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2043...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Black Stars
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Publisher's Summary
African-descended USians are finally obtaining reparations - underwater. Plunge into the action of a visionary future by the award-winning author of Everfair, with narration by LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
Five miles off the South Carolina coast, Darden and Catherina are getting their promised forty acres, all of it undersea. Like every Black “mer,” they’ve been experimentally modified to adapt to their new subaquatic home - and have met with extreme resistance from white supremacists. Darden has an inspired plan for resolution. For both those on land and the webbed bottom-dwellers below, Darden is hoping to change the wave of the future.
Nisi Shawl’s 2043 . . . (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.
What the critics say
“Narrator LeVar Burton starts off this audiobook by delivering the marketing pitch for the human modification that will turn Black Americans into sea creatures, if they so choose…. Burton mostly narrates the thoughts of Darden, a music star who has accepted the offer…. Burton also creates other characters and narrates various texts that illuminate story points with believability and hints of irony.”—AudioFile Magazine
“Part of what makes Black Stars so special is the fact that it is showcasing speculative science fiction from Black authors from around the world.”—SYFY Wire
“With a host of amazing authors, Black Stars is perfect for lovers of Afrofuturism, Caribbean science fiction, and African jujuism. As you read the stories, you’ll start to understand why there are so many different genres in the collection…Black Stars introduces people to so many different frameworks, showing the diversity of stories created when Black authors across the diaspora infuse their unique cultural perspectives into these narratives, creating an abundance of originality that lets readers imagine wildly different worlds, realities, and futures.”—Shondaland
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Jamie @ Books and Ladders
- 2022-09-21
Not the Best
2043... a Merman I Should Turn to Be (Black Stars #3) was an expansion on Jimi Hendrix's sci-fi song which imagined a future apocalyptic situation where the characters Catherina and the songwriter escape to a life underwater after being transformed by a "machine."
I wanted this to be my favourite of these short stories. I mean, merpeople and read by LeVar Burton! But I honestly couldn't tell you what just happened at the end. It was an interesting concept that just missed it's mark completely. Maybe if this had been a full story I would have enjoyed it more, connected more with the characters, and thought that the plot wasn't as rushed.
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