Recs if you like Mumbo Jumbo...

Representations of the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and speculative fiction. Recommendations welcome!

Apophenia: the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated or random things and events

Books with a distinct literary DNA that reflects the chaotic, revolutionary era they were born into and often show a systemic distrust of authority. Whether the enemy is the military (Catch-22), psychiatric institutions (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), or government surveillance (Vineland)

Books that exhibit key traits of, or helped develop, the Postmodern literary movement.

Not including criticism or theory.

Research trigger warnings before reading.

(Recommendations welcome)

This is the list from The Atlantic. "In 1868, a little-known writer by the name of John William DeForest proposed a new type of literature, a collective artistic project for a nation just emerging from an existential conflict: a work of fiction that accomplished “the task of painting the American soul.” It would be called the Great American Novel, and no one had written it yet, DeForest admitted. Maybe soon."

Books that kinda scratch the Pynchon itch. Pls suggest more

Books discussed on the podcast SFUltra