''So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy'' (2004) is an anthology of short stories by African, Asian, South Asian, and Indigenous authors, as well as North American and British writers of colour,
[''So Long Been Dreaming'' cover description.] edited by the writer
Nalo Hopkinson and
Uppinder Mehan. Hopkinson provides the introduction, although it is usually misattributed to
Samuel R. Delany (whose recommendation of the book is quoted on the book's cover).
Stories
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Nisi Shawl, "Deep End"
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Andrea Hairston
Andrea Hairston (born 1952) is an African-American science fiction and fantasy playwright and novelist. Her novel '' Redwood and Wildfire'' won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for 2011. ''Mindscape'', Hairston's first novel, won the Carl Brandon P ...
, "Griots of the Galaxy"
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Suzette Mayr
Suzette Mayr is a Canadian novelist who has written five critically acclaimed novels. Currently a professor at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Arts, Mayr's works have both won and been nominated for several literary awards.
Biography
S ...
, "Toot Sweet Matricia"
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Larissa Lai
Larissa Lai (born 1967) is an American-born Canadian novelist and literary critic. She is a recipient of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and Lambda Literary Foundation's 2020 Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Pr ...
, "Rachel"
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Eden Robinson, "
Terminal Avenue"
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Nnedi Okorafor, "When Scarabs Multiply"
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Vandana Singh, "Delhi"
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Tamai Kobayashi
Tamai Kobayashi (born 1966 in Japan) is a Canadian writer, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014.
Kobayashi was co-editor with Mona Oikawa of ''All Names Spoken'', an anthology of lesbian writing published by Sister Vision Pr ...
, "Panopte’s Eye"
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Sheree Thomas
Sheree Renée Thomas is an African-American writer, book editor, publisher, and contributor to many notable publications. In 2020, Thomas was named editor of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''.
Career
Thomas is the editor of the '' ...
, "The Grassdreaming Tree"
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Wayde Compton
Wayde Compton (born 1972) is a Canadian writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Compton has published books of poetry, essays, and fiction, and he edited the first comprehensive anthology of black writing from British Columbia. He co ...
, "The Blue Road: A Fairy Tale"
*
Karin Lowachee Karin Lowachee is a Guyanese-born Canadian author of speculative fiction.
Lowachee is the author of four novels, ''Warchild (Lowachee novel), Warchild'' (2002), ''Burndive'' (2003), ''Cagebird (novel), Cagebird'' (2005) and The Gaslight Dogs (2010) ...
, "The Forgotten Ones"
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Greg van Eekhout, "Native Aliens"
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Celu Amberstone, "Refugees"
* Devorah Major, "Trade Winds"
* Carole McDonnell, "Lingua Franca"
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Ven Begamudré, "Out of Sync"
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Opal Palmer Adisa
Opal Palmer Adisa (born 6 November 1954) is a Jamaica-born award-winning poet, novelist, performance artist and educator. Anthologized in more than 400 publications, she has been a regular performer of her work internationally. Professor Emeritu ...
, "The Living Roots"
* Maya Khankhoje, "Journey Into the Vortex"
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Tobias S. Buckell
Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979) is a New York Times Bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, which influence much of his work. His novels and ...
, "Necahual"
Reviews
by Gerald Vizenor
The Hathor Legacy
*James Schellenberg
"Science Fiction and Fantasy Reviews" ''Challenging Destiny'', 5 August 2004.
*Matthew Cheney
"So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy"(featured review), ''SF Site'', 2004.
References
External links
on ''Locus Magazine''
2004 anthologies
African diaspora literature
Arsenal Pulp Press books
Canadian anthologies
Chinese-Canadian culture
Fantasy anthologies
Horror anthologies
Indian science fiction
Science fiction anthologies
Works by Nalo Hopkinson
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