A review by outcolder
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Walidah Imarisha, adrienne maree brown

4.0

It’s surprising how good many of these stories by people who are not normally considered authors were. Many times, I would finish a story, want to read more by the author, and then discover that the person in question is primarily an artist or activist and has no other published SFF. Most of the stories set up a dystopia that feels terribly plausible, then opens the crack that hope can shine through, and then abruptly ends. Sometimes the hope isn’t even that solid, as in the story where the oppressed learn to laugh again, or the one about out-of-body experiences. My favorite in here was a lighthearted Sanford and Son script that confronts Red Foxx’s character with Sun Ra and his Arkestra.