How Long 'til Black Future Month? in Beyond Reality

Jan 19, 2019 MadProfessah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-read

I quite enjoyed Jemisin’s historic and award-winning BROKEN EARTH trilogy, although I have previously been unimpressed by her writing. (I could not finish the first book of the INHERITANCE trilogy).

HOW LONG ‘TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH is her first published work after the trailblazing success of the BROKEN EARTH books. It’s a collection of short stories, which are always something of a mixed bag. To me there was no one story that stood out (although I generally enjoyed reading the collection as a w ...more

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Feb 07, 2019 Kerry rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019, fantasy, library, sf, 10-out-of-10, anthology, shorter-than-a-novel

I expected to be impressed by this collection of Jemisin's short fiction, having been highly impressed by all of her novels that I've read. I'm delighted to say it delivered on all counts. While I liked some stories better than others, I don't think there was a single dud in the book.

I'd read four of the stories already, but was happy to read all of them again, especially "On the Banks of the River Lex" that I had read a number of years ago and remembered fondly. It was just as good on a reread, ...more

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Jan 20, 2019 Jenny T rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, fantasy, read-in-2019

Easily the most passionate short story collection I've ever read -- Ms. Jemisin's writing is at its most beautiful when she's at her angriest, and there's a lot of anger here and a LOT of beauty. The stories themselves are very different from each other, though a lot of them are future/post-apocalyptic, and there are themes of social injustice, climate change, bodily autonomy, and cooking(!)

Most of these tales have teeth and bite HARD, so the collection is best taken in small doses. The two sta ...more

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