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Reclaim, Restore, Return: Futurist Tales from the Caribbean
Published specially for the 2020 NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Reclaim, Restore, Return: Futurist Tales from the Caribbean is an e-book anthology of speculative fiction and poetry by seven Caribbean writers. Compiled and edited by Karen Lord and Tobias S. Buckell, and published by the Caribbean Futures Institute in partnership with the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Reclaim, Restore, Return imagines possible futures for the Caribbean that should inspire us in the present.
“Beyond the premonitions of crises now unfolding,” writes Karen Lord, “and the déjà vu of continuing injustices, this collection contains a set of overarching themes that may provide the template for our nascent future…. They are a cycle of interacting and repeating actions that comprise an engine of progress.”
“Beyond the premonitions of crises now unfolding,” writes Karen Lord, “and the déjà vu of continuing injustices, this collection contains a set of overarching themes that may provide the template for our nascent future…. They are a cycle of interacting and repeating actions that comprise an engine of progress.”
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Published September 17, 2020
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About the author
Tobias S. Buckell
214 books462 followersBorn in the Caribbean, Tobias S. Buckell is a New York Times Bestselling author. His novels and over 50 short stories have been translated into 17 languages and he has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Prometheus and John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Author. He currently lives in Ohio.
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September 12, 2021
P Djeli Clark often talks about how he emphasizes the "story" part of "history" in his speculative work to keep our attention. In Elizabeth J Jones A Dark Iris the protagonist Rebekah asserts that while history bores her she loves stories. My attention flagged through a few of these stories because they read like imaginatively crafted PowerPoint presentations rather than innovative, engaging fictions.
In light of how the collection came to be, I guess that's not surprising. More than escapist narratives to be enjoyed, the editors and writers present this collection as both a warning and a blueprint for how we in the Caribbean can live in inevitable futures. I found the stories by Brandon O'Brien, Nalo Hopkinson, and Karen Lord with Tobias Buckell to best balance message and art. Shivanee Ramlochan's poem was the energy that flooded this collection's circuitry, conveying history, past and future in a circle of fire that destroyed and rebuilt, and destroyed and rebuilt.
In light of how the collection came to be, I guess that's not surprising. More than escapist narratives to be enjoyed, the editors and writers present this collection as both a warning and a blueprint for how we in the Caribbean can live in inevitable futures. I found the stories by Brandon O'Brien, Nalo Hopkinson, and Karen Lord with Tobias Buckell to best balance message and art. Shivanee Ramlochan's poem was the energy that flooded this collection's circuitry, conveying history, past and future in a circle of fire that destroyed and rebuilt, and destroyed and rebuilt.
October 23, 2020
This story collection lets those in the Caribbean look at their surroundings with new eyes and envision what could happen in the future. It offers hope and is thought-provoking.
June 28, 2021
necessary.
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