India and Pakistan reach 60 – can genre keep up with the real?

It’s the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of India and Pakistan.
I find that my mind has turned to the lack of genre writing that concerns the region yet it has a long tradition of the fantastic. The genre scene is remarkably Anglo-American centric, although there does seem to be a brief interest in literature [...]

New David Brin short story on Concatenation

Reality Check by David Brin is online at the Concatenation website. They also have an archive of Nature’s Future stories as well, usually a really good read.