So Long Been Dreaming
Subtitle: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy
Contributors: Nalo Hopkinson (Editor); Uppinder Mehan (Editor); Samuel R. Delany (Introduction)
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: October 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781551521589
Subjects: Short stories; Science Fiction; Fantasy - Anthologies; Fiction; Fiction - Science Fiction; Science Fiction - Anthologies; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Anthologies (multiple authors); Science Fiction - General
Description: So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy" 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. 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 centered 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 Dreaming" they creatively address their futures.