The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction -- Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, Paperback

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).

Author: Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 188
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780262547611

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/29/2024

About the Author
Bodhisattva 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.