<DIV><p><i>So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction &amp Fantasy</i> is an anthology of original new stories by leading African, Asian, South Asian and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of color.</p><p>Stories of imagined futures abound in Western writing. Writer and editor Nalo Hopkinson notes that the science fiction/fantasy genre &ldquo;speaks so much about the experience of being alienated but contains so little writing by alienated people themselves.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s an oversight that Hopkinson and Mehan aim to correct with this anthology.</p><p>The book depicts imagined futures from the perspectives of writers associated with what might loosely be termed the &ldquo;third world.&rdquo; It includes stories that are bold, imaginative, edgy; stories that are centered in the worlds of the &ldquo;developing&rdquo; nations; stories that dare to dream what we might develop into.</p><p>The wealth of postcolonial literature has included many who have written insightfully about their pasts and presents. With <i>So Long Been Dreaming</i> they creatively address their futures.</p><p>Contributors include: Opal Palmer Adisa, Tobias Buckell, Wayde Compton, Hiromi Goto, Andrea Hairston, Tamai Kobayashi, Karin Lowachee, devorah major, Carole McDonnell, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Eden Robinson, Nisi Shawl, Vandana Singh, Sheree Renee Thomas and Greg Van Eekhout.</p><p><b>Nalo Hopkinson</b> is the internationally-acclaimed author of <i>Brown Girl in the Ring</i>, <i>Skin Folk</i>, and <i>Salt Roads</i>. Her books have been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Tiptree, and Philip K. Dick Awards; <i>Skin Folk</i> won a World Fantasy Award and the Sunburst Award. Born in Jamaica, Nalo moved to Canada when she was sixteen. She lives in Toronto.</p><p><b>Uppinder Mehan</b> is a scholar of science fiction and postcolonial literature. A South Asian Canadian, he currently lives in Boston and teaches at Emerson College.</p></DIV>