Dark Matter (prose anthologies)

Dark Matter is an anthology series of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories and essays produced by people of African descent. The editor of the series is Sheree Thomas. The first book in the series, Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000), won the 2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. The second book in the Dark Matter series, Dark Matter: Reading the Bones (2004), won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology in 2005. A forthcoming third book in the series is tentatively named Dark Matter: Africa Rising. This was finally published at the end of 2022 under the title Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, from Tor Books.

In the introduction to the first book, the editor explains that the title alludes to cosmological "dark matter", an invisible yet essential part of the universe, to highlight how black people's contributions have been ignored: "They became dark matter, invisible to the naked eye; and yet their influence — their gravitational pull on the world around them — would become undeniable".

Book I contents

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorSheree R. Thomas
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAnthology series
GenreScience fiction anthology, Speculative fiction, essays, postmodern lit, literary fiction
PublisherWarner Aspect
Publication date
2000
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages448 pp
ISBN978-0-446-52583-1 (first edition, hardcover)
OCLC43385283
813/.087609896073 21
LC ClassPS648.S3 D37 2000
Followed byAfrica Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction 

Stories

Essays

Reviews

Awards

Book II contents

Dark Matter: Reading the Bones
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorSheree R. Thomas
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherWarner Aspect
Publication date
2004
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages416 pp
ISBN978-0-446-69377-6 (first edition, paperback)

Stories

Essays

  • Jewelle Gomez, "The Second Law of Thermodynamics"
  • Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, "Her Pen Could Fly: Remembering Virginia Hamilton"
  • Carol Cooper, "Celebrating the Alien: The Politics of Race and Species in the Juveniles of Andre Norton"

Reviews

Awards

See also


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