{"product_id":"lontar-4","title":"LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction – Issue #4","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\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/lon4_sample.pdf?883690134869619606\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/lon4_sample.pdf?883690134869619606\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/lon4_sample.pdf?883690134869619606\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/lon4_sample.pdf?883690134869619606\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/lon4_sample.pdf?883690134869619606\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/lon4_sample.pdf?883690134869619606\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e| \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/weightlessbooks.com\/genre\/fiction\/lontar-the-journal-of-southeast-asian-speculative-fiction-issue-4\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/weightlessbooks.com\/genre\/fiction\/lontar-the-journal-of-southeast-asian-speculative-fiction-issue-4\/\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fourth issue of LONTAR presents speculative writing from and about Singapore, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. Inside these pages, you’ll find:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• the harsh realities of living as a refugee within a calorie-based economy by acclaimed award-winner Paolo Bacigalupi;\u003cbr\u003e• the uneasy combination of domestic troubles and virtual reality from Palanca Prize winner Kate Osias;\u003cbr\u003e• the unexpected and complete disappearance of Singapore itself from Singapore Literature Prize winner Ng Yi-Sheng;\u003cbr\u003e• a surreal trip through alternate worlds from Philippines Free Press Literary Prize winner Eliza Victoria;\u003cbr\u003e• an eerie meeting with chanteuse Faye Wong during a Malaysian holiday from Andrew Cheah;\u003cbr\u003e• and speculative poetry from Michael Gray, Joses Ho, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé, Cyril Wong and Jerrold Yam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first two issues of LONTAR were promoted heavily by online ebook seller Weightless Books: Issue #1 was the #1 ebook bestseller at Weightless Books for February\/March 2014 and the #2 bestseller for May 2014; Issue #2 sold over 100 copies at Weightless Books in the first two weeks after release, and was the #1 ebook bestseller for May 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONTAR has been previously featured on \u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAdventures of a Bookonaut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiversity in SF\u0026amp;F\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRocket Kapre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSF Signal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eio9\u003c\/i\u003e. The print editions of issues #2 and #3 were simultaneously launched in December 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONTAR is the world’s only biannual literary journal focusing on Southeast Asian speculative fiction. In this issue, seven contributors have won major literary awards in Singapore, USA, UK, Japan and the Philippines.\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 \u003ci\u003eStrange Mammals\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and the \u003ci\u003eBo Bo and Cha Cha\u003c\/i\u003e children’s picture book series; he is also the series editor of the \u003ci\u003eBest New Singaporean Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthology series, editor of \u003ci\u003eFish Eats Lion\u003c\/i\u003e (2012, 2014), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eA Field Guide to Surreal Botany\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eScattered, Covered, Smothered\u003c\/i\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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":1828249795,"sku":"9789814615914","price":18.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/LONTAR-4-CVF-300.jpg?v=1627034027","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/lontar-4","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}