![]() ![]() ![]() This, in turn, was further elaborated by Solomon into this hauntingly lyrical fantasia. (whose members are listed as collaborators on the novel as of this writing, the song is available online). The idea of a utopian underwater society built by the water-breathing descendants of pregnant slaves thrown overboard from slave ships was first conceived by a Detroit electro-pop duo called Drexciya, then developed into a Hugo Award-nominated song for NPR’s This American Life by the rap group clipping. Rivers Solomon’s The Deep has a pretty colorful and convoluted history, but one that suggests how SF and Afrofuturist conceits are increasingly interacting with the broader culture. The Deep, Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes ( Saga 978-6-3, $19.99, 176pp) November 2019. ![]()
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