The Caliban story flips the narrative and changes how we see not just Caliban, but Ariel, as well as their mother. There’s folklore and storytelling traditions here that are a new experience, and take me places I haven’t been. What sets this collection apart, aside from the fact that Hopkinson is just a really excellent writer, is that she writes from her own Afro-Caribbean heritage, giving us stories that are new, and bringing an entirely different perspective to stories grounded in more familiar material. There’s a reworking of the story of Caliban, and a new Bordertown story. Along with the horror, there’s dark fantasy, lighter, happier fantasy, and even a couple of stories that can fairly be called science fiction. Review by Lis Carey: This is a wonderful collection of short stories, and Nalo Hopkinson kept me reading stories that were just straight up horror that I would ordinarily just skip right over. Go find this book and read it.įalling in Love with Hominids, by Nalo Hopkinson

In that way, and in no other way than being an excellent writer, Hopkinson resembles Le Guin.

A story or two that I’m sure mainstream editors might buy without noticing it’s not mainstream, the touch of the fantastic is so light and gentle, and yet absolutely there. Horror, fantasy, magic realism, and science fiction. Falling in Love with Hominds is a collection of Nalo Hopkinson’s short fiction, and the variety and depth is amazing.

Falling in love with hominids