Wole Talabi
Author
Series
DAW Book collectors volume 1945
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Shigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company, reluctantly answering prayers of his few remaining believers to maintain his existence long enough to find his next drink. When he meets Nneoma, a sort-of succubus with a long and secretive past, everything changes for him. Together, they attempt to break free of his obligations and the restrictions that have bound him to his godhood and navigate the parameters of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An elderly woman in early 22nd century Lagos is called in to help test the artificial intelligence built from her genius mother's mind, but all is not as it seems in the Nommo-award winning story, "The Regression Test".
Exiled from Earth for a crime of passion, a young man must learn to survive a barely habitable prison planet and come to peace with his past in "Polaris".
"Wednesday's Story", nominated for the 2018 Caine Prize, is at once a retelling...
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"From award-winning editorial team Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country's ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits...
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English
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"Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology is the first anthology of stories set in a fictional shared world based on a blend of African cultural worldviews. Edited by Locus award nominated editor Wole Talabi with contributions from around the African continent and diaspora, Sauúti is filled with wonder, mystery, and magic. African-based intergalactic worldbuilding. Space travel . Humanoid and non-humanoid creatures. Artificial intelligence. Intricate...