Though mostly well known for his Easy Rawlins novels, Walter Mosley has also penned a few science fiction novels. I recently read Blue Light, a horror/fantasy/science fiction novel by Mr. Mosley. It ranks as one of the most imaginative stories I've r
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
These are the first two chapters of a science fiction novel I'm publishing in 2010. Let me know what you think.-1-He crouched in a shroud of darkness, comforted by the ceramic pulse rifle gripped in his hands and the shallow breathing of his platoon.
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
Writer, director, and star Mario Van Peebles tried to correct historical misconceptions about African-Americans on the frontier with this action-packed western that's also an homage to spaghetti Westerns. During the Spanish-American War, a squadron o
Joe Morton stars in this dramatic comedy, set in New York City in the early 1980s, as "The Brother," an alien and escaped slave who, while fleeing "Another Planet," has crash-landed in Upper New York Harbor. Picked up as homeless, he is deposited in
Three Twilight Zone-inspired vignettes address the plight of America's minorities. In Part I, a conservative African American politician must decide whether the survival of his race or the appeasement of White people is more important when aliens dem
The Crypt Keeper? No, the Crib Keeper. With an extended animated opening,Snoop Dogg's HOOD OF HORROR continues the comic book tradition of the 1950s E.C. comics. The opening cartoon, and there is nothing funny about this cartoon, features a gang figh
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
Risking his life in the coldest part of the world, Matthew Henson was the first American to discover the North Pole, as part of Robert Peary’s expedition. He spent his life as a young boy traveling the world on the high seas and craved the life of an
Tearing up the skies with her daredevil dives, barnstorming Bessie Coleman flew low and zoomed high. Audiences gasped when Bessie performed barrel rolls and the wings of her plane touched the tips of the clouds like a bird on high. Bessie was the fir
Tick tock went the clock--- for 40 years the clock Benjamin Banneker built kept perfect time. But time didn’t stop this genius from becoming a famous mathematician, astronomer and surveyor. He surveyed the city of Washington, DC with Pierre L’Enfant,
Young time travelers with attitude and a divine purpose. What would happen if an MP3 player was the doorway to history? http://www.theguardianline.com/
The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a novel written by Sam Greenlee and published in 1969 and the 1973 film of the same name. An explosive, award-winning novel in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a satire of the c
The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a novel written by Sam Greenlee and published in 1969 and the 1973 film of the same name. An explosive, award-winning novel in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a satire of the c
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
Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004 Drawing a Whole New Image for Africa
By SIMON ROBINSON | Dakar
In a small, muggy room inside a whitewashed house in Dakar, the capital of the West African country of Senegal, eight artists hunch over their drawing boards, sketc
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
Ashford scowled but followed Miranda into the bedroom where they laid down, side by side, slipping off her robe and brushing the tips of fingers across her chin, down her shoulder, her arm, up again along her stomach and breasts before clutching her
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
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