could Fly: Remembering Virginia Hamilton • essay by Nnedi Okorafor [as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
Celebrating the Alien: The Politics of Race and Species in the Juveniles of Andre Norton • essay by Carol Cooper
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Dark Matter is the first and only series to bring together the works of black SF and fantasy writers. The first volume, Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, was featured in the "New York Times", which named it a Notable Book of the Year.
Contents
Introduction (Dark Matter: Reading the Bones) • essay by Sheree Renée Thomas [as by Sheree R. Thomas]
Ibo Landing (1998) / short story by Ihsan Bracy
The Quality of Sand / short story by Cherene Sherrard
Yahimba's Choice [Dossouye] / short story by Charles R. Saunders
The Glass Bottle Trick (2000) / short story by Nalo Hopkinson
Desire / short story by Kiini Ibura Salaam
Recovery from a Fall / short story by David Findlay
Anansi Meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington (2000) / short story by Douglas Kearney
The Magical Negro / short story by Nnedi Okorafor [as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
Jesus Christ in Texas (1920) / short story by W. E. B. Du Bois
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1974) / short story by Henry Dumas
'Cause Harlem Needs Heroes / short story by Kevin Brockenbrough
Whipping Boy / short story by Pam Noles
Old Flesh Song / short story by Ibi Zoboi [as by Ibi Aanu Zoboi]
Whispers in the Dark (2001) / novelette by Walter Mosley
Aftermoon / short story by Tananarive Due
Voodoo Vincent and the Astrostoriograms / short story by Tyehimba Jess
The Binary / short story by John Cooley
BLACKout / short story by Jill Robinson
Sweet Dreams / short story by Charles Johnson
Buying Primo Time / short story by Wanda Coleman
Corona (1967) / short story by Samuel R. Delany
Maggies / short story by Nisi Shawl
Excerpt from Mindscape / short story by Andrea Hairston
Trance / short story by Kalamu ya Salaam
The Second Law of Thermodynamics • essay by Jewelle Gomez
Her Pen Could Fly: Remembering Virginia Hamilton • essay by Nnedi Okorafor [as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
Celebrating the Alien: The Politics of Race and Species in the Juveniles of Andre Norton • essay by Carol Cooper
.
