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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue)
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue) | Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler, Sofia Samatar, Karin Lowachee, Steven Barnes, Vandana Singh, Kristine Muslim, Jennifer Brissett
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LIGHTSPEED was founded on the core idea that all science fiction is real science fiction. The whole point of this magazine is that science fiction is vast. It is inclusive. Science fiction is about people and for people-all kinds of people, no matter where they're from or what they look like.The People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! special issue exists to relieve a brokenness in the genre that's been enabled time and time again by favoring certain voices and portrayals of particular characters. Here we bring together a team of POC writers and editors from around the globe to present science fiction that explores the nuances of culture, race, and history. This is science fiction for our present time, but also-most of all-for our future.People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! is 100% written and edited by people of color, and is lead by guest editors Nalo Hopkinson and Kristine Ong Muslim, with editorial contributions from Nisi Shawl, Grace L. Dillon, Berit Ellingsen, Arley Sorg, and Sunil Patel. It features ten original, never-before-published short stories, plus ten original flash fiction stories, by writers such as Steven Barnes, Karin Lowachee, Sofia Samatar, Terence Taylor, Caroline M. Yoachim, and more. All that, plus five classic reprints, by the likes of Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler; an array of nonfiction articles, interviews, and book reviews; and more than two dozen personal essays from people of colo(u)r discussing their experiences as readers and writers of science fiction.Enjoy the destruction!
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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue) | Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler, Sofia Samatar, Karin Lowachee, Steven Barnes, Vandana Singh, Kristine Muslim, Jennifer Brissett
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It was chow mein again this morning, alongside a novella by Samuel R. Delany. I‘ve gotta say, I was a touch dismayed when I saw how long this story was since I bounced off two of Delany‘s novels, HARD—but I‘m loving “Empire Star.” It‘s convinced me to give him another try.

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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue) | Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler, Sofia Samatar, Karin Lowachee, Steven Barnes, Vandana Singh, Kristine Muslim, Jennifer Brissett
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It‘s a pain day, so no cooked breakfast with my daily short story.

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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue) | Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler, Sofia Samatar, Karin Lowachee, Steven Barnes, Vandana Singh, Kristine Muslim, Jennifer Brissett
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Then I drank a delicious Newcastle Brown Ale while I cooked dumplings (not pictured) and read another story from this excellent special issue.

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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue) | Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler, Sofia Samatar, Karin Lowachee, Steven Barnes, Vandana Singh, Kristine Muslim, Jennifer Brissett
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Throwback to yesterday morning, when I read another excellent story and ate a banana crepe with Nutella. This is shaping up to be my favourite of all the Destroy SF! special issues.

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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue) | Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler, Sofia Samatar, Karin Lowachee, Steven Barnes, Vandana Singh, Kristine Muslim, Jennifer Brissett
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Friends, I‘ve finally reached the last issue in my ginormous Lightspeed stack! Only took me six years from that first influx of Kickstarter perk back issues.

I read the first story in PEOPLE OF COLOUR DESTROY SF! over supper last night, and it was great. Bring on the rest.

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Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 73 (June 2016, People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue) | Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel R. Delany, Octavia Butler, Sofia Samatar, Karin Lowachee, Steven Barnes, Vandana Singh, Kristine Muslim, Jennifer Brissett
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Hey, friends! Lightspeed has made all three issues of their People of Colour Destroy! project free to anyone in search of some short SFFH. You should jump on that.

http://www.destroysf.com/

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