How Long ’til Black Future Month?

 

                     
How Long ’til Black Future Month?

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Title
How Long ’til Black Future Month?
Author N. K. Jemisin
Genre Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Format N/A

 

Book Description

How Long ’til Black Future Month? is a collection of speculative short fiction by N. K. Jemisin that spans worlds both fantastical and futuristic. Across more than twenty stories, Jemisin explores themes of race, power, oppression, resistance, and survival, often reimagining familiar genre tropes through Black and marginalized perspectives. The collection ranges from science fiction and fantasy to horror, showcasing Jemisin’s versatility and her ability to combine sharp social insight with inventive worldbuilding. The title reflects the book’s central question: why futures in speculative fiction so often exclude Black voices—and how those futures change when they are centered.

About Author

N. K. Jemisin is an American author widely regarded as one of the most influential voices in modern Science Fiction and Fantasy. She first gained major recognition with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010), the opening novel of her debut trilogy. Jemisin achieved historic acclaim with The Broken Earth trilogy (2015–2017), becoming the first author to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel three years in a row—once for each book in the series.

Jemisin’s work is known for its ambitious worldbuilding, complex characters, and incisive examinations of power, oppression, race, and identity. Blending speculative concepts with deeply human stories, she has helped redefine genre fiction by centering marginalized perspectives and challenging traditional narrative structures. In addition to novels, Jemisin has written short fiction, essays, and comics, and remains a prominent advocate for diversity and equity within speculative literature.

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