Identity & Belonging in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Threadable reading circle list
Short stories we read for the Threadable* reading circle on the commons, identity, and belonging in science fiction and fantasy (links are only given when the story is available online):
“Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience,” by Rebecca Roanhorse
“Folding Beijing” and accompanying essay “I Want to Write a History of Inequality,” by Hao Jingfang
“Bloodchild,” by Octavia Butler in her short story collection Bloodchild
“The Book of Phoenix,” by Nnedi Okorafor
“Cloud Dragon Skies,” by N.K. Jemisin in her short story collection How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?
“The Heart of the Museum,” by Tang Fei, in the anthology Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction
“Robert Greenman and the Mermaid,” by Anjali Sachdeva in her short story collection All the Names They Used for God
“The Red Thread,” by Sofia Samatar in her short story collection Tender
“How to Survive the Apocalypse for Native Girls,” by Kai Minosh Pyle, in the anthology Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
*Threadable is a social reading platform where people can read and comment on books and stories together. This is a continuation of a previous reading circle I led for Threadable on the topic of land ownership.