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The Splinter in the Sky
AuthorKemi Ashing-Giwa
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
July 11, 2023
Publication placeUnited States
Pages350
AwardCompton Crook Award (2024)
ISBN9781668008478

The Splinter in the Sky is the debut novel of American writer Kemi Ashing-Giwa. Written at 19 during the author’s sophomore year at Harvard University, the book was published by Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in July 2023.[1][2] It appeared on the USA Today Bestseller list and won the 2024 Compton Crook Award.[3]

Reception

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The Splinter in the Sky earning starred reviews from Kirkus,[4] Publishers Weekly,[5] Booklist,[6] and BookPage.[7] It won the 2024 Compton Crook Award[8] and appeared on the 2023 Locus Recommended Reading List alongside Ashing-Giwa's short story "Thin Ice" in Clarkesworld Magazine.[9]

It was named one of the best science fiction books of 2023 by BiblioLifestyle,[10] Amazon,[11] New Scientist,[12] and one of the best speculative fiction debuts of that year by Booklist[13] and BookPage.[14] It was further featured in Ebony,[15] Tor.com/Reactor,[16] Ms. Magazine,[17] Publishers Weekly,[18] Gizmodo,[19] Goodreads,[20][21] Literary Hub,[22] and Brittle Paper.[23][24]

Critic Aigner Loren Wilson, writing for Lightspeed Magazine, called the debut "intriguing and enthralling," highlighting the "cultural divides, setting, and bigotry in the world in a way that mimics... what marginalized people from colonized cultures in the real-world face."[25]

Natalie Zutter, writing for Reactor Magazine, wrote that Ashing-Giwa had discovered "inventive new ways to critique colonialism through a sci-fi lens, in a standalone novel that nonetheless has an eye toward a hopeful future." Though she noted that the novel at times "resembles a rushed tea ceremony," she concluded that "if you look into its figurative dregs at the end, you’ll still find a profound message that will stick with you long after you’re done."[26]

References

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  1. ^ The Splinter in the Sky. 2023-07-11. ISBN 978-1-6680-0847-8.
  2. ^ "Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  3. ^ "Ashing-Giwa Wins Compton Crook Award". Locus Online. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  4. ^ "The Splinter in the Sky". Kirkus Reviews.
  5. ^ "The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  6. ^ "Splinter in the Sky, by Kemi Ashing-Giwa". Booklist Online.
  7. ^ Hubbard, Laura (2023-07-10). "Book review of The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa". BookPage. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  8. ^ "Ashing-Giwa Wins Compton Crook Award". Locus Online. 2024-04-16. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  9. ^ "2023 Recommended Reading List". Locus Online. 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  10. ^ BiblioLifestyle (2023-01-13). "The Best 2023 Science Fiction Fantasy Books". BiblioLifestyle. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  11. ^ "Best Books of the Month: Science Fiction & Fantasy @ Amazon.com". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  12. ^ "The best new science fiction books of July 2023". New Scientist. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  13. ^ "Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror Debuts: 2023, by Susan Maguire". Booklist Online.
  14. ^ "The 23 best debut novels so far in 2023 Archives". BookPage. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  15. ^ Dixon, Delaina. "Required Reading: Colson Whitehead's Next Harlem-Centered Novel and Other Great Books To Read This July". Ebony. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  16. ^ Orlando, Christina (2023-07-19). "30 More SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2023". Reactor. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  17. ^ Strand, Karla J. (2023-07-07). "July 2023 Reads for the Rest of Us". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  18. ^ "PW Picks: Books of the Week, July 10, 2023". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  19. ^ "62 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Put on Your Radar for July". Gizmodo. 2023-06-30. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  20. ^ "Readers' 54 Most Anticipated Books of Summer". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  21. ^ "The Big Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror Books of Summer". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  22. ^ Zutter, Natalie (2023-01-04). "21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  23. ^ "Kemi Ashing-Giwa's Sci-fi Debut The Splinter in the Sky is a Multicultural Space Opera". brittlepaper.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  24. ^ "61 Anticipated African Books of 2023". brittlepaper.com. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  25. ^ Wagner, Wendy (2023-08-17). "Book Review: The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa". Lightspeed Magazine. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  26. ^ Zutter, Natalie (2023-09-25). "Kemi Ashing-Giwa's The Splinter in the Sky Gets Under Your Skin in a Good Way". Reactor. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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  1. Excerpt of The Splinter in the Sky in Reactor.
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