Galactic Chat 34 Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

2013-10-11

This episode is happy to participate in the We See a Different Frontier Blog Carnival, please checkout the following link or follow the hashtag #wsadf on twitter.In this episode Sean chats with Rochita Loenen-Ruiz about her reading experiences growing up in the provinces of the Philippines and the influences on Filipino Writing particularly Speculative Fiction. They also talk about conceptions of Diversity in the genre and the where the largest misunderstandings seem to be. The finish the show talking about Rochita's story, What Really Happened at Ficandula. Please enjoy.Links mentioned:Hunting for Stories in the Philippines published in Weird Fiction Review (2012)We See a Different FrontierIndian SF

This episode is happy to participate in the We See a Different Frontier Blog Carnival, please checkout the following link or follow the hashtag #wsadf on twitter.

In this episode Sean chats with Rochita Loenen-Ruiz about her reading experiences growing up in the provinces of the Philippines and the influences on Filipino Writing particularly Speculative Fiction. They also talk about conceptions of Diversity in the genre and the where the largest misunderstandings seem to be. The finish the show talking about Rochita's story, What Really Happened at Ficandula.

Please enjoy.

Links mentioned:

Hunting for Stories in the Philippines published in Weird Fiction Review (2012)

We See a Different Frontier

Indian SF

The World SF Blog (archived)

Cheeky Frawg

Flipside /Flipreads( for Australian's search on Kobo or Amazon for titles)

Charles Tan

Strange Horizons

Alternative Alamat

The Future Fire