This is part 4 of my book club notes on Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora. [Part 1, part 2, part 3.]
For unrelated reasons, my mental state wasn't great when I did the reading or when I attended the meeting, so I didn't feel able to contribute very much, but at least I could listen.
"Ganger (Ball Lightning)" by Nalo Hopkinson (2000)
( Sex suits malfunction and go berserk. )
"The Becoming" by Akua Lezli Hope (2000)
( Saxophone cyborg, maybe...? )
"The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles W. Chestnutt (1887)
( A formerly enslaved man tells a tale about a vineyard that allegedly carries a curse. )
"The Evening and the Morning and the Night" by Octavia E. Butler (1987)
( People with a genetic disorder that can cause violent episodes are outcasts in society, but find new ways to help one another. )
"The Monophobic Response" by Octavia E. Butler (1995) [essay]
( Butler speculates on why we create aliens in our imagination when we can't even get along with members of our own species. )
For unrelated reasons, my mental state wasn't great when I did the reading or when I attended the meeting, so I didn't feel able to contribute very much, but at least I could listen.
"Ganger (Ball Lightning)" by Nalo Hopkinson (2000)
( Sex suits malfunction and go berserk. )
"The Becoming" by Akua Lezli Hope (2000)
( Saxophone cyborg, maybe...? )
"The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles W. Chestnutt (1887)
( A formerly enslaved man tells a tale about a vineyard that allegedly carries a curse. )
"The Evening and the Morning and the Night" by Octavia E. Butler (1987)
( People with a genetic disorder that can cause violent episodes are outcasts in society, but find new ways to help one another. )
"The Monophobic Response" by Octavia E. Butler (1995) [essay]
( Butler speculates on why we create aliens in our imagination when we can't even get along with members of our own species. )