New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

by Nisi Shawl, Indrapramit Das, E Lily Lu, Levar Burton Narrated by Allyson Johnson

Overview

"There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns," proclaimed Octavia E. Butler.



New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange. Within this book burn tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their indefinable overlappings. These are authors aware of our many possible pasts and futures, authors freed of stereotypes and clichés, ready to dazzle you with their daring genius.



Includes stories by Kathleen Alcala, Minsoo Kang, Anil Menon, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Alex Jennings, Alberto Yanez, Steven Barnes, Jaymee Goh, Karin Lowachee, E. Lily Yu, Andrea Hairston, Tobias Buckell, Hiromi Goto, Rebecca Roanhorse, Indrapramit Das, Chinelo Onwualu, and Darcie Little Badger.

Editorial Reviews

JANUARY 2021 - AudioFile

Allyson Johnson shines as a master of character voice acting in this speculative fiction anthology featuring authors of color. While her delivery of narrative sounds a bit like AI, perhaps appropriately so, Johnson’s mastery of tone, pitch, and accent is simply astounding. Indeed, it is Johnson’s talent for bringing characters to life that allows the listener to fully enter each short story—whether it’s about a sapphic cannibal mermaid, an emperor and his not-so-new clothes, or a burdened spirit laying waste to a New England town. Each work is fresh and compelling, with themes ranging from folklore and horror to the extraterrestrial and postapocalyptic. If you’re a fan of speculative fiction, consider NEW SUNS required listening. G.P. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

Publishers Weekly

★ 01/14/2019

This fantastic kitchen-sink anthology, introduced by Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton, features 17 stories from all over the world—a variety of Indian, African-American, Native American, and Asian cultures are all represented—and of every sort of speculative genre. Tobias Buckell’s “The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex” is firmly in science fiction territory, while Anil Menon’s “The Robots of Eden” gives a glimpse of a Black Mirror–esque future from an Indian perspective. Andrea Hairston’s “Dumb House” is an unexpected yet glorious mix of speculative fiction and old Southern rootwork. Steven Barnes’s “Come Home to Atropos” describes a curious future through an advertisement. “The Fine Print” by Chinelo Onwualu tells the classic tale of a Faustian deal from an African perspective. Readers who enjoy stories from the depths will enjoy Jaymee Goh’s “The Freedom of the Shifting Sea,” and those who prefer their monsters to be earthbound will find Rebecca Roanhorse’s “Harvest” exquisite. This book’s wide range of stories is its greatest strength; though no reader will love them all, every reader will find something worth rereading. This anthology will appeal most to readers of multiple genres who enjoy exploring the world’s various cultures, and is well suited to library collections. (Mar.)

From the Publisher

“This book’s wide range of stories is its greatest strength; though no reader will love them all, every reader will find something worth rereading.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Powerful” — Locus

“Varied, rich, and delightful” — Los Angeles Review of Books

“A great choice for people entirely new to genre fiction and a solid read for anybody” — Book Riot

“A celebration of people of color” — Lightspeed Magazine

“An earnest compilation of voices from many ethnicities and backgrounds, exploring their experiences as people of colour, and as marginalised people.” — Tor.com

“New Suns does more than offer a diverse group of writers of colour from different backgrounds: it also offers a diversity of the futures that can be possible in the speculative canon.” — Strange Horizons

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176479614
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	11/10/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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