Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements

Publication/Creation:

Oakland, CA : AK Press ; [New York?] : Institute for Anarchist Studies, [2015]

Format:

Book

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Full Title:

Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements / edited by Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown ; foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas

Related/Included Titles:

Foreword
Introduction
Revolution shuffle
The token superhero
the river
Evidence
Black angel
The long memory
Small and bright
In spite of darkness
Hollow
Lalibela
Little brown mouse
Sanford and sun
Runway blackout
Kafka's last laugh
22XX: one-shot
Manhunters
Aftermath
Fire on the mountain
Homing instinct
children who fly
Star Wars and the American imagination
The only lasting truth
Outro

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Additional Author/Creators:

Imarisha, Walidah, editor
brown, adrienne maree, editor
Thomas, Sheree R., writer of foreword
Institute for Anarchist Studies, issuing body

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Science fiction
Short stories

Subjects:

Butler, Octavia E.--Criticism and interpretation
Social justice--Fiction
Social change--Fiction
Science fiction
Speculative fiction

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Foreword Sheree Renée Thomas -- Introduction Walidah Imarisha -- Revolution shuffle Bao Phi -- The token superhero David F. Walker -- the river adrienne maree brown -- Evidence Alexis Pauline Gumbs -- Black angel Walidah Imarisha -- The long memory Morrigan Phillips -- Small and bright Autumn Brown -- In spite of darkness Alixa Garcia -- Hollow Mia Mingus -- Lalibela Gabriel Teodros -- Little brown mouse Tunde Olaniran -- Sanford and sun Dawolu Jabari Anderson -- Runway blackout Tara Betts -- Kafka's last laugh Vagabond -- 22XX: one-shot Jelani Wilson -- Manhunters Kalamu ya Salaam -- Aftermath LeVar Burton -- Fire on the mountain Terry Bisson -- Homing instinct Dani McClain -- children who fly Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha -- Star Wars and the American imagination Mumia Abu-Jamal -- The only lasting truth Tananarive Due -- Outro adrienne maree brown.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing speculative fiction. Organizers and activists envision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown have brought twenty of them together in the first anthology of short stories to explore the connections between radical speculative fiction and movements for social change. The visionary tales of Octavia's Brood span genres -- sci-fi, fantasy, horror, magical realism -- but all are united by an attempt to inject a healthy dose of imagination and innovation into our political practice and to try on new ways of understanding ourselves, the world around us, and all the selves and worlds that could be. The collection is rounded off with essays by Tananarive Due and Mumia Abu-Jamal, and a preface by Sheree Renée Thomas" --

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990036033290302486

ISBN:

9781849352093
1849352097

OCLC Number:

890180259

Barcode:

010002790790