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

from SamMusher

The premise of this collection is that anytime you're doing social justice work, you're writing speculative fiction -- a premise I adore, as a person who became captivated by, and formed by, both social justice and science fiction at the same very young age. The writers of these stories are mostl...

from LisCarey

As the subtitle makes clear, this is an anthology with an agenda, and it's an agenda that will inflame certain parties in recent kerfuffles in the science fiction community.That said, this is an enjoyable collection. The stories are varied in setting, viewpoint, and kind. There's an incipient upr...

from e2d2

This is another anthology that has pushed me into the realm of deliberation, contemplation, and wonderment. If I taught an English course, several of these stories would be on the syllabus. If (when?) I teach an intro to archives course "The Long Memory" by Morrigan Phillips will be the first rea...

from e2d2

This is another anthology that has pushed me into the realm of deliberation, contemplation, and wonderment. If I taught an English course, several of these stories would be on the syllabus. If (when?) I teach an intro to archives course "The Long Memory" by Morrigan Phillips will be the first rea...