Convergence Problems

This is an excellent short story collection about grief, family, sense of self and artificial intelligence. The stories were all great (16 in total, some longer and some shorter), though there were some definite standouts. My favorites were: - Saturday's Song, about seven mysterious siblings named aft......more

16 afrofuturistic science fiction short stories exploring and providing commentary on the potential challenges we might face in either the near future or in alternate realities. I was blown away by so many of the stories but most especially: Saturday’s Song (7 god-like siblings chronicling an entirel......more

THIS is what I mean when I say that we need more person-first science fiction. All of these stories have cool technology or new ideas, but at the core they are focused on characters, interpersonal relationships, and emotion. Characters grab me so much more than scientific ideas. I was also very plea......more

CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS takes you from future Nigeria, to Mars, by asking the questions we're not always comfortable encountering. His stories are tight and pack a lot of thought with a light-handed wry realism that doesn't lose the message for the world, and the story for the message. The Nebula-nomin......more

Very rarely does a collection by a single author maintain the clarity and quality Talabi manages in Convergence Problems. From the very clever and very worthy theme embodied in the title of the collection, to the engineering detail and uncanny application of just enough detail that unfamiliar places......more