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lsparrow's review
3.0
A look a indigenous science fiction - with some discussion about what that means - selections from books and stories on this theme. I had actually hoped for a collection of short stories so I was slightly disappointed - although I now have a few more books and authors on my - to read list.
pangnaolin's review
I really loved what I read of this book, but it was honestly just way too dense for me. I’m not usually a science fiction or fantasy kind of person, but I took a chance on this collection because I was intrigued by what Indigenous science fiction might look like, and I was definitely pleasantly surprised, but I think the destroy of some stories mixed with the knowledge I felt I was missing to understand them mixed with the incredibly difficult to read passages about each story, I had to put it down. Hopefully I’ll be able to return to it one day, though, because I really adored some of those stories and I’d love to read the rest.
leni_child's review
3.0
The concepts and themes were really cool but the writing styles were difficult to trudge though. Like reading passages for English class in terms of style
apolloann's review
Definitely am going to come back to this one when I'm more in the mood for Sci-fi.
It looks really good, I just couldn't get into it right now.
It looks really good, I just couldn't get into it right now.
areadingpotato's review
Not going to rate this, because for the most part I really didn't enjoy them. This is the struggle of making a collection of snippets of longer works. Grace Dillon has really insightful openings to all of the works but ultimately it was hard to enjoy most of them.
shonatiger's review
3.0
3.5
Parts are bewildering, others fascinating! Provokes much thought and learning.
Parts are bewildering, others fascinating! Provokes much thought and learning.
_inge_'s review
challenging
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
This book explains a couple of common themes in indigenous science fiction writing and contains some examples of each theme. There are short stories as well as excerpts from novels.
I must admit I didn't grasp everything fully upon first read through, but I have put quite a few of the excerpted book on my TBR to experience the full stories and will likely return to this book to further explore some of the themes. The stories that struck me most were Flight by Sherman Alexie, Refugees by Celu Amberstone, Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson and When this world is all on fire by William Sanders (short story). Very exited to explore more!
I must admit I didn't grasp everything fully upon first read through, but I have put quite a few of the excerpted book on my TBR to experience the full stories and will likely return to this book to further explore some of the themes. The stories that struck me most were Flight by Sherman Alexie, Refugees by Celu Amberstone, Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson and When this world is all on fire by William Sanders (short story). Very exited to explore more!
libkatem's review
3.0
"I don't read a lot of sci-fi" is a lie I tell people. In reality, I don't read a lot of the typical (white male) sci-fi canon.
This anthology is made up of stories from communities I am not privy to, communities my knowledge of is pretty shallow, even though I live on land that belonged to the Dakota people before it was stolen by white settlers.
So this is a warning for white people: this book will not be kind to us. This is a book about contact and land and scars. Some stories are harder than others. All of them are fascinating in their own right. The point of reading this book was to make myself uncomfortable. But it was also really deeply fulfilling to read stories written by voices, some familiar, some new to me, that tell me things about communities I need to learn more about.
This anthology is made up of stories from communities I am not privy to, communities my knowledge of is pretty shallow, even though I live on land that belonged to the Dakota people before it was stolen by white settlers.
So this is a warning for white people: this book will not be kind to us. This is a book about contact and land and scars. Some stories are harder than others. All of them are fascinating in their own right. The point of reading this book was to make myself uncomfortable. But it was also really deeply fulfilling to read stories written by voices, some familiar, some new to me, that tell me things about communities I need to learn more about.