Dark matter : reading the bones

Publication/Creation:

New York : Warner Books, [2004]

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Dark matter : reading the bones / edited by Sheree R. Thomas

Series Titles:

The Dark Matter Series
Dark Matter Series.

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Thomas, Sheree R.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Short stories
Science fiction
Fantasy fiction

Subjects:

Science fiction, American
Fantasy fiction, American
American fiction--African American authors
Speculative fiction, American

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Fiction. Ibo landing / ihsan bracy -- The quality of sand / Cherene Sherrard -- Yahimba's choice / Charles R. Saunders -- The glass bottle trick / Nalo Hopkinson -- Desire / Kiini Ibura Salaam -- Recovery from a fall / David Findlay -- Anansi meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington / Douglas Kearney -- The magical Negro / Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu -- Jesus Christ in Texas / W.E.B. DuBois -- Will the circle be unbroken? / Henry Dumas -- 'Cause Harlem needs heroes / Kevin Brockenbrough -- Whipping boy / Pam Noles -- Old flesh song / Ibi Aanu Zoboi -- Whispers in the dark / Walter Mosley -- Aftermoon / Tananarive Due -- Voodoo Vincent and the astrostoriograms / Tyehimba Jess -- The binary / John Cooley -- BLACKout / Jill Robinson -- Sweet dreams / Charles Johnson -- Buying primo time / Wanda Coleman -- Corona / Samuel R. Delaney -- Maggies / Nisi Shawl -- Excerpt from Mindscape / Andrea Hairston -- Trance / Kalamu ya Salaam -- Essays. The second law of thermodynamics: transcription of a panel at the 1997 Black speculative fiction writer's conference held at Clark Atlanta University / Jewelle Gomez -- Her pen could fly: remembering Virginia Hamilton / Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu -- Celebrating the alien: the politics of race and species in the juveniles of Andre Norton / Carol Cooper.

Summary:

This rich collection displays narratives of courage, from women in an African forest challenging deep rooted cultural expectations to hard eyed urban men in American housing projects resisting a hostile world.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xii, 400 pages ; 24 cm

General Note:

Sequel to: Dark matter : a century of speculative fiction from the African diaspora.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937719098902486

ISBN:

9780446528603
9780446693776
0446528609
0446693774

OCLC Number:

52079922

Barcode:

010003557041