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Now that Mythopoeic Press has made its pre-publication announcement, I am thrilled to reveal the details of the forthcoming The Intersection of Fantasy and Native America: From H.P. Lovecraft to Leslie Marmon Silko. (Note to the right the breathtaking cover art, "Forest Spirit," by the brilliant Melissa Gay, a.k.a. melissagay.)
Here are the details:
The Intersection of Fantasy and Native America: From H.P. Lovecraft to Leslie Marmon Silko
Edited by Amy H. Sturgis and David D. Oberhelman
A number of contemporary Native American authors incorporate elements of fantasy into their fiction, while a number of non-Native fantasy authors incorporate elements of Native America into their storytelling. New insights can be gained by comparing fantasy texts by Native and non-Native authors. Nevertheless, few experts on fantasy study American Indian texts, and few experts on Native American studies consider the subject of fantasy. Editors David D. Oberhelman and Amy H. Sturgis have assembled an international, multi-ethnic, and cross-disciplinary group of scholars to consider the meaningful and extraordinary ways in which fantasy and Native America intersect. These scholars examine classic texts by American Indian authors such as Louise Erdrich, Gerald Vizenor, and Leslie Marmon Silko, as well as non-Native fantasists such as H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien, and J.K. Rowling, among others. In so doing, these essayists pioneer new ways of thinking about fantasy and Native America, and challenge other academics, writers, and lovers of literature to do the same.
( Table of Contents )
The book goes to press next month. I'll post an update when it's available!
In other news...
* The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the winners of this year’s Prometheus Awards for libertarian fiction in advance of the planned awards ceremony at Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, August 6-10, 2009, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Winners and finalists are as follows:
Novel
Little Brother, Cory Doctorow (Tor)
Matter, Iain Banks (Orbit)
The January Dancer, Michael Flynn (Tor)
Saturn's Children, Charles Stross (Tor)
Half a Crown, Jo Walton (Tor)
Opening Atlantis, Harry Turtledove (Penguin/Roc)
Hall of Fame
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold
Courtship Rite, Donald M. Kingsbury
"As Easy as A.B.C.", Rudyard Kipling
The Once and Future King, T.H. White
The Golden Age, John C. Wright
* Kenneth Hite (a.k.a.princeofcairo) puts up for discussion his choices for "10 Best Stories About Cthulhu Not By H.P. Lovecraft" and "10 More Best Cthulhu Mythos Stories, Not By H.P. Lovecraft, Not Necessarily Involving Cthulhu."
“Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.”
- Louise Erdrich
gods_lil_rocker, happy birthday to bouncybabylemur, and happy early birthday to fungus_files! May all of you have a fantastic year to come.Now that Mythopoeic Press has made its pre-publication announcement, I am thrilled to reveal the details of the forthcoming The Intersection of Fantasy and Native America: From H.P. Lovecraft to Leslie Marmon Silko. (Note to the right the breathtaking cover art, "Forest Spirit," by the brilliant Melissa Gay, a.k.a. melissagay.) Here are the details:
The Intersection of Fantasy and Native America: From H.P. Lovecraft to Leslie Marmon Silko
Edited by Amy H. Sturgis and David D. Oberhelman
A number of contemporary Native American authors incorporate elements of fantasy into their fiction, while a number of non-Native fantasy authors incorporate elements of Native America into their storytelling. New insights can be gained by comparing fantasy texts by Native and non-Native authors. Nevertheless, few experts on fantasy study American Indian texts, and few experts on Native American studies consider the subject of fantasy. Editors David D. Oberhelman and Amy H. Sturgis have assembled an international, multi-ethnic, and cross-disciplinary group of scholars to consider the meaningful and extraordinary ways in which fantasy and Native America intersect. These scholars examine classic texts by American Indian authors such as Louise Erdrich, Gerald Vizenor, and Leslie Marmon Silko, as well as non-Native fantasists such as H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien, and J.K. Rowling, among others. In so doing, these essayists pioneer new ways of thinking about fantasy and Native America, and challenge other academics, writers, and lovers of literature to do the same.
( Table of Contents )
The book goes to press next month. I'll post an update when it's available!
In other news...
* The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the winners of this year’s Prometheus Awards for libertarian fiction in advance of the planned awards ceremony at Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, August 6-10, 2009, in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Winners and finalists are as follows:
Novel
Little Brother, Cory Doctorow (Tor)
Matter, Iain Banks (Orbit)
The January Dancer, Michael Flynn (Tor)
Saturn's Children, Charles Stross (Tor)
Half a Crown, Jo Walton (Tor)
Opening Atlantis, Harry Turtledove (Penguin/Roc)
Hall of Fame
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold
Courtship Rite, Donald M. Kingsbury
"As Easy as A.B.C.", Rudyard Kipling
The Once and Future King, T.H. White
The Golden Age, John C. Wright
* Kenneth Hite (a.k.a.
princeofcairo) puts up for discussion his choices for "10 Best Stories About Cthulhu Not By H.P. Lovecraft" and "10 More Best Cthulhu Mythos Stories, Not By H.P. Lovecraft, Not Necessarily Involving Cthulhu."“Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.”
- Louise Erdrich