Report from Planet Midnight: Plus ”Message in a Bottle” and ”Shift” and ”Correcting the Balance”

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 ��eport from Planet Midnight,��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. ��essage in a Bottle��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��hich apparently includes his own work. Concluding the book with series editor Terry Bisson�� Outspoken Interview, Nalo Hopkinson shares laughs, loves, and top-secret Caribbean spells.