In Search of... African Sci-Fi Novels Comments

Stafford Battle

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:26:21 +0000

Be sure to visit the Black Science Fiction Society, the Carl Brandon Society, and the African American Science Fiction website for speculative fiction books by recent Black authors. http://www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com/ http://www.carlbrandon.org/ http://africanamericansciencefiction.com/ http://wagadu.ning.com/

jongos

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:08:56 +0000

Lol, thanks for posting Mike and sorry I got your name wrong. Are any of your works, especially the out of print one's, available digitally?

jongos

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:34:16 +0000

Justin thanks for adding to the list! District 9 is of course the break-out, let's see what it leads to!

JustinArenstein

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:51:51 +0000

Hi there. South Africa also has a tradition of local sci-fi story telling, including the recent District 9 movie (www.district9movie.com) that has been well received in the US and elsewhere & which deals with xenophobia, amongst other issues. A sci-fi book with a West African book worth mentioning, even though written by a British journalist (who has been based in African for yrs) is HOMUNCULUS about bio-robots in Sierra-Leon .The link is http://bit.ly/prio5

Kris Haamer

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:54:12 +0000

Don't know about novels but there's a Sci-Fi film made in Cameroon called Les Saignantes set in the year 2025: http://www.africanfilmlibrary.com/play.aspx?Video...

Alex Weheliye

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:43:33 +0000

Hi,

here are a few sci-fi novels by African American authors that are set in Africa:

Pauline Hopkins-Of One Blood
Tananarive Due: Blood Colony, My Soul to Keep, Living Blood
Steven Barnes: Zulu Heart, Lion's Blood, etc.
Octavia Butler: Wildseed
Charles Saunders: Imaro Series

Bill Hillman

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:26:46 +0000

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Veronica

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 13:22:43 +0000

If you'd like to add the often coupled fantasy genre to this discussion, there is Charles Saunders, whose Imaro series is set in a fictional Africa. Steven Barnes also has books I believe set in a fictional Africa, or that at least feature African people - Lion Heat for example.

Mike Resnick

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:59:44 +0000

If I may point out some other African science fiction novels I've written: IVORY: A LEGEND OF PAST AND FUTURE, having to do with the myths and mystic power emvbedded in the tusks of the Kilimanjaro Elephant. (Originally from Tor, a Nebula and Clarke nominee; currently available from Pyr.) PARADISE: A CHRONICLE OF A DISTANT WORLD. A science-fictional allegorical history of Kenya.(Originally from Tor; now available in an omnibus volume titled THE GALACTIC COMEDY from Farthest Star.) PURGATORY: A CHRONICLE OF A DISTANT WORLD. A science-fictional allegorical history of Zimbabwe. .(Originally from Tor; now available in an omnibus volume titled THE GALACTIC COMEDY from Farthest Star.) INFERNO: A CHRONICLE OF A DISTANT WORLD. A science-fictional allegorical history of Uganda. .(Originally from Tor; now available in an omnibus volume titled THE GALACTIC COMEDY from Farthest Star.) A HUNGER IN THE SOUL. A science-fictional allegorical biography of Stanley and Livingstone. (Originally from Tor; currently out of print.) -- Mike (not Michael) Resnick