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Is there such a thing as Indian Science Fiction? This book tries to identify some common elements Although it covers works in only four languages, Suparno Banerjee’s ‘Indian Science Fiction: Patterns, History and Hybridity’ is certainly a milestone. An image from Appupen's 'Legends of Halahala'. There has been a rising interest in Indian Science Fiction in recent years, with a number of critical studies and articles being published. Suparno Banerjee’s book, Indian Science Fiction: Patterns, History and Hybridity, marks a key milestone in this trend. An attempt to critica...

Realm Podcasts just announced an amazing new slate of series, including a second season of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter starring Tatiana Maslany, as well as multiple series from legendary genre director John Carpenter, and so, so much more.

Filed to:achala upendran Clone Club reunites! Again! (Image: BBC America) You might know Realm as the podcast production company that brought the sci-fi series Orphan Black back to life, complete with star Tatiana Maslany. But that’s nothing compared to what else the company will release in 2021, which includes original series from Maslany (who will also return for more Orphan Black), multiple series from legendary genre director John Carpenter, and so, so much more. Literally 10 out of the 12 shows announced in the press release Realm Podcasts (formerly Serial Box) sent out sound good, w...

Tordotcom Publishing is thrilled to announce that Ruoxi Chen and Sanaa Ali-Virani have acquired JCB Prize finalist Samit Basu’s The City Inside, a postcolonial Ready Player One meets Severance, set in a near-future Delhi where trust is impossible, popularity is conformity, and every wall has eyes. The two-book deal, for North American rights, was brokered by Diana Fox at Fox Literary. Joey is a Reality Controller in near future Delhi. Her job is to supervise the multimedia multi-reality livestreams of Indi, one of South Asia’s fastest rising online celebrities—who also happens to be ...

Having thoroughly enjoyed Lavanya Lakshminarayan’s Analog/Virtual: And Other Simula­tions of Your Future, I’ve decided that all far-future dystopias should be structured as a series of linked short stories. That’s not to say George Orwell missed a trick by neglecting the perspec­tives of Julia, Mr. Charrington, or O’Brien; 1984 famously generates its power from how little Winston knows about his world. For those of us who want to understand the mechanics of a society, though, especially one that actively persecutes a good chunk of its citizens, there’s something to broadening th...