2043...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
Ratings16
Average rating2.6
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Ratings16
Average rating2.6
African-descended USians are finally obtaining reparations—underwater. Plunge into the action of a visionary future by the award-winning author of Everfair, with narration by LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
Five miles off the South Carolina coast, Darden and Catherina are getting their promised forty acres, all of it undersea. Like every Black “mer,” they’ve been experimentally modified to adapt to their new subaquatic home—and have met with extreme resistance from white supremacists. Darden has an inspired plan for resolution. For both those on land and the webbed bottom-dwellers below, Darden is hoping to change the wave of the future.
Nisi Shawl’s 2043 . . . (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.
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There are concepts here that I like, but I don't think I'm the target audience or have can really understand what the author is getting at here without some translation. I like the underwater world the author builds. I also like the way the author illustrates the way bias creates hate in people who really don't understand what they hate or why. I would like this to be bit longer and full in more of the story that seemed disconnected so I understood some of the plot points better.
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