: Does this anthology of striking science-fiction from south Asia talk of the future or the present? #IndiaNEWS “All fiction is metaphor. Science fiction is metaphor. What sets it apart from older

@newsMNC

Posted in: #IndiaNEWS

Does this anthology of striking science-fiction from south Asia talk of the future or the present? #IndiaNEWS
“All fiction is metaphor. Science fiction is metaphor. What sets it apart from older forms of fiction seems to be its use of new metaphors, drawn from certain great dominants of our contemporary life – science, all the sciences, and technology, and the relativistic and the historical outlook, among them. Space travel is one of these metaphors; so is an alternative society, an alternative biology; the future is another. The future, in fiction, is a metaphor.A metaphor for what?If I could have said it non-metaphorically, I would not have written all these words, this novel; and Genly Ai would never have sat down at my desk and used up my ink and typewriter ribbon in informing me, and you, rather solemnly, that the truth is a matter of the imagination�Two eventful years after the publication of the first volume of South Asian Science Fiction, Gollancz and Tarun K Saint are back with a new anthology comprising of thirty-two stories and poems from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tibet (represented by writers-in-exile), and the diaspora. Volume 2 is more inclusive than the first and stronger for that; and it delves deeper without sacrificing breath. From occult dolls deployed against colonial officers in famine-ravaged Bengal to girls modified...Read more

Latest stock market news Twitter alternate of India

Flash it Bury this

0 Reactions   React

Replies (0)

Login to post a comment!