

An Unkindness of Ghosts was a finalist for the 30th Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror and earned Solomon a place on the shortlist for the 2018 John W. Solomon wrote the novel with a specific aim toward describing gender, racial and neurotype identity, and revolutionary change. She is also among the most brilliant minds on the ship, particularly in the field of medicine, and an invaluable asset not only to the workers around her but to Theo Smith, the Surgeon General of g.

Most of the story is told from the perspective of Aster Grey, a resident of the “lower decks” who, like her neighbors, is forced into servitude. The ship left the ruins of Earth more than 300 years ago, heading towards a destination now forgotten by its residents. An Unkindness of Ghosts is a 2017 science fiction novel by Rivers Solomon set on a generation starship called Matilda, the political and labor organization of which resembles the antebellum American South.
