How long 'til black future month? / N. K. Jemisin.
N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story "The City Born Great," a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316491341
- ISBN: 9780316491372
- ISBN: 0316491373
- ISBN: 0316491349
- ISBN: 0356512541
- ISBN: 9780356512549
- Physical Description: xii, 400 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Orbit, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- tThe ones who stay and fight -- City born great -- Red dirt witch -- L'Alchimista -- Effluent engine -- Cloud dragon skies -- Trojan girl -- Valedictorian -- Storyteller's replacement -- Brides of heaven -- Evaluators -- Walking awake -- Elevator dancer -- Cuisine des mémoires -- Stone hunger -- On the banks of the River Lex -- Narcomancer -- Henosis -- Too many yesterdays, not enough tomorrows -- You train -- Non-zero probabilities -- Sinners, saints, dragons, and haints, in the city beneath the still waters.
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- Subject:
- Short stories, American.
Speculative fiction. - Genre:
- Short stories.
Fantasy fiction.
Available copies
- 27 of 29 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Brown Library System.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 29 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | F Jem (Text) | 30308101203744 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
N. K. Jemisin is one of the most powerful and acclaimed speculative fiction authors of our time. In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story "The City Born Great," a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul.
