Mothership Rising // Afrofuturism in the Radium Age (Pre-order, Feb 2 2027)

A mind-expanding anthology of early Black science fictionthe visionary origins of Afrofuturism.

The future is waitingcome aboard.

This collection, introduced by Hugo and Nebula Awardwinning authorNisi Shawl, remixes the past to reveal a tradition of speculative thought too long overlooked: the pioneering Black writers, playwrights, and poets whose future-facing imaginations helped lay the groundwork for artists fromSamuel R. DelanyandOctavia E. ButlertoParliament-FunkadelicandJanelle Mone.

Edited byLisa Yaszek,Mothership Risinggathers early twentieth-century visionsutopian and dystopian alikefromPauline Hopkins,W. E. B. Du Bois,Jean Toomer,Langston Hughes,Marita Bonner,George S. Schuyler, and others. Here are strange technologies, hidden histories, cosmic journeys, and revolutionary futurestransmissions from an earlier twentieth century, received now as a call to imagine otherwise.

Lisa Yaszekis Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, where she researches and teaches science fiction as a global language crossing centuries, continents, and cultures.

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publish Date: February 02, 2027
• Pages: 264
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780262058797
• Dimensions: 7.9 X 5.3 X 0.0 inches | 0.8 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Science Fiction, Popular Fiction