Task 10: Read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color

[Book Riot]

Use this space to discuss books you're reading or that might fit the 10th Read Harder task.

[Patty]

Just discussed "A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers" for my sci-fi book club. One of the editors, Victor LaValle, also wrote "The Ballad of Black Tom," which our book club also discussed.


Audiobook for "A People's Future" has multiple readers who are all quite good. STRONG recommend.



https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Future...

[Patty]

Haven't read it yet, but for the Octavia E. Butler Fans, there's "Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements." https://www.amazon.com/Octavias-Brood...

[Chrissy]

A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

GR Links!

[Michele]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

New Suns: Speculative Fiction by People of Color, ed. By Nisi Shawl is my pick here.

[superawesomekt]

I'm going to read Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

[The Bookish Austin]

A Phoenix First Must Burn

[Lauren]

[Jenny]

I was thinking of going with Octavia's Brood, too. Or How Long Until Black Future Month

[Elizabeth]

I have several in mind for this one, and I don't really know which to choose yet. A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, mitêwâcimowina: Indigenous Science Fiction and Speculative Storytelling, A Phoenix First Must Burn, Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing, A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 15 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes, and I'm sure the list goes on. I love short stories, and I'm always trying to read more.

[Emma]

Does anyone know of a good British anthology with a Black or South Asian editor? Obviously, great to read books from the USA too, but I want to try and read diverse books that are closer to home as well.

[Karen]

Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana by Anil Menon looks interesting.

[Stephen]

Cyberpunk: Malaysia edited by Zen Cho

[Bonnie G.]

Elizabeth wrote: "I have several in mind for this one, and I don't really know which to choose yet. A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers, [book:Ne..."

What a great list! Thank you.

[Jessica]

I've got a whole bunch on my list, most of which were already mentioned (largely by Elizabeth!). I'll have to decide. One that is on my list that hasn't been mentioned yet is She Walks in Shadows

[Ilana]

Octavia’s Brood. adrienne maree brown’s chapter by chapter podcast of the Parable books, with Toshi Reagon, is so great!

[Caleb]

I'm looking at The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019, edited by Carmen Maria Machado. Goodreads shows the editor as John Joseph Adams, but he is the Best American Series editor, not the editor of this specific volume.

[Elizabeth]

Bonnie G. wrote: "Elizabeth wrote: "I have several in mind for this one, and I don't really know which to choose yet. [book:A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers|4..."

Thanks! It's always a plus to me if my personal book lists give anyone else ideas. I'm excited to see some of the other recommendations here. Always need more short stories in my life.

[Melody]

Emma wrote: "Does anyone know of a good British anthology with a Black or South Asian editor? Obviously, great to read books from the USA too, but I want to try and read diverse books that are closer to home as..."

Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean has two South Asian editors and is a collection of fantasy stories from Indian and Australian authors. It's not British per se, but Australia is a member of the commonwealth so it is a little bit closer.

[Katie]

For this one I am choosing So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy. I definitely do recommend Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements as well.

[Rachel]

Is How Long 'til Black Future Month? considered an anthology? I'd like to read it, but I don't know if it counts when the stories are all by the same author.

[Chrissy]

Rachel wrote: "Is How Long 'til Black Future Month? considered an anthology? I'd like to read it, but I don't know if it counts when the stories are all by the same author."

I’d call that a collection rather than an anthology, for myself. I did really enjoy it though!

[eligru]

I think I'll probably read A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology an anthology of YA fantasy short stories edited by Dhonielle Clayton. It just came out 2 days ago!

[Kate]

I am wondering if this extends to 'speculative fiction' in general, as I've had Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories on my TBR for a while. Otherwise, I'll keep searching!

[Stina]

If I can get my hands on a copy, I'm going to read Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy.

[Susanne]

I read and enjoyed Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler a few years ago. There is also another sampler (Philippine Speculative Fiction Sampler) online that seems to be completely for free: https://philippinespeculativefiction....
They also had yearly anthologies like this one Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 11 until 2018 I think.

[Lianne]

I'm planning on reading Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, an anthology of queer indigenous SF

[Tanu]

She Walks in Shadows - Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

[Book Riot]

Happy Friday, everyone! Our recommendations post for this task is up now: https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2021...

[Rebecca]

I'm going with A Phoenix First Must Burn. Thanks for the recommendation, @bookriot!

[Sarah]

I think I'm going with Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction for a some queer Indigenous Canadian reading!

[Kathryn]

I'm going to read Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction for this prompt.

[Candi]

First time doing this challenge and thought I’d start with the prompt that is a good but out of usual reading. I read about half of A Phoenix First Must Burn, and it’s a very entertaining read and I’d recommend it.

[Bonnie G.]

Margaret wrote: "I'm going with Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, edited and translated by Ken Liu.

This came up when I searched Amazon for "h..."

Sounds intriguing! I had another collection picked, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction , but i may switch that up.

[Lauren]

[Mandie]

Lauren wrote: ""

Whoa, this is super cool!

[Mandie]

Margaret wrote: "I'm going with Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, edited and translated by Ken Liu.

This came up when I searched Amazon for "h..."

I read that a few years back and looooooooved it! There's a follow up anthology, too, called Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation.

[L Y N N]

eligru wrote: "I think I'll probably read A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology an anthology of YA fantasy short stories edited by Dhonielle Clayton. It just came out 2 days ago!"

I just came here to recommend this one! :)

[Maria]

Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

[Gw]

I am in the book club. They chose NEW SUNS SPECULATIVE FICTION BY PEOPLE OF COLOR...it fits this category..

[Elizabeth]

I've seen a couple of people mention Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories, which has some great short stories by mostly Indigenous authors, but it is not, to the best of my knowledge, edited by an Indigenous person or any other POC.

[Masha]

Rachel wrote: "Is How Long 'til Black Future Month? considered an anthology? I'd like to read it, but I don't know if it counts when the stories are all by the same author."


Maybe go with The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 edited by N.K. Jemisin.
I'm also looking forward to reading "How Long 'til Black Future Month", but since it's not an anthology...

[Sherri]

I read Octavia's Brood:Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor/Contributor), Walidah Imarish (Editor/Contributor), Sheree Renee Thomas (Foreword)

[A]

Dead North: Canadian Zombie Fiction is one of my favorite collections, highly recommend.

[Kat]

Does The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2021 count as an anthology?

[Octavia]

I read Slay, edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz, which is an anthology of vampire stories by writers from the African Diaspora. I liked it, although some stories were markedly better than others. (There's one about a vampire elephant that's pretty great.)

[Sandra]

I read The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 for this one, which is edited by Carmen Maria Machado (GR lists it under the series editor for some reason). I'd recommend if you like her short stories, or SF/F with an uncanny/body horror flavour.

[Sarah]

Michele wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

New Suns: Speculative Fiction by People of Color, ed. By Nisi Shawl is my pick here."

I just finished this. It was so good!

[Auden]

I'm enjoying Girls of Might and Magic right now and it fits this task: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Rachel]

I've just discovered this anthology, which can be downloaded for free:

https://brittlepaper.com/2020/10/free...