So Long Been Dreaming Author:Nalo Hopkinson (Editor), Uppinder Mehan (Editor) Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy. 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 scienc... more »e 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.
Introduction (So Long Been Dreaming) • essay by Nalo Hopkinson
Deep End / shortstory by Nisi Shawl
Griots of the Galaxy / novelette by Andrea Hairston
Toot Sweet Matricia / shortstory by Suzette Mayr
Rachel / shortstory by Larissa Lai
Terminal Avenue / shortstory by Eden Robinson
When Scarabs Multiply / shortstory by Nnedi Okorafor [as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
Delhi / shortstory by Vandana Singh
Panopte's Eye / shortstory by Tamai Kobayashi
The Grassdreaming Tree / shortstory by Sheree R. Thomas
The Blue Road: A Fairy Tale / shortstory by Wayde Compton
The Forgotten Ones / shortstory by Karin Lowachee
Native Aliens / shortstory by Greg van Eekhout
Refugees / novelette by Celu Amberstone
Trade Winds / shortstory by Devorah Major
Lingua Franca / shortstory by Carole McDonnell
Out of Sync (1992) / shortstory by Ven Begamudré
The Living Roots / shortstory by Opal Palmer Adisa
Journey Into the Vortex (1997) / shortstory by Maya Khankhoje
Necahual / shortstory by Tobias S. Buckell
Final Thoughts (Afterword, So Long Been Dreaming) • essay by Uppinder Mehan