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The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories

Vandana Singh

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Zubaan Books
  • Publish Date: Feb 15th, 2014
  • Pages: 216
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.86in - 5.31in - 0.49in - 0.45lb
  • EAN: 9789381017968
  • Categories: Science Fiction - General

About the Author

Singh, Vandana: - Vandana Singh is a professor of physics and a writer of science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults.

Praise for this book

"Vandana Singh is a most promising and original young author."--Ursula K. LeGuin "author of The Earthsea Trilogy"