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  • Publication: Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice MovementsPublication Record # 505520
  • Editors: Adrienne Maree Brown, Walidah Imarisha
  • Date: 2015-04-00
  • ISBN: 978-1-84935-209-3 [1-84935-209-7]
  • Publisher: AK Press
  • Price:
    $18.00?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 296
  • Format:
    tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
  • Type: ANTHOLOGY
  • Cover: Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by John Jennings
  • Notes:
    • Publication month from Amazon
    • All other data from first edition (not stated) of book.
    • Wraparound cover art is reprinted on anthology's title page.
    • Copyright is assigned for the year 2015 to the editors.
    • Copyright for this edition is assigned for the year 2015 to AK Press and the Institute for Anarchist Studies.
    • Cover design and chapter opener illustrations credited to John Jennings on copyright page.
    • Copyright page states: Melanie Hardy illustrated the map on page 56 to accompany "The Long Memory"
    • Copyright page states: Alixa Garcia supplied illustrations for "In Spite of Darkness"
    • Interior design credited to Margaret Killjoy (birdsbeforethestorm.net) on copyright page.
    • All interior artwork is black and white.
    • All titles are rendered in uppercase on their title pages; table of contents shows all-lowercase styling for "the river" by adrienne maree brown, whose name and the text of the story are also consistently in lowercase (except in "Outro," where "adrienne maree brown" is all uppercase).
    • An additional title in Ge'ez script appears above the title "Lalibela" on p. 123. The verifying editor would appreciate any help in formatting the Ge'ez script title in Unicode for inclusion in this record.
    • "children who fly" appears in lowercase in the table of contents, whereas the rest of the stories typically appear in Title Case.
    • Per footnote on associated title page, "The Only Lasting Truth: The Theme of Change in the Works of Octavia E. Butler" first appeared as a transcript of a lecture given at Antioch University Los Angeles, December 2010.
    • Acknowledgements appear on pp. 283-286.
    • Biographies appear on pp. 287-296.
    • Additional information about the Institute for Anarchist Studies and AK Press appears on two unnumbered pages at the back of the book.
    • £13.00 in U.K.
    • $24.95 in Canada [by sticker only, not printed]
  • External IDs:
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Anthology Title: Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements • anthology by Adrienne Maree Brown and Walidah Imarisha

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