I have read very few science fiction , the most i liked was by Amitav Ghosh , The Calcutta Chromosome . This book is my all time favorite when it comes to sci fi literature .
Going by those standards i am not an easy person to be impressed by something in the same genre ....The book i am talking about here is not the same genre per se...almost an educative science fiction , disguised in a throbbing mantle of a social story .... reading the preface prepared me for this book...
You know you are going in for a treat when you learn that this woman has been spinning stories right from her childhood . Spinning stories with the warp and weft of science . Each story introduces you with a new scientific fact and the characters introduce you all about scientific facts , the way you would never forget them... Good way to learn some basic science , especially when it comes to young impressionable minds.
So this book is called Once Upon A Blue Moon by Sukanya dutta. I knew Sukanya is a terrific writer as i read her blog posts on the NISCAIR blog and have also read some of her articles about popular science. But these stories were a real packet of surprise . I never imagined she has such a strong insight into characters , such keen observation of the life around us as she depicts very intelligently...a magical conception of sequences and characters and very realistic stories woven around them......
Can you imagine an insect eater plant could turn into a man eater ? Read her story 'Full Circle'...
'When the tide turns' is a story about all the albinos of the world working together to take on the world when ordinary human beings will become an 'outdated species' ...
Another story named 'Borrowed Death' is about how a heartless tycoon arranges a liver transplant for him and invites his own death...
I found 'The Technology Transfer' very intriguing ...as the robots are being more like humans while humans are going on to be almost like robots....
There are 12 stories in this collection and all of them are as captivating ...i am already reading her other book called Beyond The Blue and those stories are as lively as this collection...
The stories come like a dream to you , She takes you to a new world with each of the story ...the backbone of the story is science but not hard hitting science to sound academic...actually almost a chimeric realisation of scientific facts ...you have to read them to believe...go on grab a copy ...the publisher is the National Book Trust and price only Rs 70 ....
Going by those standards i am not an easy person to be impressed by something in the same genre ....The book i am talking about here is not the same genre per se...almost an educative science fiction , disguised in a throbbing mantle of a social story .... reading the preface prepared me for this book...
You know you are going in for a treat when you learn that this woman has been spinning stories right from her childhood . Spinning stories with the warp and weft of science . Each story introduces you with a new scientific fact and the characters introduce you all about scientific facts , the way you would never forget them... Good way to learn some basic science , especially when it comes to young impressionable minds.
So this book is called Once Upon A Blue Moon by Sukanya dutta. I knew Sukanya is a terrific writer as i read her blog posts on the NISCAIR blog and have also read some of her articles about popular science. But these stories were a real packet of surprise . I never imagined she has such a strong insight into characters , such keen observation of the life around us as she depicts very intelligently...a magical conception of sequences and characters and very realistic stories woven around them......
Can you imagine an insect eater plant could turn into a man eater ? Read her story 'Full Circle'...
'When the tide turns' is a story about all the albinos of the world working together to take on the world when ordinary human beings will become an 'outdated species' ...
Another story named 'Borrowed Death' is about how a heartless tycoon arranges a liver transplant for him and invites his own death...
I found 'The Technology Transfer' very intriguing ...as the robots are being more like humans while humans are going on to be almost like robots....
There are 12 stories in this collection and all of them are as captivating ...i am already reading her other book called Beyond The Blue and those stories are as lively as this collection...
The stories come like a dream to you , She takes you to a new world with each of the story ...the backbone of the story is science but not hard hitting science to sound academic...actually almost a chimeric realisation of scientific facts ...you have to read them to believe...go on grab a copy ...the publisher is the National Book Trust and price only Rs 70 ....
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sangeeta thanks for this info- looking forward to catching hold of this book !
ReplyDeleteYes Priya...get the book and let me know how did you like it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if National Book Trust sells through flip cart or Amazon .
You should be the brand ambassador for the author.
ReplyDeleteBetween, Thank you very much for the info.
Cheers!!!!!
ha ha..Yayathi...
ReplyDeleteI know Sukanya personally and the book is really worth reading :)
Sounds very interesting even to me who does not read Science Fiction. Adding it to my list of books to read.
ReplyDeleteI am very fond of science fiction. thanks for this review...it really sounds interesting esp the fact that this writer introduces scientific concepts in non academic way. National book trust is doing a good job of making good books available at such low cost
ReplyDeleteYep!! This book is good :) I found this book as I was in search for a gift for my teenaged nephews I love Books as gifts and for engineering aspirants, science fiction seemed to be a sensible choice :)Because you had recommended this book, I picked it up without a second thought. I enjoyed the short stories and my particular favourite is the very first story in this collection...'When the tide turns'.
ReplyDeleteThanks Amrita . I will convey this to Sukanya . She would like the feedback.
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