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Postcoloniality, Science Fiction and India Suparno Banerjee Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Banerjee [email protected]
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2010 Other tomorrows: postcoloniality, science fiction and India Suparno Banerjee Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Banerjee, Suparno, "Other tomorrows: postcoloniality, science fiction and India" (2010). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3181. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3181 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. OTHER TOMORROWS: POSTCOLONIALITY, SCIENCE FICTION AND INDIA A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy In The Department of English By Suparno Banerjee B. A., Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, 2000 M. A., Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India, 2002 August 2010 ©Copyright 2010 Suparno Banerjee All Rights Reserved ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My dissertation would not have been possible without the constant support of my professors, peers, friends and family. Both my supervisors, Dr. Pallavi Rastogi and Dr. Carl Freedman, guided the committee proficiently and helped me maintain a steady progress towards completion. Dr. Rastogi provided useful insights into the field of postcolonial studies, while Dr. Freedman shared his invaluable knowledge of science fiction. Without Dr. Robin Roberts I would not have become aware of the immensely powerful tradition of feminist science fiction. -
SF COMMENTARY 81 40Th Anniversary Edition, Part 2
SF COMMENTARY 81 40th Anniversary Edition, Part 2 June 2011 IN THIS ISSUE: THE COLIN STEELE SPECIAL COLIN STEELE REVIEWS THE FIELD OTHER CONTRIBUTORS: DITMAR (DICK JENSSEN) THE EDITOR PAUL ANDERSON LENNY BAILES DOUG BARBOUR WM BREIDING DAMIEN BRODERICK NED BROOKS HARRY BUERKETT STEPHEN CAMPBELL CY CHAUVIN BRAD FOSTER LEIGH EDMONDS TERRY GREEN JEFF HAMILL STEVE JEFFERY JERRY KAUFMAN PETER KERANS DAVID LAKE PATRICK MCGUIRE MURRAY MOORE JOSEPH NICHOLAS LLOYD PENNEY YVONNE ROUSSEAU GUY SALVIDGE STEVE SNEYD SUE THOMASON GEORGE ZEBROWSKI and many others SF COMMENTARY 81 40th Anniversary Edition, Part 2 CONTENTS 3 THIS ISSUE’S COVER 66 PINLIGHTERS Binary exploration Ditmar (Dick Jenssen) Stephen Campbell Damien Broderick 5 EDITORIAL Leigh Edmonds I must be talking to my friends Patrick McGuire The Editor Peter Kerans Jerry Kaufman 7 THE COLIN STEELE EDITION Jeff Hamill Harry Buerkett Yvonne Rousseau 7 IN HONOUR OF SIR TERRY Steve Jeffery PRATCHETT Steve Sneyd Lloyd Penney 7 Terry Pratchett: A (disc) world of Cy Chauvin collecting Lenny Bailes Colin Steele Guy Salvidge Terry Green 12 Sir Terry at the Sydney Opera House, Brad Foster 2011 Sue Thomason Colin Steele Paul Anderson Wm Breiding 13 Colin Steele reviews some recent Doug Barbour Pratchett publications George Zebrowski Joseph Nicholas David Lake 16 THE FIELD Ned Brooks Colin Steele Murray Moore Includes: 16 Reference and non-fiction 81 Terry Green reviews A Scanner Darkly 21 Science fiction 40 Horror, dark fantasy, and gothic 51 Fantasy 60 Ghost stories 63 Alternative history 2 SF COMMENTARY No. 81, June 2011, 88 pages, is edited and published by Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough VIC 3088, Australia. -
Materialism in Ian Mcdonald's Novel the Dervish House
English Language and Literature E-Journal / ISSN 2302-3546 MATERIALISM IN IAN MCDONALD’S NOVEL THE DERVISH HOUSE Yogi Sulendra 1, Kurnia Ningsih 2, Muhammad Al-Hafizh 3 Program Studi Bahasa Dan Sastra Inggris FBS Universitas Negeri Padang email: [email protected] Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah (1) menganalisa sejauh mana novel ini merefleksikan materialism, (2) menunjukkan kontribusi elemen fiksi (karakter, alur (konflik), dan seting) dalam mengungkap materialism dalam novel ini. Data penelitian ini adalah teks tertulis yang dikutip dari novel. Kutipan teks tersebut kemudian diinterpretasi dan dianalisa dengan elemen fiksi (karakter, alur (konflik), dan seting), lalu dikaitkan dengan konsep materialism yang dijelaskan oleh Marsha L. Richins, Scott Dawson, dan Russel W. Belk serta teori human motivation yang dirumuskan oleh Abraham Maslow. Hasil analisa menunjukkan bahwa dua karakter dalam novel ini melakukan tindakan-tindakan seorang yang materialistis untuk mencapai tujuan utama dalam hidup mereka, yaitu memiliki sebanyak mungkin materi, khususnya uang. Mereka sangat brilian dalam melihat kesempatan - kesempatan dalam melakukan bisnis. Mereka juga memiliki ambisi yang berlebihan dalam bekerja. Key words: materialism, materialistic, goal, material, money, brilliant, opportunities, excessive, ambition A. Introduction Having capability to fulfill needs in life is the goal of most of people. Everyone wants to have an established life. However, they have different view about what established life means. Some people have already felt satisfied with their life if they at least can fulfill their basic needs, such as food, clothes, and shelter. Others never feel satisfied, though they have already had more than what they need. These people have high level of desire to have more possession. -
A Short Guide to Irish Science Fiction
A Short Guide to Irish Science Fiction Jack Fennell As part of the Dublin 2019 Bid, we run a weekly feature on our social media platforms since January 2015. Irish Fiction Friday showcases a piece of free Irish Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror literature every week. During this, we contacted Jack Fennell, author of Irish Science Fiction, with an aim to featuring him as one of our weekly contributors. Instead, he gave us this wonderful bibliography of Irish Science Fiction to use as we saw fit. This booklet contains an in-depth list of Irish Science Fiction, details of publication and a short synopsis for each entry. It gives an idea of the breadth of science fiction literature, past and present. across a range of writers. It’s a wonderful introduction to Irish Science Fiction literature, and we very much hope you enjoy it. We’d like to thank Jack Fennell for his huge generosity and the time he has donated in putting this bibliography together. His book, Irish Science Fiction, is available from Liverpool University Press. http://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/products/60385 The cover is from Cathal Ó Sándair’s An Captaen Spéirling, Spás-Phíolóta (1961). We’d like to thank Joe Saunders (Cathal’s Grandson) for allowing us to reprint this image. Find out more about the Bid to host a Worldcon in Dublin 2019 on our webpage: www.dublin2019.com, and on our Facebook page; Dublin2019. You can also mail us at [email protected] Dublin 2019 Committee Anonymous. The Battle of the Moy; or, How Ireland Gained Her Independence, 1892-1894. -
America and the World in the Age of Obama
America and the World in the Age of Obama Columns and articles by Ambassador Derek Shearer Table of Contents Preface Hillary As An Agent of Change 1 Change That Really Matters 5 Sex, Race and Presidential Politics 8 Why Bipartisanship is a False Hope 11 Balance of Payments: Homeland Insecurity 14 Economics and Presidential Politics—“It’s Globalization, Stupid” 16 Beyond Gotcha: In Search of Democratic Economics 18 Rebranding America: How to Win Friends Abroad and Influence Nations 21 Waiting for Obama: The First Global Election 23 The Proper Use of Bill and Hillary Clinton 26 Clintonism Without Clinton—It’s Deja Vu All Over Again 28 Russia and the West Under Clinton and Bush 30 What’s At Stake: The Future vs The Past 34 The Road Ahead: The First 100 Days and Beyond 37 The Shout Heard Round the World: Obama as Global Leader 41 An Obama Holiday: What to Give a Progressive President and His Team 47 Bye, Bye Bush, Hello Barack: A Door Opens in 2009 52 Hoops Rule: The President and the Hard Court 55 After the Stimulus: It’s Time for a New Foundation 57 Advice to the President: Abolish the Commerce Department 62 Money, Banking and Torture: It’s Just Shocking! 65 Give Hope A Chance: The Renewal of Summer 68 Obama’s America: What is Economic Growth For? 71 Obama’s First Year: A Nobel Effort 75 Joy to the World: Good-Bye Bing Crosby, Hello Bob Dylan 78 Passage to India: Monsoon Wedding Meets Slumdog Professor 84 The Occidental President: Obama and Teachable Moments 88 Happy Days Are Not Here Again: Obama, China and the Coming Great Contraction -
Lightspeed Magazine Issue 22, March 2012
Lightspeed Magazine Issue 22, March 2012 Table of Contents Editorial, March 2012 by John Joseph Adams “Cleopatra Brimstone”—Elizabeth Hand (ebook- exclusive novella) The Games—Ted Kosmatka (novel excerpt) Interview: R. A. Salvatore Interview: Ian McDonald Artist Gallery: Ed Basa Artist Spotlight: Ed Basa “The Day They Came”—Kali Wallace (SF) “My She”—Mary Rosenblum (SF) “Electric Rains”—Kathleen Ann Goonan (SF) “Test”—Steven Utley (SF) “Alarms”—S. L. Gilbow (fantasy) “The Legend of XI Cygnus”—Gene Wolfe (fantasy) “Beauty”—David Barr Kirtley (fantasy) “Halfway People”—Karen Joy Fowler (fantasy) Author Spotlight: Elizabeth Hand (ebook-exclusive) Author Spotlight: Kali Wallace Author Spotlight: Mary Rosenblum Author Spotlight: Kathleen Ann Goonan Author Spotlight: Steven Utley Author Spotlight: S. L. Gilbow Author Spotlight: David Barr Kirtley Author Spotlight: Karen Joy Fowler Coming Attractions © 2012, Lightspeed Magazine Cover Art and artist gallery images by Ed Basa. Ebook design by Neil Clarke. www.lightspeedmagazine.com Editorial, March 2012 John Joseph Adams Welcome to issue twenty-two of Lightspeed! This month, our ebook-exclusive novella is “Cleopatra Brimstone” by Elizabeth Hand. Then we have original science fiction by new writer Kali Wallace (“The Day They Came”) and Steven Utley (“Test”), and SF reprints by award-winning authors Mary Rosenblum (“My She”) and Kathleen Ann Goonan (“Electric Rains”). We also have original fantasy by S. L. Gilbow (“Alarms”) and David Barr Kirtley (“Beauty”), and fantasy reprints by bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler (“Halfway People”) and the legendary Gene Wolfe (“The Legend of XI Cygnus”). All that plus our artist showcase, our usual assortment of author spotlights, and feature interviews with R. -
Discriminating on Genes These Negotiations Should Be Concluded Soon
www.nature.com/nature Vol 448 | Issue no. 7149 | 5 July 2007 Parallel worlds galore The 50th anniversary of an astonishing scientific hypothesis deserves celebration. So too do the truly astounding tales of a literary genre that anticipated it. rom the evidence of our cover, you could be forgiven for allow their players’ curiosity free expression while at the same time thinking that you are holding a copy of Nature from an alternate preparing them for a life in which every year brings novelties both Funiverse. And if that were the way your imagination took off, anticipated and unlooked for. Science fiction, too, provides a way of it would be doing just what our cover seeks to do — celebrating the exploring what is to come. Its main aim is not to foretell the future overlap between the world of science and the fables it inspires and — indeed, the great Ray Bradbury once “Science fiction feeds on. In particular, the ‘Astounding Tale’ of a plethora of alternate remarked that he wrote not to predict the universes is at the same time a well-worn theme of science fiction and future, but to prevent it. Yet even though does not tell us a valid, if speculative, way of understanding the ultimate implications it can be serious and frightening, it is not what the future will of Schrödinger’s wave equation. at heart a literature of warning, either. It bring, but helps us to The idea of a ‘many-worlds’ multiverse, introduced into physics is a literature of playfulness. Within the understand what the 50 years ago this month by Hugh Everett, neatly highlights the inter- constraint of telling human stories about future will feel like.” section between science and science fiction — which is why our cov- more-or-less human beings, it revels in erage of the anniversary spills from our News Features pages into our the possibility of expanded physical and intellectual horizons. -
Left SF: Selected and Annotated
The Anarchist Library (Mirror) Anti-Copyright Left Science Fiction Selected and Annotated, If Not Always Exactly Recommended, [novels, stories, and plays] Mark Bould Mark Bould Left Science Fiction Selected and Annotated, If Not Always Exactly Recommended, [novels, stories, and plays] 2016 Red Planets A section of the appendix reproduced with permission from the author. Note the 2016 publication date: the number of possible texts for this list from 2016–2021 could nearly double the list. usa.anarchistlibraries.net 2016 Pamela Zoline, ‘The Heat Death of the Universe’ (1967). Central to These lists of recommended reading and viewing take a deliber- New Wave and feminist SF, it brings together the drudgery of a ately broad view of what constitutes left SE. Not all of the authors housewife’s daily life and the entropic universe. and directors listed below would call themselves leftists, and some works are not so much leftist as of interest to leftists. None are completely unproblematic and some are not very good at all. Reading Edward Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975). Eco-saboteurs take on colluding business and government. Sequel: Hayduke Lives! (1990). See also Good Times (1980). Abe Kobo, Inter Ice Age 4 (1959). The most overtly science-fictional of Abe’s absurdist explorations of contemporary alienation. See also Woman in the Dunes (1962), The Face of Another (1964), The Ruined Map (1967), The Box Man (1973), The Ark Sakura (1984), Beyond the Curve (1991), The Kangaroo Notebook (1991). Chingiz Aitmatov, The Day Lasts Longer than a Hundred Years (1980). Surprisingly uncensored mediation of Central Asian tradition, Soviet modernity and the possibilities presented by an alien world. -
Spring 2012 Contents
Hello, China. East meets West as Roosevelt expands enrollment and alumni networks in the People’s Republic. ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 CONTENTS Every Gift Makes a Difference Roosevelt University could not have succeeded in 1945 were it not for men and women of great vision and means who embraced social justice and understood that the new college must make a difference. They set the example by giving and raising financial support for Roosevelt. They challenged others to exercise their social conscience and support a school whose goal was suc- cess through access to education for all students. That purpose remains today. Roosevelt can continue its forward momentum only through the generosity of our alumni and friends. Many of our alumni have given generously in their life- times, often working with Roosevelt’s president in support of special projects to build Roos- evelt’s legacy, including providing for Roosevelt in their wills. In the past three years we have received major estate gifts ranging from $513,230 to $2.2 million. Many more of our alumni, often unable to give large donations while they are living, also pro- vide for Roosevelt in their wills. These alumni make provisions to leave a gift, a percentage of their estates, or a portion of their life insurance, whatever they are comfortable with, to provide the same opportunities to future generations that they themselves received. The Office of Planned Giving received a phone call recently from a woman who wanted to know the exact wording to provide for Roosevelt University in her will. She was in her 40s and de- cided, “It’s about time that I create a will.” We spoke for a while and I helped with the wording for her will. -
Globalisation and Otherness in the Postcolonial Science Fiction of Ian Mcdonald and Paolo Bacigalupi
Masterscriptie Engelstalige Letterkunde “A Form of Invasive Imagination”: Globalisation and Otherness in the Postcolonial Science Fiction of Ian McDonald and Paolo Bacigalupi Joris van den Hoogen S4375246 Radboud University Nijmegen 20 July 2018 Supervisor: dr. Usha Wilbers ii iii Table of Contents Abstract ......................................................................................................................... iv 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 2. Theoretical Framework: Postcolonialism, Hybridity, Globalisation and Science Fiction ............................................................................................................................ 7 2.1 Postcolonialism .................................................................................................. 7 2.2 Hybridity and Globalisation ............................................................................... 8 2.3 Science Fiction: Tropes and Politics ................................................................ 13 2.3.1 Defining Science Fiction.................................................................................. 13 2.3.2 Science Fiction, Difference and the Other .......................................................... 14 2.4 Postcolonial Science Fiction ............................................................................ 16 3. Colonialism, Independence and the Other in Ian McDonald’s Brasyl .................... 20 3.1 Brasyl: -
SF Commentary 99
SSFF CCoommmmeennttaarryy 9999 5500tthh AAnnnniivveerrssaarryy EEddiittiioonn,, PPaarrtt 22 113300 ppaaggeess JJuullyy 22001199 Cover: Randy Byers: ‘Morning Glory’. Photograph S F Commentary 99 50th Anniversary Edition * Part 2 July 2019 130 pages SF COMMENTARY No. 99, 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, PART 2, July 2019, is edited and published by Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough, VIC 3088, Australia. Phone: 61-3-9435 7786. Preferred means of distribution .PDF file from eFanzines.com: http://efanzines.com or from my email address: [email protected]. FRONT COVER: Randy Byers: ‘Morning Glory’: photograph. BACK COVER: Ditmar (Dick Jenssen): ‘Dancing Almond Bread’. DJ Graphic. ARTWORK: Sheryl Birkhead (pp. 17–20); John Bangsund (pp. 84–6); John Foyster (pp. 90–2); Denny Marshall (p.112). PHOTOGRAPHS: Cat Sparks (p. 4); Randy Byers (p. 6); Merv Binns (p. 8); Elaine Cochrane (pp. 13–15); Laurraine Tutihasi (p. 18); Sheryl Birkhead (p. 43); Giampaolo Cossato (p. 57); George Turner (p. 87); John Foyster (pp. 98–104). 2 Contents 4 THE GLITTERING PRIZES Patrick McGuire 5 I MUST BE TALKING TO MY FRIENDS 60 FEATURE LETTERS Bruce Gillespie 60 Gerald Murnane: Breakthrough at the age of 79 64 Mars and Beyond: Patrick McGuire, John Litchen, 6 TRIBUTES Greg Benford 6 Gillian Polack pays tribute to Vonda McIntyre 69 Always Coming Home: Yvonne Rousseau (and Ursula Le Guin) 7 Bruce Gillespie and Yvonne Rousseau pay tribute to Gene Wolfe: 71 Patrick McGuire: Polite and detailed disagreements 9 Peace, reviewed by Yvonne Rousseau 11 Ron Drummond’s -
Notable SF&F Books
Notable SF&F Books Version 2.0.13 Publication information listed is generally the first trade publication, excluding earlier limited releases. Series information is usually via ISFDB. Aaronovitch, Ben Broken Homes Gollancz, 2013 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #4. Aaronovitch, Ben Foxglove Summer Gollancz, 2014 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #5. Aaronovitch, Ben The Hanging Tree Gollancz, 2016 HC $14.99 \Rivers of London" #6. Aaronovitch, Ben Moon Over Soho Del Rey, 2011 PB $7.99 \Rivers of London" #2. Aaronovitch, Ben Rivers of London Gollancz, 2011 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #1. Aaronovitch, Ben Whispers Under Ground Gollancz, 2012 HC $12.99 \Rivers of London" #3. Adams, Douglas Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Heinemann, 1987 HC $9.95 \Dirk Gently" #1. Adams, Douglas The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Pan Books, 1979 PB $0.80 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #1. Adams, Douglas Life, the Universe, and Everything Pan Books, 1982 PB $1.50 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #3. Adams, Douglas Mostly Harmless Heinemann, 1992 HC $12.99 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #5. Adams, Douglas The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Heinemann, 1988 HC $10.95 \Dirk Gently" #2. Adams, Douglas The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Pan Books, 1980 PB $0.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #2. Adams, Douglas So Long and Thanks for All the Fish Pan Books, 1984 HC $6.95 \Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" #4. Adams, Richard Watership Down Rex Collins, 1972 HC $3.95 Carnegie Medal.