India has always had a strong tradition of homegrown comics and comics fans. However, when people think of comics from …
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Hiding in plain sight: Yes, Speculative Poetry exists!
Haunting and harrowing in its portrayal of existential struggle, Aniara is a wonderfully crafted film recommended for anyone looking for …
5 superhero novels for people who love comics (or don’t)
Think of superheroes and the first thing that comes to mind is comics, a medium that feels like the right, …
When men and women don’t need each other: A review of Sadhna Shanker’s Ascendance
On a distant planet called Elone, in the distant future, live two ‘species’ antagonistic to one another. Given their violent …
Read Eliot Peper’s Breach while it’s still fiction
This week Facebook announced its own digital currency. Libra, as it is called, will have a ready user base of …
Ted Chiang’s Exhalation could possibly be the best collection you read this year
Over the course of almost 30 years of his writing career, Ted Chiang has come to be acknowledged as a …
“The task of the engineer is much like that of a poet”: A Q&A with SF author Ken Liu
Ken Liu wears many hats. A lawyer and a programmer, he’s more widely known as an SF writer who’s won …
Pulling their own strings: India’s first all-female feminist SF anthology is a celebration of feminine strength
‘May we never be held hostage by old narratives…’. This quote — from writer and artist Amruta Patil’s Manifesto of …
Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
Explore pessimistic possibilities and hopeful futures in four hard-hitting tales of our present moment.
A great, not-imaginary comic about an imaginary computer: The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
A look at Sydney Padua’s graphic novel about the (mostly) true story of the first computer.
Michael Swanwick’s The Iron Dragon’s Daughter: The typical ‘anti-fantasy’
When I first read this Michael Swanwick classic, it was as a Fantasy Masterworks edition. But if you’re looking for …
Ian McEwan and the (re)invention of science fiction: Why contempt for SF only exposes ignorance
Just when you think the genre wars are over, they aren’t. Genre snobbery is alive and well.
The game is always afoot: The SFnal adventures of Sherlock Holmes
A quick look at the SF/F exploits of Spock’s ancestor, the greatest detective of all time.
A different species of Indian fantasy thriller: A review of Beast by Krishna Udayasankar
Move over werewolves, there’s a new beast in town.
Strange Worlds! Strange Times!: An Indian Science Fiction anthology for adults (young, old and in-between)
There’s more to what makes a story ‘Indian’ than the fact that it’s set in India or that it has …