Each piece has a short introduction that generally provides background to the story, usually in regards to the story influences. The collection contains eighteen pieces that were written over the course of years, some written to specific themes, and published in variety of venues. This is an imaginative, provocative collection of stories that reflect the complexities of human existence, the moments of good and the impulses of bad.
Then again, I also empathize with her closing line, “ so part of the work of these past few decades of my life has been the process of falling in love with hominids.“ I remember that feeling perhaps as recently as last week.
In the foreword to Falling in Love with Hominids, Nalo Hopkinson writes that as a teen she despaired of the human race. Read July 2015 Recommended for fans of fantasy/sci-fi ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2
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