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    Report from Planet Midnight

    By Nalo Hopkinson

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    Infused with feminist, Afro-Caribbean views of the science fiction and fantasy genres, this collection of offbeat and highly original works takes aim at race and racism in literature. In “Report from Planet Midnight,” at the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts, an alien addresses the crowd, evaluating Earth's "strange" customs, including the marginalization of works by nonwhite and female writers. “Message in a Bottle” shows Greg, an American Indian artist, befriending a strange four-year-old who seems wise beyond her years. While preparing an exhibition, he discovers that the young girl is a traveler from the future sent to recover art from the distant past—which apparently includes his own work. Concluding the book with series editor Terry Bisson's Outspoken Interview, Nalo Hopkinson shares laughs, loves, and top-secret Caribbean spells.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateJul 1, 2012
    ISBN9781604866827
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    Nalo Hopkinson

    Nalo Hopkinson, born in Jamaica and now living in Toronto, is a superstar of modern fantasy. Her award winning novels include Brown Girl in the Ring (1998), Midnight Robber (2000), The Salt Roads (2003), and The New Moons Arms (2007). Her short story collection, Skin Folk (2001), was the winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Sunburst Award. She has edited and coedited a number of fantasy anthologies and taught at the Clarion workshops and other venues. She is a founding member and currently on the advisory committee of the Carl Brandon Society, which exists to further the conversation on race and ethnicity in SF and fantasy.

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    • 5/5
      Two excellent short(ish) stories, and some non-fiction that looks at the world of science fiction and fantasy through a clear lens. Brilliant.
    • 5/5
      Report from Planet Midnight is a tight little collection of work for Marketing Hopkinson. It contains a lovely short story about time travel, animal art, and childhood; a fascinating interview; and the titular work, a speech about race and racism in speculative fiction fandom given at an industry event.

      This is a well chosen intro to the thought and work of a great, and important, voice in modern SFF.
    • 5/5
      Engaging small collection of two short stories, one performance/speech and an interview with the author. Apparently Hopkinson is something of an activist author, working towards equality and fair representation for all those in the science fiction/fantasy genre, and there is an excellent introduction to her in the interview and the speech. Putting politics aside, though, Hopkinson is a fantastic author. Each story in this volume was a really enjoyable read--from the incredible last ditch plea of a time-bending traveller in "Message in a Bottle" to the clashing sibling gods and the mortal caught in their midst in "Shift". If you're looking for a sci-fi/fantasy author outside of the cookie-cutter planetery or high fantasy mold, then you should give her stuff a try. I'm very pleased I did, and will look forward to reading more of her stuff.

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