the big sky library of asian speculative fiction

The Big Sky Library is being developed on an ongoing basis as a bibliographic resource for all speculative fiction available in English from and about Asia and the Asian diaspora.

Based in Liverpool, England, the library currently holds well over 1,000 titles. While it functions as a private collection, it is accessible for research purposes and enquiries are always welcome.

September 2023

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Authors featured in the Big Sky Library

Forthcoming in October...

Samit Basu

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

3 October 2023

Novel

Tor.com

ISBN 978-1-250-82751-7

Hardcover, 416 pages

$28.99

>  Pre-order at Apple Books

Current website stats

native / disapora authors:  600   |   non-native authors:  139   |   fiction titles:  2,432   |

non-fiction titles:  87   |   journal / fanzine issues:  116   |   magazine / webzine issues:  334   |

reviews:  60   |   average monthly unique visitors:  +/– 500

Forthcoming new publications and translations...

Aliette de Bodard

A Fire Born of Exile

'Universe of Xuya' series

12 October 2023

Novel

Gollancz

ISBN 978-1-473-22343-1

Hardcover, 432 pages

£18.99

>  Pre-order at Apple Books

E. Lily Yu

Jewel Box: Stories

24 October 2023

Collection

Erewhon Books

ISBN 978-1-64566-048-4

Hardcover, 336 pages

$26.95

>  Pre-order at Apple Books

Mingwei Song

Fear of Seeing: A Poetics of Chinese Science Fiction

3 October 2023

Novel

Columbia University Press

ISBN 978-0-231-20442-2

Hardcover, 384 pages

$140.00

>  Pre-order at Apple Books

Richard Kadrey, Cassandra Khaw

The Dead Take the A Train

3 October 2023

Novel

Tor Nightfire

ISBN 978-1-250-78928-0

Hardcover, 384 pages

$27.99

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Hafsah Faisal

A Tempest of Tea

20 February 2024

Novel

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

ISBN 978-0-3743-8940-6

Hardcover, 480 pages

$19.99

>  Pre-order at Apple Books

Dustin Thao

When Haru Was Here

25 December 2023

Novel

Wednesday Books

ISBN 978-1-25076-206-1

Hardcover

Unknown cover price

Julia Vee, Ken Bebelle

Fists and Fangs

'Seattle Slayers' series #4

1 November 2023

Novel

Sixth Moon Press

No ISBN

Digital

$5.99

Meihan Boey

The Enigmatic Madam Ingram

October 2023

Novel

Epigram Books

ISBN 978-981-5105-28-5

Trade paperback, 472 pages

S$26.90