Reviews

Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction by Grace L. Dillon

vaguelymaybe's review

dnf at 170 pgs

i just think this went over my head - the language in the prefaces to each story was VERY academic. the stories i read were all either barely science fiction or nearly incomprehensibly science fiction. it didnt help that the majority of the stories were selections from longer books (rather than short stories) that required a LOT of context to parse

TLDR unfortunately, this collection wasn't for me. someone looking for an academic science fiction anthology might love it though!

jetamors's review

4.0

My favorites from this one were the excerpt from "The Black Ship" by Gerry William and "Terminal Avenue" by Eden Robinson.

forestofglory's review

1.0

This turned out to be a text book containing mostly excerpts form longer works. The stories I did read were not really SF. I'm disappointed because something with this sub-title could be good, but this isn't what I was looking for.

aimiller's review

4.0

A solid collection and introduction to indigenous sci-fi. It's worth noting that at this stage, this functions maybe more as a kind of potential space for foundations for indigenous sci-fi, rather than necessarily a place to explore new works or authors; there's been a huge amount of work put out after this (especially in the young adult arenas) that might be worth checking out if you're looking to avoid, say, Sherman Alexie's work. Nevertheless, Dillon's analysis and introductions are very solid, and the excerpts are great places to move towards the larger works. I definitely came away from this with many more books and stories to look for. I couldn't necessarily name a "favorite" among these--they were all so different and interesting and good, and I think you get a good taste of the number of different themes and kinds of stories.