"Mother of Invention"
| Title | "Mother of Invention" |
| Year for Search | 2018 |
| Authors | Okorafor, Nnedi[mma Nkemdili](b. 1974) |
| Secondary Authors | Higgenbotham, Stacey |
| Secondary Title | Slate |
| Date Published | February 21, 2018 |
| Keywords | African American author, Female author, US author |
| Annotation | Climate-change dystopia set in Lagos, Nigeria. The ending suggests the possibility of a sequel. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt., without the response, in A Year Without Winter. Illus. Ed. Dehlia Hannah, ed. with Brenda Cooper, Joey Eschrich, and Cynthia Selin, Fiction eds. (New York: Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2018), 213-31; and in Future Tense Fiction: Stories of the Tomorrow. Ed. Kirsten Borg, Torie Bosch, Joey Eschrich, Ed Finn, Andrés Martinez, and Juliet Ulman (Los Angeles, CA: The Unnamed Press, 2019), 15-33. |
| URL | https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/mother-of-invention-a-new-short-story-by-nnedi-okorafor.html. |
| Info Notes | For a response by Stacey Higgenbotham, “The Smart Home Dilemma.” Illus. Shyama Golden. Slate (February 21, 2018). Stacey Higginbotham responds to Nnedi Okorafor’s “Mother of Invention.” (slate.com). |
| Illustration | Illus. Shyama Golden |
| Holding Institutions | PSt, PU |
| Author Note | Okorafor is an African American female author (b. 1974) of Igbo heritage. Higgenbotham is a specialist on the internet of things, and she has a podcast, a newsletter, and a news journal on the subject. |
| Full Text | 2018 Okorafor, Nnedi[mma Nkemdili] (b. 1974). “Mother of Invention.” Illus. Shyama Golden. Slate (February 21, 2018). https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/mother-of-invention-a-new-short-story-by-nnedi-okorafor.html. For a response by Stacey Higgenbotham, “The Smart Home Dilemma.” Illus. Shyama Golden. Slate (February 21, 2018). Stacey Higginbotham responds to Nnedi Okorafor’s “Mother of Invention.” (slate.com). Rpt., without the response, in A Year Without Winter. Illus. Ed. Dehlia Hannah, ed. with Brenda Cooper, Joey Eschrich, and Cynthia Selin, Fiction eds. (New York: Columbia Books on Architecture and the City, 2018), 213-31; and in Future Tense Fiction: Stories of the Tomorrow. Ed. Kirsten Borg, Torie Bosch, Joey Eschrich, Ed Finn, Andrés Martinez, and Juliet Ulman (Los Angeles, CA: The Unnamed Press, 2019), 15-33. PSt, PU Climate-change dystopia set in Lagos, Nigeria. The ending suggests the possibility of a sequel. Okorafor is an African American female author of Igbo heritage. Higgenbotham is a specialist on the internet of things, and she has a podcast, a newsletter, and a news journal on the subject. |
