The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction (MIT Press / Rad...
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Book details
- Author
- Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Genre Fiction
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780262547611
- ISBN-10
- 0262547619
- Vendor: Mia Karts
The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction (MIT Press / Radium Age)
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ISBN: 0262547619
Author: Chattopadhyay, Bodhisattva
Condition: New
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 youll discover The Inhumans (1935), Hemendrakumar Roys satirical novella about a lost race of Bengali supermen in Uganda. Also included are Jagadananda Rays Voyage to Venus (1895), Nanigopal Majumdars The Mystery of the Giant (1931), and Manoranjan Bhattacharyas The Martian Purana (1931).
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The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction (MIT Press / Radium Age)
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