Category: Mithila Review
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Unmaking the Post-Truth World With Global SF | Locus Magazine
On the origin, scope and purpose of Mithila Review—my guest post, “Unmaking the Post-Truth World With Global SF,” is now up at Locus Magazine. Excerpt: Mithila is a glorious kingdom ruled by philosopher kings in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Millennia later, say in an alternate universe, it’s a decolonized terrain beset with intolerance and violence,…
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Instructions for Astronauts
Become a space traveler, star trekker and adventurer for a few minutes! “Instructions for Astronauts” appears in April 2017 issue of Mithila Review, an international science fiction and fantasy magazine. Written by Michael Janairo in nine parts, it’s about our destiny—humanity’s epic journey through time and space. What is this form? Is it art, poetry,…
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Starting 2017, Mithila Review Becomes A Paying Quarterly
Our new multilingual edition with a special focus on the state of science fiction and fantasy in China, Czech Republic and Latin America is now out: Issue 7. Starting this year, Mithila Review is finally turning into a paying quarterly publication thanks to the generous support of our patrons! If you enjoy reading Mithila Review and value what…
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The Asian SF Issue – Mithila Review
The “Asian SF” double issue of Mithila Review is now out. Contributors: Aliette de Bodard, Alyssa Wong, Isabel Yap, John Chu, JY Yang and Priya Sharma, Lavie Tidhar, Glen Hirshberg, Mia S-N, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Mark Russell, Dean Francis Alfar, Ng Yi-Sheng, Isha Karki, David S. Golding, Charles Tan, Jennifer Crow, Shobhana Kumar, Ken Poyner, Niyati…
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On the Challenges of Reading, Writing & Publishing Science Fiction & Fantasy in South Asia
Cover Illustration: “Enclosed” by Ashim Shakya, from Issue 4 of Mithila Review. In my new Strange Horizons column, I talk about Geoff Ryman’s story that inspired the Mithila Review / Asian Science Fiction & Fantasy project and my earliest forays into SF as a reader. My childhood revolved around comics and other things but none as…
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The Flight of South Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy
The inaugural issue of Mithila Review is out! It features speculative fiction, poetry and nonfiction from writers and artists around the world: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, Canada, United Kingdom, America, etc. The gorgeous cover art was done by Steve McDoland. See you there!