So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy

So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy

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<div> <p><em>So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy</em> is an anthology of original new stories by leading African, Asian, South Asian and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of color.</p> <p>Stories of imagined futures abound in Western writing. Writer and editor Nalo Hopkinson notes that the science fiction/fantasy genre €œspeaks so much about the experience of being alienated but contains so little writing by alienated people themselves.€ It€s an oversight that Hopkinson and Mehan aim to correct with this anthology.</p> <p>The book depicts imagined futures from the perspectives of writers associated with what might loosely be termed the €œthird world.€ It includes stories that are bold, imaginative, edgy; stories that are centered in the worlds of the €œdeveloping€ nations; stories that dare to dream what we might develop into.</p> <p>The wealth of postcolonial literature has included many who have written insightfully about their pasts and presents. With <em>So Long Been Dreaming</em> they creatively address their futures.</p> <p>Contributors include: Opal Palmer Adisa, Tobias Buckell, Wayde Compton, Hiromi Goto, Andrea Hairston, Tamai Kobayashi, Karin Lowachee, devorah major, Carole McDonnell, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Eden Robinson, Nisi Shawl, Vandana Singh, Sheree Ren©e Thomas and Greg Van Eekhout.</p> <p><strong>Nalo Hopkinson</strong> is the internationally-acclaimed author of <em>Brown Girl in the Ring</em>, <em>Skin Folk</em>, and <em>Salt Roads</em>. Her books have been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Tiptree, and Philip K. Dick Awards; <em>Skin Folk</em> won a World Fantasy Award and the Sunburst Award. Born in Jamaica, Nalo moved to Canada when she was sixteen. She lives in Toronto.</p> <p><strong>Uppinder Mehan</strong> is a scholar of science fiction and postcolonial literature. A South Asian Canadian, he currently lives in Boston and teaches at Emerson College.</p> </div>