How Long 'til Black Future Month?

by N. K. Jemisin

Hardcover, 400 pages

English language

Published Nov. 27, 2018 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-49134-1

(10 reviews)

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 city 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 figure out how to 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.

2 editions

Zivan reviewed How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin (Dreamblood, #0.5)

Review of "How Long 'til Black Future Month?" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

First of all, I couldn't resist the title on Black History Month.

Despite the title, I was attracted to the alt histories more than the Sci-Fi stories. Perhaps because I already read a good amount of Sci-Fi from the perspective of marginalized groups.

It was also interesting to read short stories that were the basis for some of Jamisin's novels.

Sergio reviewed How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin (Dreamblood, #0.5)

Review of "How Long 'til Black Future Month?" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

After reading The City We Became, I realized I should've been reading Jemisin a lot sooner, and what better way to fix that than by reading this incredible short story collection? Despite the astonishing breadth in genre and scope shown here, all of the stories share an energy and a thematic throughline that make the entire book feel like a single, coherent conversation about the relationships between people and the places they call home or travel to. It's not hard to see The City We Became's DNA everywhere in this collection. Can't wait to dig into more Jemisin novels in the future!