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Dark Matter
Reading the Bones
by 
Sheree R. Thomas
  
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Subject(s):  Criticism
Fiction
Science Fiction
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File size:   2999 KB
ISBN:   9780759509467
Release date:   Jan 02, 2004

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File size:   617 KB
ISBN:   9780759509658
Release date:   Jan 02, 2004

Description

Dark Matter is the first and only series to bring together the works of black SF and fantasy writers. The first volume was featured in the "New York Times," which named it a Notable Book of the Year.

Reviews

New York Times...
PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL DARK MATTER: "A rich repository of fine black writers and African characters, stories and sensibilities."
 
Vibe...
"A compelling lineup… the perfect collective manifesto for the Black Futurist imagination."
 
Publishers Weekly (starred review)...
"Brilliantly diverse."
 
Washington Post Book World...
"An important book, and nobody interested in speculative fictin or black literature should pass it up."
 
—scifi.com...
"Revolutionary."
 
Locus...
"May well be a watershed in the long overdue but rapidly accelerating diversification of SF as a whole."
 

About the Author

Sheree R. Thomas is editor of Anansi, a new literary journal of fiction devoted to the black diaspora; a regular contributor to Black Issues Book Review; and a former contributing editor to QBR: The Black Book Review. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Black Elegance, One, The Harlem Community News, and many online publications. A native of Memphis, Thomas lives in New York City.

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