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N. K. Jemisin, Kai Cheng Thom, Charlie Jane Anders, G. Willow Wilson, Seanan McGuire, Malka Older, Charles Yu, Sam J. Miller, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Gabby Rivera, Justina Ireland, A. Merc Rustad, Ashok K. Banker, Lizz Huerta, Catherynne M. Valente, John Joseph Adams, Tobias S Buckell, Maria Dahvana Headley, Daniel H. Wilson, Alice Sola Kim, Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, Daniel José Older, Omar El Akkad (duplicate), Hugh Howey, Violet Allen, Jamie Ford: A People's Future of the United States (Paperback, 2019, One World, Random House Publishing Group)

What if America's founding ideals finally became reality? A future of peace, justice, and love …

Just some damn good speculative fiction

I picked this book up in a Chicago bookstore, drawn to the title’s blatant parallels to a book that shaped my political views. A People’s Future promises a collection of speculative fiction - curated at the start of Trump’s presidency- to inspire a new vision of resistance in times of oppression, surveillance, and fascism. My favorite stories in this collection are from the usual suspects - Charlie Jane Anders, N K Jemesin , and Charles Ya …but I was also introduced to new authors such as Tananarive Due and Omar El Akkad. Not every story resonated with me, but I still cherish this collection for giving me just enough hope when I was so desperately craving it.