big skY 1 asia Gravitas . Gravitas . No, Don’t Help Me, I’ll Get It In A Moment . 1 contents Emigré Peter Young 3 Fanzines Over Astrakhan Peter Young 7 Mirai-ki: The Forgotten History of Japan’s Early Science Fiction Jess Nevins 11 Science Fiction in Hindi: A Critic’s View Arvind Mishra & Manish Mohan Gore 15 Chinese Space Children pictorial 21 Dop’s House of Anime Antony J. Shepherd 28 Time Zone: reviews Peter Young 37 Cornucopia: reviews Peter Young 51 Feet of Clay S.P. Somtow 60 Distant Barking Dogs Peter Young 65 Hermeto’s Giant Breakfast Peter Young 71 Part-genzine, part-perzine, variable sercon/fannish content. If you are not satisfied with this product please contact your nearest Big Sky dealer. Letters column in the next issue – please be part of it. Send all Letters of Comment, articles and artwork to
[email protected]. Cover: Mothership — MRT Expo Station, Singapore, January 2008 Edited and published by Peter Young Page 79: Planet — over Ethiopia, August 2005 Fanzines in trade can be sent to: 2013 136/200 Emerald Hill Village, Soi 6, Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan 77110, Thailand All photography and art appears under a Creative Commons licence except: or if postage is less: Big Sky cover & page 79 — © 2008 & © 2005 Peter Young c/o 22 Tippings Lane, Woodley, Berkshire, RG5 4RX, England page 2 — © 2013 Sue Jones, used by permission page 64 — © 2012 Loke Inkid, used by permission page 75 — © 2004 David A. Hardy, for the book Futures: 50 Years in Space, Thanks to all contributors for use of their articles, photography and artwork.