“The City Born Great” is about a down on his luck kid who finds his true purpose, and achieves something great. “The Ones Who Stay and Fight” is a glimpse into a reality where utopia exists, with an underlying message about how no matter how unreal it feels, this world is possible. This is a fantastic collection from a fantastic author, dipping in and out of fantasy, sci-fi and horror to give a broad range of tales. In her introduction, Jemisin herself admits the stories chronicle her development as a writer and activist, how she evolved and how some of the stories are talking back to the so-called ‘greats’ of sci-fi. If you haven’t read any Jemisin yet, this collection serves as a good introduction, but I also highly recommend The Broken Earth trilogy, and will shout about how amazing it is until the end of time.īack to How Long ‘til Black Future Month?. These stories span 14 years of Jemisin’s career, with the earliest (“Too Many Yesterdays , Not Enough Tomorrows”) published in 2004, and the latest (“The Ones Who Stay and Fight”) in 2018. What a set of strange, wonderful, dark, intriguing stories.
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