An Unkindness of Ghosts Lib/E

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Price
$105.00  $97.65
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publish Date
Dimensions
6.1 X 1.2 X 6.5 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Compact Disc
EAN/UPC
9781538474983

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About the Author
Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they are much at home. In addition to appearing on the Stonewall Honor List and winning a Firecracker Award, Solomon's debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts, was a finalist for Lambda, Hurston/Wright, Otherwise (formerly Tiptree), and Locus Awards. Solomon's second book, The Deep, based on the Hugo-nominated song by the Daveed Diggs-fronted hip-hop group clipping, was the winner of the 2020 Lambda Award and was short-listed for the Nebula, Locus, Hugo, Ignyte, Brooklyn Library Literary, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. Their work appears in Black Warrior Review, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Guernica, Best American Short Stories, Tor.com, Best American Horror and Dark Fantasy, and elsewhere. A refugee of the transatlantic slave trade, Solomon was born on Turtle Island but currently resides on an isle in an archipelago off the western coast of the Eurasian continent.

Cherise Boothe, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, has worked extensively in theater, film, television, and narration. She has appeared in numerous regional plays, as well as in television shows such as The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, and Gossip Girl. She holds an MFA in acting from New York University. She was a finalist in 2015 for the prestigious Audie Award for best multivoiced narration.

Reviews

Immediately immersive and sophisticated...This is a phenomenal piece of work.

-- "Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author"

The more I read the bigger I felt, falling down a rabbit-hole of sky and wanting only to go deeper and farther with every page.

-- "NPR"

Think the class system on the decks of the Titanic meets Battlestar Galactica...The main character, Aster, is amazing and complex.

-- "BookRiot"

What the audiobook does that the printed word can't is layer in accents on top of these grammatical distinctions in identity, which Cherise Booth does using mainly Caribbean variants. This gives an already emotionally challenging book even more depth, but trust that it is worth it.

-- "Paste magazine (audio review)"

[A] highly imaginative sci-fi novel.

-- "BuzzFeed"

Highly recommended for anyone interested in the ever-growing field of SF which is invested in engaging with race, gender, and sexuality as an integral part of any vision of the future.

-- "IndiePicks Magazine"

A raw distillation of slavery, feudalism, prison, and religion that kicks like rotgut moonshine...This is worldbuilding by poetry...Stunning.

-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Suffused with the past, the present, and the future of human experiences in its events, An Unkindness of Ghosts launches the career of a brilliantly gifted and important new writer in science fiction.

-- "Foreword Reviews (starred reviews)"

Harrowing and beautiful, this is sf at its best: showing the possible future but warning of the danger of bringing old prejudices and cruelties to that new world...Fully rounded characters bring nuance and genuine pathos to this amazing debut.

-- "Library Journal (starred review)"

Narrator Cherise Boothe has her hands full with this story...With each section having its own patois and the rulers their own stiff language, Boothe must juggle a dozen different accents and dialects, and she does so with ease...Thanks to Boothe, the listener can distinguish which of Aster's gaggle of roommates and relatives is speaking at any point and cheer her as she struggles to break free of her cage.

-- "AudioFile"

Infused with the spirit of Octavia Butler and loaded with meaning for the present day...Solomon's impassioned, speculative, literary book is sorely needed on library shelves.

-- "Booklist"

An entertaining novel that does not neglect the vitality of its story while probing society's assumptions.

-- "Kirkus Reviews"

A heady science fiction novel that speaks directly to some of the most pressing political and social concerns of the modern day. And yet for all that, it remains deeply humane...This is a book you'll want to read now so you can tell your friends you read it first.

-- "Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling"

Imaginative in the vein of Colson Whitehead, Samuel R. Delany, and Octavia E. Butler, this novel explores the struggles of slum dwellers aboard a spacecraft sadly reminiscent of our own world. With outstanding world-building and an unforgettable protagonist, this is a notable debut by an author whose work I look forward to reading for years to come.

-- "Tananarive Due, author of Ghost Summer"