The history of Indian science fiction

(altermag.com)

128 points | by adityaathalye 3 days ago ago

12 comments

  • zem 6 hours ago

    "the sultana's dream" is online, and well worth a read: https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sultana/dream/dream....

  • tclancy 7 hours ago

    Bookmarked to read tonight, thanks for this -- the site is gorgeous.

  • ping00 8 hours ago

    Added all of these to my Goodreads -- as an Indian, I had no idea that these books existed. Great article (with some really cool UI choices); I'm looking forward to reading more from this magazine! Thanks for sharing.

    • blacksmith_tb 7 minutes ago

      I can second the article's recommendation of Samit Basu, I've liked everything of his I've read. I would also recommend Indra Das, and Saad Z. Hossain.

    • srean 7 hours ago

      She is also read well in Bangladesh because she wrote primarily in Bengali. Infact she was well versed in quite a few languages. Her Sultana's Dream is a little over the top though

      • mtalantikite an hour ago

        And also because she was from what is now Bangladesh. Same with Bose from this list.

  • visioninmyblood 2 hours ago

    Should we not start with Ramayana and Mahabartham? Although they are religious texts they had a lot of science fiction storylines.

    • nirav72 2 minutes ago

      More mythological than science fiction.

  • culi 7 hours ago

    Seems like it's the first article of this magazine. I'd be excited to see what else they work on but I don't see any links to an rss feed :(

  • dyauspitr 2 hours ago

    What a beautiful site.

  • ninju 8 hours ago

    Very interesting visual effect in the first sections of the article

  • dartharva 2 hours ago

    Well yes I have read Zelazny's Lord of Light, how did you like it? /s