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04 · The Archive

Interviews

Conversations with the writers shaping world science fiction.

36 works 2016–2022 Open access

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Issue 1 · Inaugural Issue — March 2016

Kelly Robson: "'Jessica Churchill’ was an attempt to understand national tragedies" Salik Shah & Kelly Robson Issue 1

Issue 2 · Subcontinental Speculations — April 2016

Arkady Martine: "What I am doing when I write – in part – is trying to formulate a poetics of exile." Salik Shah & Arkady Martine Issue 2 Kij Johnson: "I have learned to walk away from failing stories instead of flailing at them." Salik Shah & Kij Johnson Issue 2

Issue 5-6 · The Asian SF Double Issue — July/August 2016

Usman T. Malik: "Fantastika can freshen up contemporary South Asian literature" Salik Shah & Usman T. Malik Issue 5-6 Ken Liu: "History is both the most human of sciences and the most scientific of stories" Salik Shah & Ken Liu Issue 5-6 Indra Das: "The artist’s job is to provide the seed for an infinite tree of branching meanings, all flowering inside the hive mind of a collective human audience." Salik Shah & Indrapramit Das Issue 5-6 Asian Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: A Round Table Discussion Salik Shah, Ajapa Sharma, Aliette de Bodard, Alyssa Wong, Isabel Yap, John Chu, JY Yang & Priya Sharma Issue 5-6 Interview: Lavie Tidhar Salik Shah Issue 5-6 Interview: Mary Anne Mohanraj Salik Shah Issue 5-6 Interview: Glen Hirshberg Salik Shah Issue 5-6 Interview: Mark James Russell Salik Shah & Mark James Russell Issue 5-6

Issue 7 · Cosmic Sociology — January–March 2017

Quo Vadis, Czech Speculative Fiction? A Round Table Discussion Julie Novakova, Jaroslav Mostecky, Vlado Risa & Martin Sust Issue 7 Kam Kráčí Česká Fantastika? Panelová Diskuse Julie Novakova, Jaroslav Mostecky, Vlado Risa & Martin Sust Issue 7 Cixin Liu: Chinese Readers Care About the Whole Humanity Salik Shah, Cixin Liu & Shaoyan Hu Issue 7 中国读者关心整个人类文明 Salik Shah, Cixin Liu & Shaoyan Hu Issue 7 Latin American Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: A Round Table Discussion Carlos Hernandez, David Bowles, Ernest Hogan, Sabrina Vourvoulias, Silvia Moreno-Garcia & William Alexander Issue 7

Issue 9 · New Cartographies — September 2017

Cassandra Khaw: "Narrative is frightening and staggeringly powerful, and those who control the narrative control what the world sees." Isha Karki & Cassandra Khaw Issue 9 Isabel Yap: "In Manila I’d never really think of myself as a 'POC.' It is a very Western-centric view of identity." Isha Karki & Isabel Yap Issue 9 Women of Color in Speculative Fiction: A Round Table Discussion Isha Karki, Priya Sharma, Shveta Thakrar, S.B. Divya, Mary Anne Mohanraj & Mimi Mondal Issue 9 The State of Current German Speculative Fiction: A Round Table Discussion Diana Menschig, Kai Meyer, Oliver Plaschka & Alessandra Ress Issue 9 Secret Wars and Distant Stars: An Interview with Bryan Thao Worra Bryan Thao Worra & Brandy Worrall Issue 9 Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali: "It was incredibly important to me to write a story about a Muslim woman." Isha Karki & Khalidah Muhammad Ali Issue 9

Issue 12 · Diaspora Currents — April 2019

"When power is unchecked, particularly in an atmosphere of dehumanization, the results can be horrific" Salik Shah & D. A. Hewitt Issue 12 Lorenzo Latrofa & Massimiliano di Lauro on Animating the Story of Migration & Exile Salik Shah Issue 12 Making Sense of Absurd, All-Encompassing, Terrifying Super-Capitalism with Dennis Mombauer Dennis Mombauer & Chaitanya Murali Issue 12 May Chong on Managing the Scorching Mess of Social Media Salik Shah & May Chong Issue 12 "Upshot takes place soon after the end of the Guatemalan civil war..." — Drema Deòraich Salik Shah & Drema Deòraich Issue 12 Deborah L. Davitt on Writing "The Ghost Teas of Sakruajima" and Researching Folk Magic in the Sengoku Jidai Period in Japan Salik Shah & Deborah L. Davitt Issue 12 I. S. Heynen on Building a Post-Apocalyptic World Where a Company of Assassins Reigns Supreme I. S. Heynen & Chaitanya Murali Issue 12 Crossing the Desert with Malena Salazar Maciá Malena Salazar Maciá & Toshiya Kamei Issue 12 America Under Siege: Creating An Alternate History with Dean A Brink Salik Shah & Dean A. Brink Issue 12

Issue 13 · Planetary Entanglements — September 2019

From scientific haikus to epic poems, Mary Soon Lee effortlessly navigates between genres, fiction and poetry Salik Shah & Mary Soon Lee Issue 13 Discover the secret origins of Tarun K. Saint's Avatar and The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction Salik Shah & Tarun K. Saint Issue 13 A Literary "Sci-Fi" Conversation Between Two Indian Science Fiction Writers: Rajat Chaudhuri and Jvalant Nalin Sampat Rajat Chaudhuri & Jvalant Nalin Sampat Issue 13

Issue 15 · Re-Emergence — December 2020

Sculptural Painter and Visual Storyteller, Cathleen Klibanoff discusses her process and style Ishita Singh & Cathleen Klibanoff Issue 15 Science, Science Fiction & South Asia: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad in conversation with Sami Ahmad Khan Sami Ahmad Khan & Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad Issue 15