The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories

Well known and well regarded in the world of science fiction and fantasy writing, Vandana Singh brings her unique imagination to a wider audience in this collection of stories, newly reissued by Zubaan Books. In the title story, a woman tells her husband of her curious discovery: that she is inhabited by small alien creatures. In another, a young girl making her way to college through the streets of Delhi comes across a mysterious tetrahedron. Is it a spaceship? Or a secret weapon?

The first Indian female speculative fiction writer, Singh has said that her genre is a “chance to find ourselves part of a larger whole; to step out of the claustrophobia of the exclusively human and discover joy, terror, wonder, and meaning in the greater universe.” A revolutionary voice in fantasy writing, Singh brings her passion for discovery to these stories, and the result is like nothing of this world.

Contents:
Hunger (2007)
Delhi (2004)
The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet (2003)
Infinities (2008)
Thirst (2004)
Conservation Laws (2008)
Three Tales from Sky River: Myths for a Starfaring Age (2004)
The Tetrahedron (2005)
The Wife (2003)
The Room on the Roof (2002)
A Speculative Manifesto (2008) essay