George S. Schuyler (Author)
George S. Schuyler (1895-1977) was one of the most prominent
African American journalists of the early twentieth century. Born
in Rhode Island, Schuyler spent his early years in New York, before
enlisting in the US army in 1912. He returned to New York after
briefly being AWOL to pursue a career in journalism. He wrote for
black America's most influential newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier,
in addition to The Nation, The Washington Post and H. L. Mencken's
The American Mercury.
“An incredible science fiction novel . . . It’s just a fantastic
book, filled with romance and war and politics. I loved this book,
and I couldn’t have been more surprised by it.” ―Bill Goldstein,
NBC’s Weekend Today in New York
“Imagine W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, George Washington
Carver and Marcus Garvey rolled into one fascist superman, and
there you have Dr. Henry Belsidus. . . . [Black Empire is] an
Afrocentrist’s dream.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The New York Times
Book Review
“Indispensable reading for anyone interested in early Afrofuturism
. . . Searing in its indictment of entrenched racism . . .
Rip-roaring yarns with sharp satirical points.” ―Publishers
Weekly
“Fascinating . . . A proto-Afrofuturist potboiler poised between
Black Panther and the works of Percival Everett . . . Lurid, pulpy
fun.” ―Library Journal
“A fascinating piece of work . . . Fast-paced, action packed . . .
A solid read―there’s good adventure here, and Schuyler tells his
story quite well―and it’s also of literary-historical interest. The
Penguin Classics edition is also an excellent one, from editor
Brooks E. Hefner’s useful Introduction to the interesting
appendices.” ―The Complete Review
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