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Octavia's Brood : Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Walidah, Imarisha; maree, brown adrienne; Renee, Thomas Sheree is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<div><p>Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing speculative fiction. Organizers and activists envision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown have brought twenty of them together in the first anthology of short stories to explore the connections between radical speculative fiction and movements for social change. The visionary tales of <I>Octavia&#8217;s Brood</I> span genres&#151;sci-fi, fantasy, horror, magical realism&#151;but all are united by an attempt to inject a healthy dose of imagination and innovation into our political practice and to try on new ways of understanding ourselves, the world around us, and all the selves and worlds that could be. The collection is rounded off with essays by Tananarive Due and Mumia Abu-Jamal, and a preface by Sheree Ren&#233;e Thomas.</p><BR><p> <B>PRAISE FOR <I>OCTAVIA'S BROOD</I>:</B></p><BR><p>"Those concerned with justice and liberation must always persuade the mass of people that a better world is possible. Our job begins with speculative fictions that fire society's imagination and its desire for change. In adrienne maree brown and

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Author

Walidah, Imarisha; maree, brown adrienne; Renee, Thomas Sheree

Publisher

AK Press : Institute for Anarchist Studies

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781849352109

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Political Science

Rating

3.94 / 5 (1,088 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14