(Illustration by Sukumar Ray, for one of his own books)
I was reading randomly in The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature, and I came across Sukumar Ray, a highly prolific writer of surrealist children’s stories in the 1910s and 20s. He was part of the Presidency College circle of Bengali intellectuals in Calcutta, and he was the father of acclaimed film maker Satyajit Ray.
From Amardeep Singh’s blog, a post on early Bengali science fiction.
It seems a little hard to imagine people writing about electric doorbells and burglar alarms in the 1880s in Calcutta, but there you have it. (Doorbells were actually invented in 1830, so maybe it’s not that shocking.)
Speculative, Science and Fantasy Fiction in the Philippines (Freedom of Thought)
The Fantasy, Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction in the Philippines weblog is a repository of thoughts re: SSFF (speculative, science fiction and fantasy) productions made within the Republic of the Philippines, or by Filipino writers. It is currently maintained by Rebecca Arcega (Bhex), and is also a mirror for announcements made in the Philippine Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Yahoogroup. Its mission is to promote discussion and facilitate the spread of information related to the SSFF scene in the Philippines, and/or SSFF works published by Filipino writers. Comments are very welcome.
