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  • 1.  Southeast Asian Science Fiction

    Posted Jun 30, 2021 09:03 AM
    Hi smarter people!

    I just got a request for recommendations for Southeast Asian science fiction novels. Figured I might as well bring in more smart people to pull recs. Any favorites and suggestions I can pass on?

    Thanks,
    Athina

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    Athina Livanos-Propst
    alivanospropst@pbs.org
    Digital Services Manager & Librarian
    PBS Education
    Membership Chair, FMRT
    Chair, Imagineering Interest Group
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  • 2.  RE: Southeast Asian Science Fiction

    Posted Jun 30, 2021 09:17 PM
    Two of the nominations for this year (2020) Hugo Awards have  Southeast Asian or least Asian authors.

    Nghi Vo -  The Empress of salt and fortune  (best novella)

    Tochi Onyebuchi - Rio Baby (best novel)

    Thanks for the ALA program, it was great.

    Cheers,
    Helen Gbala,
    Retired librarian, former chair of Imagineering





  • 3.  RE: Southeast Asian Science Fiction

    Posted Jun 30, 2021 10:11 PM
    Tochi Onyebuchi is great, but he's Nigerian-American, not Southeast Asian.

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    Dena Heilik
    Fiction Department Head
    Free Library of Philadelphia - Philbrick Hall
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  • 4.  RE: Southeast Asian Science Fiction

    Posted Jun 30, 2021 10:05 PM
    While I know a lot of Southeast Asian fantasy, I can't off the top of my head think of any SF. There are some good resources out there though:
    If you expand to Chinese SF, there is definitely more choice and far better visibility, especially in translation. Cixin Liu probably being the most famous.
    Dena Heilik


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    Dena Heilik
    Fiction Department Head
    Free Library of Philadelphia - Philbrick Hall
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