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We Travel the Spaceways (Black Stars) by [Victor LaValle]

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by Victor LaValle (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Otherworldly interference in real-world New York City? Or delusions? For the answer, follow two loving strangers in an astonishing short story of faith and hope by a World Fantasy Award winner.

Grimace is a homeless man on a holy mission to free Black Americans from emotional slavery. His empty soda cans told him as much. Then he meets Kim, a transgender runaway who joins Grimace on his heroic quest. Is Grimace receiving aluminum missives from the gods, or is he a madman? Kim will find out soon enough on a strange journey they’ve been destined to share.

Victor LaValle’s We Travel the Spaceways 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.

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Publication date

August 31, 2021
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“Science fiction invites audiences to imagine new and different worlds…Soon readers (and listeners) will be able to add some new voices and stories to this mix, thanks to an upcoming collection of short stories from Amazon Original Stories.” —SYFY Wire

“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

About the Author

Victor LaValle is an award-winning author and the creator and writer of the comic book Destroyer. He is the recipient of the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, Whiting Award, Shirley Jackson Award, and American Book Award, among others.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B098QKP81K
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Original Stories (August 31, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 31, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6682 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
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Victor LaValle is the author of a short-story collection, Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver & The Changeling, and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom.

His most recent novel, THE CHANGELING, is an old school fairy tale. It's made to keep you up at night. It's meant to make you scared.

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Misse Jones

What a way to close out the collection!

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2021

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4.5 stars.

“I’ll be honest, when New York City voted in Mayor Dinkins, a Black mayor, I swore there would be a change down here on street level. But so far I hadn’t seen it. The cops still carried guns and clubs and used them at their discretion.”

Victor Lavalle’s addition to the Black Stars collection, “We Travel The Spaceways” was unexpectedly and incredibly GOOD! I enjoyed this story and its concept as it was clear and concise.

The story takes place in New York and it is on those streets that we meet Grimace. Grimace is homeless and at the story’s opening we find him searching for food on the and specifically at fast food restaurants where he has developed quite the reputation.

Oddly enough, Grimace believes that the cans he’s been carrying around are talking to him. They’ve told him that his mission is to free Black people from emotional slavery. As a result he’s been setting fires in Black churches. The overarching problem though is that Grimace hardly feels heard nor seen. To many he is invisible. That is, until he meets Kim, a transgender runaway that will join him in his quest for freedom against oppression and make it all make sense.

All this to say, I need to read more from this author! Nice work.

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Kindle CustomerTop Contributor: Coloring

Boringly written

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2021

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talking cans / bottles from outer space as the inner / schizo voice of a homeless NY man? And romance thrown in? The writing makes you feel disconnected from the protagonist so just could not get into the story.

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TAGgirl

Originality on 100!

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2021

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I enjoyed this from beginning to end... The "voice" of the main character was unique, mindful... street-sense powerful. I appreciate how the plot expanded from grim to beautiful... At the end, I yearned to experience the main character's astral destination... and I wish the author had taken us there. In this day and age we need to escape to divine places.

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Ollie@TheStoneCloud

Definitely something special here.

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021

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Credit to the audiobook narrator for giving the story an extra dimension to a powerful tale. My first Victor Lavalle read to date, and I savored every minute of it.

What really struck me was in the way the story flips from the heart shattering reality of poverty and mental illness to a grand scale Cosmic space operatic vision. Read it, listen to it, cry to it. It's raw and for such a short read, provided much payoff.

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Elisha

I've never heard aluminum voices.

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2021

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Hearing voices is familiar to me; I don't expect others to understand. I didn't understand Grimace but I thoroughly enjoyed my not understanding. A wonderful story by an awesome storyteller. I sure wish the pop cans would let him eat. The mission is important but so is Grimace being strong enough to accomplish them. Full disclosure: I've never heard aluminum voices.

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Kindle Customer

Quirky Novella Is A Fun Read.

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2021

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Short and sweet with a street bum protagonist who converses with a trash bag of bottles and tin cans and follows directives from on high. I don't think I quite got it but
I enjoyed the ride.

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Kindle Customer

Excellent ending

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2021

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I thought this was a really strong ending for the book series. It was very fun and an interesting take on Black speculative fiction. I took a point off solely because my mind kept wandering as it typically does when I read sci-fi.

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Tamika M Reynolds

Meh

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2021

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I was expecting something more scifi but I got talking soda cans and a promise of a place we never go too. Its great writing. It deserves awards but just not for me.

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