*It cheers me up to see them enjoying themselves.
Meanwhile, on the subcontinent
Typically, when people talk about the success of Indian or South Asian speculative fiction, they’re about to namedrop some myths-ploitation novel written by an Amish or an Ashok. This is a mistake for two reasons. First, those books are mostly terrible. Second – do we really need a second?
Instead, here are six reasons why 2018 was a huge year for Indian speculative fiction – and none of them involve Mahabharata fan fiction....
