Subtitle: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History
I expected this book to contain speculative stories about marginalized people, creating worlds where they/we are not marginalized. I did not expect it to be about the experience of marginalization, and thus dripping with violence. Maybe I should have expected that, but I didn’t.
There was a single story that didn’t contain at least one violent death. That story was about Nordic (white) people.
Loved the diversity in this collection. However, reading stories imbued with that much violence feels intense, overwhelming, invasive. Not a good fit for me.
Jesse the K says
Thanks for the info about the violence in the book. There is more than enough violence in our daily lives that I’ve decided to avoid it where I can in my entertainments.
Sonia Connolly says
Yes, likewise. This book felt very “loud”, like it was trying to shout over the prevailing level of violence.