Spec-fic

Samit’s put up a fantastic series of articles/interviews on speculative fiction in India - as seen in children's literature, the work of the south Asian diaspora, and comics/graphic novels. Just go here and keep scrolling down – these are long and comprehensive posts, and there are many of them. Highlights: interviews with Vandana Singh, Matthew Cheney, Jeff VanderMeer, and a really long one with Ashok Banker. (I'm also pleased to note that the duckling has prudently censored a couple of bits from my interview, since some of the responses I sent him on email were facetious and not all that well thought out - I didn't realise the thing was going to be published, otherwise I would never, never have said those vulgar things about Hanuman-ji and the Lankan women!)