Black Empire (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: George S. Schuyler
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future war
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: The United States, Africa, and Europe
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, United States or Americans, Africa or Africans, Europe or Europeans, Leadership, Future, 1930’s, War
- Locales: Africa, Europe, United States
The Plot
Lost for some fifty years, Black Empire was finally determined to have been authored by noted African American satirist George S. Schuyler. Black Empire as published in 1991 is actually two serial novels, “The Black Internationale” and “Black Empire,” that originally appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier, a black newspaper. Although published under separate titles, the two stories fit together and are appropriately collected under a single title. The original newspaper publications were edited into the novel by Robert A. Hill and R. Kent...
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