Anthologies, awards, journals, and works in translation have sprung
up to reflect science fiction's increasingly international scope.
Yet scholars and students alike face a problem. Where does one
begin to explore global SF in the absence of an established canon?
Lingua Cosmica opens the door to some of the creators in the
vanguard of international science fiction. Eleven experts offer
innovative English-language scholarship on figures ranging from
Cuban pioneer Daina Chaviano to Nigerian filmmaker Olatunde
Osunsanmi to the Hugo Award-winning Chinese writer Liu Cixin. These
essays invite readers to ponder the themes, formal elements, and
unique cultural characteristics within the works of these
irreplaceable-if too-little-known-artists. Dale Knickerbocker
includes fantasists and genre-benders pushing SF along new
evolutionary paths even as they draw on the traditions of their own
literary cultures. Includes essays on Daina Chaviano (Cuba), Jacek
Dukaj (Poland), Jean-Claude Dunyac (France), Andreas Eschbach
(Germany), Angelica Gorodischer (Argentina), Sakyo Komatsu (Japan),
Liu Cixin (China), Laurent McAllister (Yves Meynard and Jean-Louis
Trudel, Francophone Canada), Olatunde Osunsanmi (Nigeria), Johanna
Sinisalo (Finland), and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Russia).
Contributors: Alexis Brooks de Vita, Pawel Frelik, Yvonne Howell,
Yolanda Molina-Gavilan, Vibeke Rutzou Petersen, Amy J. Ransom,
Hanna-Riikka Roine, Hanna Samola, Mingwei Song, Tatsumi Takayuki,
Juan Carlos Toledano Redondo, and Natacha Vas-Deyres.
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