How Long 'til Black Future Month? is divided into 22 short stories that read like a full-length novel. You hear science fiction and fantasy and you think you know what you’re about to read, but Jemisin has you board a spaceship and then as you do that first look at the little blue planet you find that you don’t recognize anything at all. It’s disconcerting and freeing and you freefall back to earth hoping to understand why you’re feeling so seen and so vulnerable at the same damn time…
The world is crazy out there but maybe you can find a little understanding in these pages. Pick up a copy at your local independent bookstore and check out Crawford's Books.
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