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Palestine + 100 poses a question to twelve Palestinian writers:
what might your country look like in the year 2048 - a century
after the tragedies and trauma of what has come to be called the
Nakba? How might this event - which, in 1948, saw the expulsion of
over 700,000 Palestinian Arabs from their homes - reach across a
century of occupation, oppression, and political isolation, to
shape the country and its people? Will a lasting peace finally have
been reached, or will future technology only amplify the suffering
and mistreatment of Palestinians? Covering a range of approaches -
from SF noir, to nightmarish dystopia, to high-tech farce - these
stories use the blank canvas of the future to reimagine the
Palestinian experience today. Along the way, we encounter drone
swarms, digital uprisings, time-bending VR, peace treaties that
span parallel universes, and even a Palestinian superhero, in
probably the first anthology of science fiction from Palestine
ever.
The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative
fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative
fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from
Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged
following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean,
Czech, Finnish, and eleven other source languages feature an
introduction by an expert in the language's speculative fiction
tradition and its present-day output. Cordasco then breaks down
each chapter by subgenre--including science fiction, fantasy, and
horror--to guide readers toward the kinds of works that most
interest them. Her discussion of available SFT stands alongside an
analysis of how various subgenres emerged and developed in a given
language. She also examines the reasons a given subgenre has been
translated into English. An informative and one-of-a-kind guide,
Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of
speculative fiction's new globalized era.
How is science fiction from the Arab and Muslim world different
than mainstream science fiction from the West? What distinctive and
original contributions can it make? Why is it so often neglected in
critical considerations of the genre? While other books have
explored these questions, all have been from foreign academic
voices. Instead, this book uses an own-voices approach to examine
the nature, genesis, and history of Arabic and Muslim science
fiction, as well as the challenges its authors face. Through
personal narratives, these authors share their stories and their
struggles with the censors, recalcitrant publishers, critics, the
book market, and the literary establishment. Their uphill efforts,
with critical contributions from academics, translators, and
literary activists, will enlighten the sci-fi enthusiast and fill a
gap in the history of science fiction. Topics covered range from
culture shock to conflicts between tradition and modernity,
proactive roles for female heroines, blind imitation of
storytelling techniques, and language games.
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