Philippine Speculative Fiction

A while back I got an invitation from Charles Tan to put together my “year’s best 5 Pinoy speculative works” list. I thought it was a good idea, so he made this document that puts together four lists - namely mine and those of Don, Banzai Cat, and Charles himself.

Visit their blogs to leave comments on their lists. Better yet, make your own lists! I’d be glad to link to them on this blog. Incidentally, Sean Uy of To the Tale, and Other Such Concerns has posted his reactions to the other people’s lists.

I still don’t want to call mine a “best of” roster, but I will call it a “current favorites” roster. Unlike everybody else, I didn’t come up with exactly five stories. And I won’t apologize for my apologies :P

But looking at this list, it seems to me that that my taste for stories appears to run along the unconventional route. Which is funny, because I don’t feel unconventional…

Saving the contents here, for posterity.

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Andrew Drilon’s Kare-Kare Comics has begun its run at The Chemistry Set, with the short story Mang Tomas the Storyhunter. On September 26 Andrew will post his next title, “‘The Legend of Caraboy!’” Watch out for it!

The Chemistry Set is a destination for webcomics in a variety of styles from a variety of up & coming and established talent. Founded in 2006, The Chemistry Set boasts three Xeric Award winners and a combined bibliography including work for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Random House, Image Comics, SLG Publishing and many others.

Visit The Chemistry Set at www.chemsetcomics.com.

Read  “Mang Tomas the Storyhunter.”

Some links that may be of interest to SF writers:

1. Professor Courtney Brown’s Spring 2007 lecture on Science Fiction and Politics in Emory University with downloadable MP3 files, found via Charles’ blog.

2. Is LitFic assimilating the good parts of SF? by James Nicoll on Livejournal.