So Long Been Dreaming

by Hopkinson, Nalo

• ISBN13: 9781551521589
• ISBN10: 155152158X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-15
• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd

Summary

So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasyis an anthology of original new stories by leading African, Asian, South Asian, and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of colour.Stories of imagined futures abound in Western writing. Writer and editor Nalo Hopkinson notes that the science fiction/fantasy genre "speaks 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.The book depicts imagined futures from the perspectives of writers associated with what might loosely be termed the "third world." It includes stories that are bold, imaginative, edgy; stories that are centred in the worlds of the "developing" nations; stories that dare to dream what we might develop into.The wealth of postcolonial literature has included many who have written insightfully about their pasts and presents. With So Long Been Dreamingthey creatively address their futures.With an introduction by Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Samuel R. Delany.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(5)
Nalo Hopkinson
SECTION I: THE BODY
Deep End	12	(11)
Nisi Shawl
Griots of the Galaxy	23	(23)
Andrea Hairston
Toot Sweet Matricia	46	(7)
Suzette Mayr
Rachel	53	(9)
Larissa Lai
SECTION II: FUTURE EARTH
Terminal Avenue	62	(8)
Eden Robinson
When Scarabs Multiply	70	(9)
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Delhi	79	(16)
Vandana Singh
Panopte's Eye	95	(13)
Tamai Kobayashi
SECTION III: ALLEGORY
The Grassdreaming Tree	108	(12)
Sheree R. Thomas
The Blue Road: A Fairy Tale	120	(20)
Wayde Compton
SECTION IV: ENCOUNTERS WITH THE ALIEN
The Forgotten Ones	140	(11)
Karin Lowachee
Native Aliens	151	(10)
Greg van Eekhout
Refugees	161	(22)
Celu Amberstone
Trade Winds	183	(18)
devorah major
Lingua Franca	201	(16)
Carole McDonnell
Out of Sync	217	(13)
Ven Begamudré
SECTION V: RE-IMAGINING THE PAST
The Living Roots	230	(13)
Opal Palmer Adisa
Journey Into the Vortex	243	(8)
Maya Khankhoje
Necahual	251	(18)
Tobias S. Buckell
Final Thoughts	269
Uppinder Mehan