Report From Planet Midnight

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A fascinating fictive polemic from the award-winning Nalo Hopkinson. Hopkinson address the crowd during a Guest of Honour address to the 2012 conference of Interational Association of the Fantastic in the Arts, in the voice of an alien. The alien evaluates Earth's strange customs, including the marginalisation of works by non white and women authors. A dramatic mix of humour, anger and shrewd analysis pervades this discussion of the unconcious and unacknowledged racism of white colleagues and points the way to a more diverse and inclusive future.

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"A genuine vitality and generosity...one of the more important and original voices in SF."
--Publishers Weekly

"Out-of-the-ordinary science fiction."
--Kirkus Reviews

"The plot and style get an early grip on you, the reader, and you don't let go till story's end. Hopkinson is a genuine find!"
--Locus

"Hopkinson has had a remarkable impact on popular fiction. Her work continues to question the very genres she adopts, transforming them from within through her fierce intelligence and her commitment to a radical vision that refuses easy consumption."
--Globe and Mail

Author Bio

Nalo Hopkinson is the award-winning author of Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, The New Moons Arms, and The Salt Roads. Her short story collection, Skin Folk, was the winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Sunburst Award. She is a founding member and current advisory committee member of the Carl Brandon Society, which exists to further the conversation on race and ethnicity in science fiction and fantasy. She lives in Toronto.