
New Suns 2
Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
Daniel H. WilsonK. Tempest BradfordDarcie Little BadgerGeetanjali VandemarkJohn ChuNghi VoTananarive DueAlex JenningsKarin Lowachee(Author)
Nisi Shawl(Editor)
Solaris (Publisher)
Published on 16. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-78618-858-8 (ISBN)
Description
Octavia E. Butler said, "There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns."
New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking-breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging truths, stories that pierce stale preconceptions with their beauty and bravery. Like the first New Suns anthology (winner of the World Fantasy, Locus, IGNYTE, and British Fantasy awards), this book liberates writers of many races to tell us tales no one has ever told.
Many things come in twos: dualities, binaries, halves, and alternates. Twos are found throughout New Suns 2, in eighteen science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories revealing daring futures, hidden pasts, and present-day worlds filled with unmapped wonders.
Including stories by Daniel H. Wilson, K. Tempest Bradford, Darcie Little Badger, Geetanjali Vandemark, John Chu, Nghi Vo, Tananarive Due, Alex Jennings, Karin Lowachee, Saad Hossain, Hiromi Goto, Minsoo Kang, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Malka Older, Kathleen Alcala, Christopher Caldwell and Jaymee Goh with a foreword by Walter Mosley and an afterword by Dr. Grace Dillon.
New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking-breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging truths, stories that pierce stale preconceptions with their beauty and bravery. Like the first New Suns anthology (winner of the World Fantasy, Locus, IGNYTE, and British Fantasy awards), this book liberates writers of many races to tell us tales no one has ever told.
Many things come in twos: dualities, binaries, halves, and alternates. Twos are found throughout New Suns 2, in eighteen science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories revealing daring futures, hidden pasts, and present-day worlds filled with unmapped wonders.
Including stories by Daniel H. Wilson, K. Tempest Bradford, Darcie Little Badger, Geetanjali Vandemark, John Chu, Nghi Vo, Tananarive Due, Alex Jennings, Karin Lowachee, Saad Hossain, Hiromi Goto, Minsoo Kang, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Malka Older, Kathleen Alcala, Christopher Caldwell and Jaymee Goh with a foreword by Walter Mosley and an afterword by Dr. Grace Dillon.
Reviews / Votes
"This book's wide range of stories is its greatest strength; though no reader will love them all, every reader will find something worth rereading." -Publishers Weekly, starred review on New Suns "A varied, rich, and delightful collection of new speculative fiction... Get hold of this excellent anthology. You won't regret it." -LA Review of Books on New Suns "This is a strongly balanced anthology, and a powerful one - surely one of the best original an-thologies of 2019." -Locus on New Suns "An earnest compilation of voices from many ethnicities and backgrounds, exploring their experiences as people of colour, and as marginalised people." -Tor.com on New Suns "New Suns does more than offer a diverse group of writers of colour from different backgrounds: it also offers a diversity of the futures that can be possible in the speculative canon." -Strange Horizons on New Suns "New Suns showcases contemporary talents with a purpose, and does so extraordinarily well. This book is one of the strongest anthologies I have read in years, and I highly recommend it!" -Future Fire on New Suns "A blockbuster miscellany." -Aurealis "New Suns 2 offers a composite picture of the best work being done in genre fiction right now" -The Washington Post "Go get this book and enjoy it." -Lightspeed Magazine "Shawl uses their penchant for inclusive representation to remind you of the radiance of a promised sun." -Locus "A rich collection that offers up something for fans of science fiction, fantasy, and horror." -AudioFile MagazineMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78618-858-8 (9781786188588)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Nisi Shawl edited the original New Suns anthology. They also edited Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars and WisCon Chronicles 5: Writing and Racial Identity. They co-edited the anthologies Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany; and Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism, African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler. They wrote the 2016 Nebula finalist Everfair, and the 2008 Otherwise Award-winning collection Filter House. In 2005 they co-wrote Writing the Other: A Practical Approach, the standard text on inclusive representation in the imaginative genres.
Content
Foreword, Walter Mosley
Ocasta, Daniel H. Wilson
The Farmer's Wife and the Faerie Queen, K. Tempest Bradford
Juan, Darcie Little Badger
Neti-Neti, Geetanjali Vandemark
Equal Forces Opposed in Exquisite Tension, John Chu
Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood, Nghi Vo
Suppertime, Tananarive Due
Good Night Gracie, Alex Jennings
A Borrowing of Bones, Karin Lowachee
Chosen, Saad Hossain
Home Is Where the Heart Is, Hiromi Goto
Before the Glory of their Majesties, Minsoo Kang
Haunted Bodies of WombMen, Tlotlo Tsamaase
Dragons of Yuta, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
The Plant and the Purist, Malka Older
The Fast Enough Human, Kathleen Alcala
Counting Her Petals, Christopher Caldwell
Fever Dreams, Jaymee Goh
Afterword, Grace Dillon
Ocasta, Daniel H. Wilson
The Farmer's Wife and the Faerie Queen, K. Tempest Bradford
Juan, Darcie Little Badger
Neti-Neti, Geetanjali Vandemark
Equal Forces Opposed in Exquisite Tension, John Chu
Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood, Nghi Vo
Suppertime, Tananarive Due
Good Night Gracie, Alex Jennings
A Borrowing of Bones, Karin Lowachee
Chosen, Saad Hossain
Home Is Where the Heart Is, Hiromi Goto
Before the Glory of their Majesties, Minsoo Kang
Haunted Bodies of WombMen, Tlotlo Tsamaase
Dragons of Yuta, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
The Plant and the Purist, Malka Older
The Fast Enough Human, Kathleen Alcala
Counting Her Petals, Christopher Caldwell
Fever Dreams, Jaymee Goh
Afterword, Grace Dillon