A Journal of International Science Fiction & Fantasy. Estd. 2015.
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FICTION, POETRY & MORE
Interview: Mark James Russell
Mark James Russell is a writer, journalist and producer with 20 years experience in Korea and around Asia, reporting for such publications as the New York Times, Science, Newsweek, The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. He has written two non-fiction books about Korean...
Interview: Glen Hirshberg
By Salik Shah Good Girls, the sequel to Glen Hirshberg's 2012 novel, Motherless Child, has just been published by Tor. Glen is also the author of two previous novels (The Snowman's Children and The Book of Bunk) and three story collections (The Two Sams, American...
Interview: Mary Anne Mohanraj
By Salik Shah Mary Anne Mohanraj is the author of Bodies in Motion (HarperCollins), The Stars Change (Circlet Press) and ten other titles. Bodies in Motion was a finalist for the Asian American Book Awards, a USA Today Notable Book, and has been translated into six...
Interview: Lavie Tidhar
Lavie Tidhar is the author of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize winning and Premio Roma nominee A Man Lies Dreaming (2014), the World Fantasy Award winning Osama (2011) and of the critically-acclaimed The Violent Century (2013). His latest novel is Central Station...
Asian Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: A Round Table Discussion
With Aliette de Bodard, Alyssa Wong, Isabel Yap, John Chu, JY Yang and Priya Sharma By Ajapa Sharma & Salik Shah “The question of how distinct subjective experiences shape aesthetic choices has been of constant concern to us at Mithila Review. This “Asian SF”...
Asian Science Fiction & Fantasy: The Essential Reading List (2016)
Recommendations from Niall Harrison, Nisi Shawl, Jaymee Goh, Indra Das, Anil Menon & Others What are some of the most successful examples of Asian SF—speculative fiction by an Asian author or those with a meaningful connection with Asia? Based on...
Naru Dames Sundar: Moirae
Moirae Naru Dames Sundar I. Atropos, in the ink-stained night, Shears forged from time-foam Buried in the light cone's shadow. Lachesis, counting star-seeds, Trapped in bound infinity, Unspooling the sea of aeons. Clothos, all-mother, weaving, And from the loom, Light...
Anil Menon: The Speculative Ramayana
It is not clear when we humans began to exchange long bursts of sound for entertainment, but there is a good chance the very first such exchange, the first story, was a love story. And it probably went something like this: Ug the caveman falls in love, there are...
Sami Ahmad Khan: A Maoist Caliphate Near India’s Borders? Science, Fiction and Geopolitics in ‘Baramulla Bomber’
Geopolitical flashpoints are not always unusual spaces of stunning, ethereal beauty. The state of Jammu and Kashmir is an exception: a strategic flashpoint etched on unsuspecting travelers’ minds as “a heaven on Earth,” the Kashmir Valley is a seismic zone of...
Saima Afreen: Song for a Watch Repairer
Song for a Watch Repairer Saima Afreen Beyond the horizons of red butterflies Lies seashore of your eyes with hour glasses sleeping softly they were filled with moon dust That pagan goddesses exhaled With Galileo you, too, counted threads of light Till they became...