An Unkindness of Ghosts

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An Unkindness of Ghosts
OCLC
1026779516

An Unkindness of Ghosts is a 2017

structural racism and generation ships. Solomon's first book, it was published by Akashic Books
.

Synopsis

On board the generation ship Matilda (named for the Clotilda),[1] where the passengers have formed a society stratified along racial lines such that those with dark skin are relegated to lower-deck lives of servitude and harsh behavioral restrictions, Aster Gray is a lower-decks healer who must discover the hidden connection between her mother's suicide decades ago and the mysterious death of the ship's Sovereign.

Reception

An Unkindness of Ghosts was a finalist for the 30th

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.[3]

Kirkus Reviews considered the book "entertaining", calling the Matilda a "well-crafted world" and noting that the "refreshingly visible and vital" diversity of its population lessens the extent to which the dictatorial Sovereignty "feels like a familiar dystopic trope."[4] Publishers Weekly called it "stunning", but stated that the "worldbuilding by poetry" and "many layers of metaphor" may disappoint readers seeking hard science fiction.[5]

In

neuroatypical worldview" in that "all of the central characters are both gender-variant and neurodivergent", emphasizing that Aster's inability to understand figurative language and deception — and subsequent insistence on clear and unambiguous communication — "disrupts some of the more expected tropes of SF adventure narratives."[8]

References

  1. ^ Watkins, Claire Vaye (September 26, 2017). "MAGICAL SYSTEMS AND FUSION REACTORS: RIVERS SOLOMON DISCUSSES AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS". The Rumpus. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "30TH ANNUAL LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALISTS AND WINNERS". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. August 19, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS by Rivers Solomon". Kirkus Reviews. August 21, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "An Unkindness of Ghosts". Publishers Weekly. August 14, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "Gary K. Wolfe Reviews An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon". Locus. January 28, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  7. ^ El-Mohtar, Amal (October 6, 2017). "'Unkindness Of Ghosts' Transposes The Plantation's Cruelty To The Stars". NPR. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  8. ^ Milks, Megan (April 9, 2018). "AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS BY RIVERS SOLOMON". Strange Horizons. Retrieved July 25, 2022.

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