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The Comet (Paperback)
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The Comet (Paperback)
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The Comet (1920) is a science fiction story by W. E. B. Du Bois.
Written while the author was using his role at The Crisis, the
official magazine of the NAACP, to publish emerging black artists
of the Harlem Renaissance, The Comet is a pioneering work of
speculative fiction which imagines a catastrophic event not only
decimating New York City, but bringing an abrupt end to white
supremacy. "How silent the street was! Not a soul was stirring, and
yet it was high-noon-Wall Street? Broadway? He glanced almost
wildly up and down, then across the street, and as he looked, a
sickening horror froze in his limbs." Sent to the vault to retrieve
some old records, bank messenger Jim Davis emerges to find a city
descended into chaos. A comet has passed overhead, spewing toxic
fumes into the atmosphere. All of lower Manhattan seems frozen in
time. It takes him a few moments to see the bodies, piled into
doorways and strewn about the eerily quiet streets. When he comes
to his senses, he finds a wealthy woman asking for help. Soon, it
becomes clear that they could very well be the last living people
in the planet, that the fate of civilization depends on their
ability to come together, not as black and white, but as two human
beings. But how far will this acknowledgment take them? With a
beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript,
this edition of W. E. B. Du Bois' The Comet is a classic work of
African American literature reimagined for modern readers.
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