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Short Story Collection by N.K. Jemisin
"Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. 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." - HELM
About the Collection
Classic Texts with Similar Themes
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin (1973) shares themes with Jemisin’s short story, “The Ones Who Stay and Fight”
The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein (1951) shares themes with Jemisin’s short story, “Walking Awake”
Misery by Stephen King (1987) shares themes with Jemisin’s short story, “Hemosis”
Further Readings
Research Starter: Afrofuturism
Ways to Read this Book at STCC
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