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An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon – Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Database

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, as they accuse, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remained of her world, save for stories told around the cookfire.

Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship’s leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster, who they consider to be less than human.

When the autopsy of Matilda‘s sovereign reveals a surprising link between his death and her mother’s suicide some quarter-century before, Aster retraces her mother’s footsteps. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer and sowing the seeds of civil war, Aster learns there may be a way off the ship if she’s willing to fight for it.

Representation Includes

  • Black, intersex neurodivergent nonbinary woman protagonist
  • Nonbinary trans woman representation (supporting character — see author’s twitter thread)
  • Aro ace representation (supporting character)

Content WarningsSexual assault, graphic violence, suicide, slavery, racism, loss of parent, loss of child, body horror, sexism, homophobia, systemic violence, references to self harm, death of mentally ill character,

Awards

  • Nominated for the Gaylactic Spectrum Award, the Stonewall Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award
  • Included on the Otherwise Award honor list

Reviews

Where to Find

Details

  • Published October 3rd 2017 by Akashic Books
  • Paperback (ISBN13: 9781617755880)

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