The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF

eBook

English language

ISBN:: 978-93-80636-73-3

(1 review)

An anthology of weird, fantastic, supernatural, Dalit futurist, & magical realist fiction by writers from South Asia and the diaspora.

edited by R.T. Samuel, Rakesh K. and Rashmi R.D.

cover art by Priyanka Paul

This book features a mix of original English short stories and works in translation, as well as a few comics/graphic narratives. Some are by well-known superstars of Dalit and Bahujan literature, others by emerging or newly-emerged authors.

1 edition

Taylor Drew reviewed The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF by Mimi Mondal

Need cultural knowledge of some kind

2 stars

I didn't enjoy reading this book at all. I think part of it is that I am coming to realize that I don't like long anthologies full of different authors (emphasis on long), but the major issue is that I simply don't know enough about the Indian subcontinent or the various peoples who lived there and their backgrounds.

There were a few longer stories at the end that I could enjoy despite my ignorance, but for most of them I was just waiting for the book to end to be honest. I'd like to thank that I would have enjoyed this book more if I knew more about the topics that were thematically important to the stories, but who knows?

I think if you're interested in finding out what kind of stories are being published in India in various languages and on the topic of caste, this could be a …

I didn't enjoy reading this book at all. I think part of it is that I am coming to realize that I don't like long anthologies full of different authors (emphasis on long), but the major issue is that I simply don't know enough about the Indian subcontinent or the various peoples who lived there and their backgrounds.

There were a few longer stories at the end that I could enjoy despite my ignorance, but for most of them I was just waiting for the book to end to be honest. I'd like to thank that I would have enjoyed this book more if I knew more about the topics that were thematically important to the stories, but who knows?

I think if you're interested in finding out what kind of stories are being published in India in various languages and on the topic of caste, this could be a great book for you. I simply don't have the background or the time to gain the background to properly enjoy what this book contains and I'm sorry about that.