Black History Month: some SF/F books to consider

February 4th 2008 at 4:53 pm

Claire Light has a list of books for consideration:

The idea is for you to read these books this month, forward this list around to your friends, take this list into your local bookstores and ask them to display these books this month, post the list on your blogs and websites, etc. I hope you’ll all strongly consider at least picking up one of these books and falling into it. It’s a wonderful list, and your February will be improved!

So, without further ado:

THE CARL BRANDON SOCIETY
recommends the following books for BLACK HISTORY MONTH:

* So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan
* Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
* Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
* My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
* The Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust
* Mindscape by Andrea Hairston
* Wind Follower by Carole McDonnell
* Futureland by Walter Mosley
* The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
* Zahrah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

I particularly like Zahrah the Windseeker and Parable of the Sower (and of course So Long Been Dreaming, because it has that awesome story at the very end by that one dude…).

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