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The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories

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Well known and well regarded in the world of science fiction and fantasy writing, Vandana Singh brings her unique imagination to a wider audience in this collection of stories, newly reissued by Zubaan Books. In the title story, a woman tells her husband of her curious discovery: that she is inhabited by small alien creatures. In another, a young girl making her way to college through the streets of Delhi comes across a mysterious tetrahedron. Is it a spaceship? Or a secret weapon?

The first Indian female speculative fiction writer, Singh has said that her genre is a “chance to find ourselves part of a larger whole; to step out of the claustrophobia of the exclusively human and discover joy, terror, wonder, and meaning in the greater universe.” A revolutionary voice in fantasy writing, Singh brings her passion for discovery to these stories, and the result is like nothing of this world.

Contents:
Hunger
Delhi
The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet
Infinities
Thirst
Conservation Laws
Three Tales from Sky River: Myths for a Starfaring Age
The Tetrahedron
The Wife
The Room on the Roof
A Speculative Manifesto essay

Pages: 206

Format: Trade Paperback

Publisher: Zubaan Books / Penguin India

Release: January 30, 2009

ISBN 13: 9788189884048

The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Well known and well regarded in the world of science fiction and fantasy writing, Vandana Singh brings her unique imagination to a wider audience in this collection of stories, newly reissued by Zubaan Books. In the title story, a woman tells her husband of her curious discovery: that she is inhabited by small alien creatures. In another, a young girl making her way to college through the streets of Delhi comes across a mysterious tetrahedron. Is it a spaceship? Or a secret weapon?

The first Indian female speculative fiction writer, Singh has said that her genre is a “chance to find ourselves part of a larger whole; to step out of the claustrophobia of the exclusively human and discover joy, terror, wonder, and meaning in the greater universe.” A revolutionary voice in fantasy writing, Singh brings her passion for discovery to these stories, and the result is like nothing of this world.

Contents:
Hunger
Delhi
The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet
Infinities
Thirst
Conservation Laws
Three Tales from Sky River: Myths for a Starfaring Age
The Tetrahedron
The Wife
The Room on the Roof
A Speculative Manifesto essay

Pages: 206

Format: Trade Paperback

Publisher: Zubaan Books / Penguin India

Release: January 30, 2009

ISBN 13: 9788189884048

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