Things Not to Say
“Oh my god, you’re huge! Are you sure you’re not having twins?”
“All true knowing is mutual…”: Notes on Vandana Singh’s Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories
Singh’s stories in this collection present a new way of articulating planetarity and narrating the cosmos and map out a new terrain of science fictionality. She incorporates the fantastic, the magical and the wondrous to create a mythopoetic engagement with the cosmos.
Science Fiction Writings in Punjabi: The Contemporary Scenario
Science fiction writing in Punjabi is in its infancy and has a great potential for writers to make their contributions.
How science fiction and fantasy can help us make sense of the world
The world’s a mess. How do thoughtful people make sense of it all? In this series by The Conversation, authors suggest a book, philosopher, work of art – or anything else, for that matter – that will help to make sense of it all. Back in the 1990s, some speculative...
How Medieval Science Fiction Fostered Rational Inquiries About Our World
Scholars have started to reveal the convergence of science, technology and the imagination in medieval literary culture, demonstrating that this era could be characterised by inventiveness and a preoccupation with novelty and discovery.
All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma
‘When we shed the disguises that are Georgia and Eliza, and then the skins that are Lola and Tallulah, we are monsters. Fabulous beasts.’ (‘Fabulous Beasts’, 283) All The Fabulous Beasts, published by Undertow Publications (2018), is the much-anticipated debut short...
