
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
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N. K. Jemisin
Three-time Hugo Award-winner N. K. Jemisin's first collection of short fiction challenges and enchants with breathtaking stories of destruction, rebirth, and redemption.
N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights listeners with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption.
Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A Black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo Award-nominated short story "The City Born Great", a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.
For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out:
The Inheritance Trilogy:
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
- The Broken Kingdoms
- The Kingdom of Gods
- The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition)
- Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych (e-only short fiction)
- The Awakened Kingdom (e-only novella)
Dreamblood Duology:
- The Killing Moon
- The Shadowed Sun
- The Dreamblood Duology (omnibus)
The Broken Earth:
- The Fifth Season
- The Obelisk Gate
- The Stone Sky
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Critic reviews
"The stories are wonderful. In worlds both invariably cruel and brilliantly imagined, heroism thrives in the margins." (Nicky Drayden, author of The Prey of Gods)
"There are so many things in How Long 'Til Black Future Month - from firebirds to Megacops, from truffles to hurricanes, from utopias (maybe) to civil rights marches - that it's impossible to describe. Except to say that every single story here is riveting, provocative, and remarkable. An extraordinary story collection from an extraordinary writer!" (Connie Willis, Hugo and Nebula Award winner)
"[E]loquently develops a series of passionately felt themes.... [O]ne of speculative fiction's most thoughtful and exciting writers." (Kirkus, starred review)
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most interesting voice in science fiction/fantasy
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Exceptionally Excellent! (yes, it's that good).
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Overall, well-imagined stories.
So Enjoyable!
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All of the short stories are wonderful. I loved many of them and liked all of them. My favorite short stories were The City Born Great which she won an award for, The Effluent Engine, The Brides of Heaven and Sinners, Saints, Dragons and Haints in the City Beneath the Still Waters Which is the last story in the collection.
Her love for New York City shines bright and strong in this collection as well as her enjoyment of New Orleans. This book is well worth your time and credit.
Amazing collection of short stories
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Black Future Month IS the future or a big part of it.
Some of the best stories I've ever read.
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Fantastic collection of stories!
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Great story
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The reason for 4 stars and not 5 may be wholly personal preference. This is my first time reading a collection of short stories like this, and I did not particularly enjoy how disconnected each story was from each other. There were some common threads, but ultimately I did not really see any connection between the stories, making it a bit disorienting to try to transition from one story to the next. Some stories, like the ones that I listed above, were able to capture my attention from the beginning. But others, I found myself having to re-read from the beginning several times because I found my attention drifting to thoughts of a previous story.
But N.K. Jemisin is certainly a great author. This is my second work from her that I have read. I look forward to reading more from this author.
Several stories really stood out
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I love this book.
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Very Pleased!
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