TY - BOOK AU - Carrington,Andreƌ M. TI - Speculative blackness: the future of race in science fiction SN - 9780816678952 (hc : alk. paper) AV - PS374.N4 C37 2016 U1 - 813.009/896073 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - American fiction KW - African American authors KW - History and criticism KW - Science fiction, American KW - Race in literature KW - African Americans in mass media KW - African Americans in popular culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the whiteness of science fiction and the speculative fiction of blackness -- Josh Brandon's blues: inventing the black fan -- Space race woman: Lieutenant Uhura beyond the bridge -- The immortal storm: permutations of race in Marvel comics -- Controversy and crossover in milestone media's icon -- The golden ghetto and the glittering parentheses: the once and future Benjamin Sisko -- Dreaming in color: racial revisions in fan fiction -- Coda ER -