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The Splinter in the Sky
2023 novel by Kemi Ashing-Giwa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Splinter in the Sky is the debut novel of American writer Kemi Ashing-Giwa. Written at 19 during the author’s sophomore year at Harvard University, the book was published by Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in July 2023 when the author was 22.[1][2] It appeared on the USA Today Bestseller list and won the 2024 Compton Crook Award.[3]
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The Splinter in the Sky earned starred reviews from Kirkus,[4] Publishers Weekly,[5] Booklist,[6] and BookPage.[7] It won the 2024 Compton Crook Award[8] and appeared on the 2023 Locus Recommended Reading List alongside Ashing-Giwa's short story "Thin Ice" in Clarkesworld Magazine.[9]
The novel was highlighted as one of the best debuts of that year by BookPage[10] and Booklist,[11] and was named one of the best science fiction books of 2023 by BiblioLifestyle,[12] and of July by Amazon[13] and New Scientist.[14] It was further featured in Ebony,[15] Tor.com/Reactor,[16] Ms. Magazine,[17] Publishers Weekly,[18] Gizmodo,[19] Goodreads,[20][21] Literary Hub,[22] and Brittle Paper.[23][24]
Critic Aigner Loren Wilson, writing for Lightspeed Magazine, called the debut "intriguing and enthralling," highlighting the "cultural divides, setting, and bigotry in the world in a way that mimics... what marginalized people from colonized cultures in the real-world face."[24]
Natalie Zutter, writing for Reactor Magazine, wrote that Ashing-Giwa had discovered "inventive new ways to critique colonialism through a sci-fi lens, in a standalone novel that nonetheless has an eye toward a hopeful future." She concluded that readers will "find a profound message that will stick with you long after you’re done."[25]
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