Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond

by Bill Campbell (Editor), Edward Austin Hall (Editor), N. K. Jemisin, Victor LaValle, Junot Díaz

Overview

Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond is a groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction across the globe—including Junot Diaz, Victor LaValle, Lauren Beukes, N. K. Jemisin, Rabih Alameddine, S. P. Somtow, and more. These authors have earned such literary honors as the Pulitzer Prize, the American Book Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker Award, among others.

“A provocative, entertaining, and vital anthology.” —Publishers Weekly

“Mothership may just be one of the most important SF anthologies of the decade.” —The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

“If the biggest revolution of the past 10 years has been an attempt (not yet successful) at making the stories in front of you look more like the world they are reflecting, then Mothership could be like a table of contents for the future of science fiction. —NPR.org

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780989141147
Publisher:	Rosarium Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	360
Sales rank:	563,427
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Bill Campbell is the author of Sunshine Patriots, My Booty Novel, and the anti-racism satire, Koontown Killing Kaper. Along with Edward Austin Hall, he co-edited the groundbreaking anthology, Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond. He also co-edited Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany with Nisi Shawl, Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International Science Fiction and Fantasy with Francesco Verso, and APB: Artists against Police Brutality with Jason Rodriguez and John Jennings. His Afrofuturist spaceploitation graphic novel, Baaaad Muthaz (with David Brame and Damian Duffy) was released in 2019. His historical graphic novel with Bizhan Khodabandeh, The Day the Klan Came to Town, was released by PM Press in 2021. Campbell lives in Washington, DC, where he spends his time with his family and helms Rosarium Publishing.

Alabama escapee and lifelong Southerner Edward Austin Hall, a graduate of Tulane University, writes journalism, poetry, and fiction. His writings about comics and comics creators have appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Code Z: Black Visual Culture Now, and The Dictionary of Literary Biography. His forthcoming first novel is titled Chimera Island.

Table of 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 José 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 - Fées des Dents
Tenea D. Johnson - The Taken
Katherena Vermette - The Buzzing
Junot Díaz – Monstro
Nisi Shawl - Good Boy

Editorial Reviews

08/26/2013
In this wildly varied collection designed to showcase multiculturism, diversity, and characters of color in genre fiction, editors Campbell (Koontown Killing Kaper) and Hall (Chimera Island) bring together 40 authors to create an experience that’s both eye-opening and unpredictable. With stories ranging from almost painfully short to novella-length, representing a drastically wide assortment of themes, tones, and voices, there’s a little something for everyone, but also a significant number of creative misfires. Standouts include N.K. Jemisin’s “Too Many Yesterdays, Not Enough Tomorrows,” a tale of finding connection in an apocalyptic setting; S.P. Somtow’s Japan-set murder mystery, “The Pavilion of Frozen Women”; Carlos Hernandez’s “The Aphotic Ghost,” a story of an older man seeking his son’s body on Mount Everest; Daniel José Older’s Men in Black–like tale of ghostly government agents, “Protected Entity”; and Tenea D. Johnson’s “The Taken,” a piece about a radical group determined to inflict understanding of slavery through reenactment. Racial and cultural themes are prevalent, but just as many stories steer clear of obvious messages, offering a provocative, entertaining, and vital anthology that accomplishes its mission. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly