Report from Planet Midnight
Nalo Hopkinson
PM Press
Infused with feminist, Afro-Caribbean views of the science fiction and fantasy genres, this collection of offbeat and highly original works takes aim at race and racism in literature. In &#147;Report from Planet Midnight,&#8221; at the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts, an alien addresses the crowd, evaluating Earth's "strange" customs, including the marginalization of works by nonwhite and female writers. &#147;Message in a Bottle&#8221; shows Greg, an American Indian artist, befriending a strange four-year-old who seems wise beyond her years. While preparing an exhibition, he discovers that the young girl is a traveler from the future sent to recover art from the distant past&#151;which apparently&#160;includes his own work. Concluding the book with series editor Terry Bisson&#8217;s Outspoken Interview, Nalo Hopkinson shares laughs, loves, and top-secret Caribbean spells.