{"product_id":"copy-of-lontar-the-journal-of-southeast-asian-speculative-fiction-issue-9","title":"LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #9","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/Lontar-9-Sample.pdf?6829790132748407388\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eInside these pages, you’ll find treachery and exploitation in colonial Indochina by Aliette de Bodard; the rediscovery of statuary gods by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo; communicable scarification during Lunar New Year by Philip Holden; volcanic dragons in post-apocalyptic Indonesia by Sean Jones; a simian revolution in Brunei by KH Lim; and speculative poetry by Mariel Annarose Nicole Alonzo, Melvin Chen, Russ Hoe, DA Xiaolin Spires, Inez Tan and Lakan Umali.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAlso included is a special supplement: the continuing seralisation of Dean Francis Alfar’s brilliant novel \u003ci\u003eSalamanca\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Palanca Award Grand Prize for the Novel and the Gintong Aklat Award for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eLONTAR\u003c\/i\u003e is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing on Southeast Asian speculative fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJason Erik Lundberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, founding editor, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and has lived in Singapore since 2007. He is the author of a dozen books, including the collection\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2013) and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echildren’s picture book series; he is also the series editor of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanthology series, editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2012, 2014), and co-editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2008) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKristine Ong Muslim\u003c\/strong\u003e, poetry editor, is the author of nine books, including the short story collections \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAge of Blight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Unnamed Press, 2016), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eButterfly Dream\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Snuggly Books, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Drone Outside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Eibonvale Press, 2017), as well as the poetry collections \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLifeboat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2015), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMeditations of a Beast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (Cornerstone Press, 2016), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Arcadia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (University of the Philippines Press, 2017).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdan Jimenez\u003c\/strong\u003e, comics editor, became an immigrant himself when he moved to Singapore after graduating from New York University with a Literature degree. He previously co-wrote a children’s book, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTwisted Journeys #22: Hero City\u003c\/em\u003e. He loves comics, LEGO®, books, movies, games (analog and video), Doctor Who and sandwiches, and one day hopes to own a store that sells all these things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":907696341017,"sku":"9789814785266","price":18.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LONTAR-9-CVF-300_d7b8b256-9fde-4cbf-a048-14c268aa030c.jpg?v=1508226016","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/copy-of-lontar-the-journal-of-southeast-asian-speculative-fiction-issue-9","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}