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Jeremy Shatan's avatar

Great call on Samuel R. Delaney - Dahlgren was a massive book for me (it's also quite long, LOL).

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Ivan Kreilkamp's avatar

I read Octavia Butler's DAWN recently; it's quite wonderful & philosophically rich (and less grim than some of her best-known books, like the Parable novels)

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Mark Engleson's avatar

I'm reading Delany's About Writing now.

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ASensibleMan's avatar

"Any recommendations for African American science fiction novels?"

Any recommendations for white science fiction novels?

Lol! You'd be outraged by the second question, but the first one is A-O-K. I do get a kick out of the endless casual racism of progressives.

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Mark Engleson's avatar

The question wouldn't make sense, because the vast majority of science-fiction is by white authors. It's not racism!

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ASensibleMan's avatar

Yes it is

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