'How Long 'til Black Future Month?' by N.K. Jemisin is a collection of short stories that cover a wide range of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, and dystopian futures. The book showcases Jemisin's talent for world-building and storytelling, with each story presenting unique and thought-provoking ideas. Readers are taken on a journey through various settings and themes, from mystical realms to futuristic societies, all while exploring topics like discrimination, oppression, and the power of resistance. Jemisin's writing style is described as bold, creative, and engaging, with the ability to surprise and captivate readers with unexpected twists and turns.
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The collection deals with heavy themes such as oppression, violence, and societal collapse, which may be triggering for some readers.
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Several stories contain romantic elements, but they are not the primary focus.
From The Publisher:
Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories.
"Marvelous and wide-ranging." - Los Angeles Times"Gorgeous" - NPR Books"Breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold." - Entertainment Weekly
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.
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