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Overview"Kalpavigyan-science fiction written to excite Bengali speakers about science, as well as to persuade them to evolve beyond the limitations of religion, caste, and class-became popular in the early years of the twentieth century. Translated into English for the first time, in this collection you'll discover The Inhumans (1935), Hemendrakumar Roy's satirical novella about a lost race of Bengali supermen in Uganda. Also included are Jagadananda Ray's ""Voyage to Venus"" (1895), Nanigopal Majumdar's ""The Mystery of the Giant"" (1931), and Manoranjan Bhattacharya's ""The Martian Purana"" (1931). The first English translation of a cult science fiction favorite by Hemendra Kumar Roy, one of the giants of early Bangla literature, and other sf stories from the colonial period in India. Kalpavigyan-science fiction written to excite Bengali speakers about science, as well as to persuade them to evolve beyond the limitations of religion, caste, and class-became popular in the early years of the twentieth century. Translated into English for the first time, in this collection you'll discover The Inhumans (1935), Hemendrakumar Roy's satirical novella about a lost race of Bengali supermen in Uganda. Also included are Jagadananda Ray's ""Voyage to Venus"" (1895), Nanigopal Majumdar's ""The Mystery of the Giant"" (1931), and Manoranjan Bhattacharya's ""The Martian Purana"" (1931)." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay , Bodhisattva ChattopadhyayPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Weight: 0.369kg ISBN: 9780262547611ISBN 10: 0262547619 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 12 March 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews"""Chattopadhyay is an acknowledged authority. . . . [on] Bangala and science fiction stories from colonial India."" —The Bookseller" Author InformationBodhisattva Chattopadhyay is Associate Professor in Global Culture Studies at the University of Oslo. He is the leader of CoFUTURES, an international research group on contemporary futurisms headquartered in Oslo. He is a World Fantasy Award-winning editor, translator, writer, and critic of speculative fiction, and the producer of Kalpavigyan- A Speculative Journey, the first documentary film on Indian science fiction. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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