An Unkindness Of Ghosts shows just how vital non-white and queer perspectives are in opening up what the genre of speculative fiction can do. The novel takes on the tried and tested science fiction trope of the generation ship, but Solomon’s approach encompasses a metaphorical reimagining of the cruelty and brutality of the antebellum south’s slave plantations as well as queer and neurodiverse perspectives. Rivers Solomon’s An Unkindness Of Ghosts (2017) is an incredible, powerful and unforgettable debut novel, immediately establishing Solomon as a key new voice in the genre. Ancestors are everywhere if you are looking. She’d been helping Aster scrub down X deck with ammonia and bleach, a failed attempt to rub out the stink of what had happened there. “ That’s what ghosts really are, Aint Melusine had said, the past refusing to be forgot.
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