This was posted on the Carl Brandon site this week.Re: Black Science Fiction in WikipediaThe following message is from Jenn (who is having trouble postingmessages to CarlB list):Please Help with Wikipedia issues:I need help! There is currently a figh
Okay, Okay, I know it's not the end of the world but Tyrese? He's skinny! He doesn't look mean and menacing and like he will kick your Dr. Doom dress wearing butt for owing him $25.Michael Jai White should have been Luke Cage. That's a brother with a
hello all, i'm new here, and really amped to be a part of this community! wondering if anyone knows of a writer's retreat that has mostly POCs? i know of the VONA program, and i am interested in it ( http://www.voicesatvona.org ) but that is more of
It seems to me we should start a discussion about the pioneer who blazed the trail for black writers of science fiction and fantasy: Samuel R. Delany.Delany was not the first black person to write a story that could be considered SF. Charles W. Chest
Telepoetics is proud to publish The Crown: Ascension, Hannibal Tabu's first novel, an exquisite X-Files meets Immortal Hunters tale about immortalism and true love.Sometime around 6,500 BC a very special woman was born, one who stopped aging at twent
Am wondering here about blatancy. Some works by non-minorities can have a minority feel. You understand that they understand issues of race, clan, minority struggles etc. And then there are some works by minorities that don't show any kind of connect
It's the first book in a trilogy published by Doubleday in 2007. Durham, an English professor in California; is a literary, historical novelist. This is his first outing into the realm of fantasy.I know it's not sci fi, but I sort of (wrongly) lump s
hey BSFS fam!Happy Spring! i just got back from spinnin an off the hook gig, and am feeling open! thought i would play with y'all. this is an invitation to have fun collectively writing something. it can be deep, it can be funny... just have fun, and
The legend of Sun-Man Continues...
His magical melanin skin gave him unequalled and special super strength. Sun-Man's skin could not be cut, burned, bruised, broken, pierced, stabbed, ripped or removed.
So Pig-Head the evil wart, was plotting to sm
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I was born in Chicago, Illinois, but I’ve lived in a variety of places during my life including Minnesota, Boston, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. I graduated from Howard University in the nation’s capitol, Washington, D.C., with a degree in Microbi
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Issue zero is the Official Guide. It is the beginning; or herald if you will, of a six part mini series. Forty eight pages in full color. Character profiles, cultural break-downs, and the ultimate secret of the Neters universe is revealed! We bring y
Fat Albert first appeared in Cosby's stand-up comedy routine "Buck Buck," as recorded on his 1967 album Revenge. The stories were based upon Cosby's tales about growing up in the inner city of West Philadelphia. In 1969, Cosby and veteran animator Ke
Cardplayer. Scoundrel. You'll like him. That was Han Solo's hurried precis on his old pal, Lando Calrissian. While the description is accurate, it barely scratches the surface of this complicated rogue. Calrissian is at home in the shadowy reaches of
The Patternist is a telepathic race, commanded by the Patternmaster, whose thoughts can destroy, heal, rule. Coransee, son of the ruling Patternmaster, wants the throne and will stop at nothing to get it, including venture into the wild mutant-infes
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Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of very few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first (and as of 2003 only) science f
The Children of the Phoenix was created with the idea that with family and faith any demons can be conquered. The story is about a family whose destiny is to protect our race from extinction by a species even older than our own called the Jin. These
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