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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction \u0026amp Fantasy\u003c/i\u003e 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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories of imagined futures abound in Western writing. Writer and editor Nalo Hopkinson notes that the science fiction/fantasy genre \u0026ldquo;speaks so much about the experience of being alienated but contains so little writing by alienated people themselves.\u0026rdquo; It\u0026rsquo;s an oversight that Hopkinson and Mehan aim to correct with this anthology.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book depicts imagined futures from the perspectives of writers associated with what might loosely be termed the \u0026ldquo;third world.\u0026rdquo; It includes stories that are bold, imaginative, edgy; stories that are centered in the worlds of the \u0026ldquo;developing\u0026rdquo; nations; stories that dare to dream what we might develop into.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wealth of postcolonial literature has included many who have written insightfully about their pasts and presents. With \u003ci\u003eSo Long Been Dreaming\u003c/i\u003e they creatively address their futures.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors 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 Renee Thomas and Greg Van Eekhout.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNalo Hopkinson\u003c/b\u003e is the internationally-acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl in the Ring\u003c/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalt Roads\u003c/i\u003e. Her books have been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Tiptree, and Philip K. Dick Awards; \u003ci\u003eSkin Folk\u003c/i\u003e won a World Fantasy Award and the Sunburst Award. Born in Jamaica, Nalo moved to Canada when she was sixteen. She lives in Toronto.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUppinder Mehan\u003c/b\u003e is a scholar of science fiction and postcolonial literature. A South Asian Canadian, he currently lives in Boston and teaches at Emerson College.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e |
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