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Jun 15, 2022 · Science Fiction: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults by Dean Francis Alfar and Kenneth Yu. Dean Francis Alfar, one of the more widely recognized Filipino speculative fiction writers, has written many books in the genre. Salamanca, his first novel, is considered to be a modern classic.
May 5, 2014 · Most Filipinos readers don’t know that the first Filipino Science Fiction story was written almost seventy years ago (making the Philippines, to my knowledge, the first country in Southeast Asia to have a written SF tradition). The 1940s to 1960s: In the Beginning
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Eliza Victoria (Philippines) – Eliza Victoria is the author of several books including the Philippine National Book Award-winning Dwellers (2014), the novel Wounded Little Gods (2016), the graphic novel After Lambana (2016, a collaboration with Mervin Malonzo), and the science fiction novel-in-stories, Nightfall (2018).
- Alinam: Diego Domingo and the Mandato Ruiz. By Mike Ingles. A great choice for readers looking for a fun portal fantasy to get lost in! Alinam is a parallel world where magic exists, mythical monsters are real, and the city is ruled by a tyrannical governor-general.
- The Atlas Six. By Olivia Blake. In case you aren’t yet familiar with this TikTok dark academia sensation, The Atlas Six revolves around a secret society of magical academicians whose mandate is to protect the lost knowledge of great civilizations.
- Dauntless. By Elisa A. Bonnin. In the known world where the People live in gigantic treetops and dangerous beasts lurk on the forest floors, young Seri is a warrior-in-training.
- Dwellers. By Eliza Victoria. In this genre-defying novel, dwellers are people with the ability to take over the physical form of others. When two dweller cousins inhabit the bodies of Jonah and Louis, they find more than they bargained for—including a dead body in the basement of their new home.
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Carmel Ilustrisimo: The Giver by Lois Lowry. I read it at age 11 and it was the first time I realized that stories could be set in the future. Tristan Buenaflor: Science Fiction: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults” ng UP Press ang kauna-unahang scifi na binili at tinapos ko’ng basahin noong ako’y nasa kolehiyo pa. Sa partikular, hindi ko malimutan a...
Ruth Villalon: Basically all the stuff about being Pinoy! I’m pretty sure that everyone feels the same when they see something Pinoy in a certain story. It makes them feel excited, giddy, and very happy with a huge smile on their face. So people should definitely watch out for the Pinoy flavour added to it. Estrelya Spica: Writing a science fiction...
Carmel Illustrismo: Philippine sci-fi is an emerging and underrated genre. It contextualizes familiar elements of the genre (interplanetary exploration, dystopias and utopias, parallel dimensions, etc.) within current Filipino reality and culture. It makes us look at current events and history from a different light. Tristan Buenaflor: Sa PinoySciF...
Jun 15, 2022 · It’s the best of both worlds, and it’s a noteworthy addition to a meager selection of Filipino sci-fi books. I also have a short story, “Infinite Degrees of Freedom” in the first book he discussed, Science Fiction: Filipino Fiction For Young Adults (Quezon City: UP Press, 2016).
Sep 26, 2023 · Did you know Filipino authors and books are beginning to make waves in the Science Fiction and Fantasy circles in the international markets, both indie and traditionally published? Romance and poetry have been staple hits with Filipino readers for so many years.
