LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #5
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LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #5
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ISBN: 9789814655187
Publisher: Epigram Books
Date of Publication: 2015-10-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Speculative Fiction,
High Fantasy,
Mythology,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Mythology,
Queer
Goodreads rating: 4.09
(rated by 11 readers)
Description
This fifth issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand.Inside these pages, you’ll find: an ancient and fatal karmic reunion in Jakarta by award-winner Gord Sellar; the true origin of the Merlion by Singapore Literature Prize winner Amanda Lee Koe; a young man's literal transformation into an island by award-winner Ng Yi-Sheng; a far-future Malaysian fairy tale by Kawika Guillermo; a gentle aquatic apocalypse from novelist Erica Verrillo; an enlightening visit with a forest monk in northern Thailand by Italian journalist Massimo Morello; a comic on the price of technological hubris by Benjamin Chee; and speculative poetry from Tania De Rozario, Joel Donato Jacob, Lee Jing-Jing, Daryl WJ Lim, Christina Sng and Sokunthary Svay.LONTAR is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing on Southeast Asian speculative fiction.
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