''So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy'' (2004) is an English language anthology of science fiction and
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures.
The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
short stories by African, Asian, South Asian, and Indigenous authors, as well as North American and British writers of colour,''So Long Been Dreaming'' cover description. edited by the writer
Nalo Hopkinson
Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels – ''Brown Girl in the Ring (novel), Brown Girl in the Ring'' (1998), ''Midnight Robber'' (2000), ''The Salt Roads'' (2003), ' ...
and Uppinder Mehan. Hopkinson provides the introduction, although it is usually misattributed to
Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (, ; born April 1, 1942) is an American writer and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays on science fiction, literature, sexual orientation, sexuality, and ...
(whose recommendation of the book is quoted on the book's cover).
Stories
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Nisi Shawl
Nisi Shawl (born 1955) is an African American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known as an author of science fiction and fantasy short stories who writes and teaches about how fantastic fiction might reflect real-world diversity o ...
Suzette Mayr
Suzette Mayr is a Canadian novelist who has written six critically acclaimed novels and is currently a professor at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Arts. Mayr's works have won and been nominated for several literary awards.
Biography
Su ...
, "Toot Sweet Matricia"
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Larissa Lai
Larissa Lai (born 1967) is an American-born Canadian novelist and literary critic. She is a recipient of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and Lambda Literary Foundation's 2020 Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Pr ...
, "Rachel"
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Eden Robinson
Eden Victoria Lena Robinson (born 19 January 1968) is an Indigenous Canadian author. She is a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations in British Columbia, Canada.Terminal Avenue"
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Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedimma Nkemdili "Nnedi" Okorafor (formerly Okorafor-Mbachu; born April 8, 1974) is a Nigerian American writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. She is best known for her ''Binti Series'' and her novels '' Who Fears ...
, "When Scarabs Multiply"
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Vandana Singh
Vandana Singh is an Indian science fiction writer and physicist. She is a Professor of Physics and Environment at the Department of Environment, Society and Sustainability at Framingham State University in Massachusetts. Singh also serves on th ...
, "Delhi"
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Tamai Kobayashi
Tamai Kobayashi (born 1966 in Japan) is a Canadian writer, who won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT writers in 2014.
Kobayashi was co-editor with Mona Oikawa of ''All Names Spoken'', an anthology of lesbian writing published by Sister Vision Pre ...
, "Panopte’s Eye"
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Sheree Thomas
Biography
Sheree Renée Thomas (born September 30, 1972) is an American writer, book editor, and publisher. In 2020, Thomas was named editor of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Thomas' father joined th ...
, "The Grassdreaming Tree"
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Wayde Compton
Wayde Compton (born 1972) is a Canadians, Canadian writer. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Compton has published books of poetry, essays, and fiction, and he edited the first comprehensive anthology of bl ...
, "The Blue Road: A Fairy Tale"
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Karin Lowachee
Karin Lowachee is a Canadian author of speculative fiction. She is best known for her ''Warchild'' series, including ''Warchild (Lowachee novel), Warchild'' (2002), ''Burndive'' (2003), and ''Cagebird (novel), Cagebird'' (2005).
Awards and hon ...
, "The Forgotten Ones"
* Greg van Eekhout, "Native Aliens"
* Celu Amberstone, "Refugees"
* Devorah Major, "Trade Winds"
* Carole McDonnell, "Lingua Franca"
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Ven Begamudré
Ven Begamudré (born 1956) is a Canadian poet, short story writer and novelist. He was born in Bangalore, India and moved with his family to Canada when he was six. During his writing career, he has been a part of six writers-in-residence. He curr ...
, "Out of Sync"
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Opal Palmer Adisa
Opal Palmer Adisa (born 6 November 1954) is a Jamaican and American poet, novelist, performance artist and educator. Anthologized in more than 400 publications, she has been a regular performer of her work internationally. Professor Emeritus at ...
, "The Living Roots"
* Maya Khankhoje, "Journey Into the Vortex"
* Tobias S. Buckell, "Necahual"