Fantasy fiction, with its true blood tendencies and white wizard drama, fares no better.Ĭut to Rising, a nuanced and necessary anthology that seeks to bring brown voices to the speculative fore. This genre of anticipatory dreams and hallucinatory dread has never had a problem espousing Übermensch ideals or pushing fascistic eugenics as go-to plot points. Rising: An Anthology of Science Fiction & FantasyĮdited by Matthew David Goodwin (Wings Press, 2017)īeyond the onboard inclusiveness of the original Star Trek series or the fantasies of mutant acceptance in the X-Men comics, science fiction is not the most inviting sandbox for people of color to play in.
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