The Others in India's Other Futures.

This article examines four sf novels in English by Indian writers who portray future Indias of nuclear detonations, fascist governments, zombie apocalypses, and futuristic wars. It frames these extrapolations as responses to specific historical events and draws linkages between the contemporary mate...

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Publicado en:Science Fiction Studies Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 479 - 496
Autor principal: Ahmad Khan, Sami
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Publicado: University of California Press Nov2016
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