Datta, Sukanya
Entry updated 25 July 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1961- ) Indian zoologist, with a doctorate from the University of Calcutta, and author of both popular science books and sf short stories, the latter first assembled as Once Upon a Blue Moon: Science Fiction Stories (coll 2006). Her work, some of which could be described as Hard SF, focuses on the challenge of new Technologies in the complex world of Near Future India, which is seen as a land of humane enterprise. Some of the tales are fantasy. Further collections in similar vein are Beyond the Blue: A Collection of Sci-Fi Stories (coll 2008), Worlds Apart: Science Fiction Stories (coll 2012), Other Skies (coll 2017) and Tomorrow Again ... Science Fiction Stories (coll 2023). [JC/DRL]
Sukanya Datta
born Calcutta, India: 1961
works (sf titles only)
collections
- Once Upon a Blue Moon: Science Fiction Stories (New Delhi, India: National Book Trust, 2006) [coll: illus/Kallol Mazumdar: pb/Samaresh Chatterjee]
- Beyond the Blue: A Collection of Sci-Fi Stories (New Delhi, India: Rupa and Company, 2008) [coll: pb/]
- Worlds Apart: Science Fiction Stories (New Delhi, India: National Book Trust, 2012) [coll: illus/Kallol Majumdar: pb/Samaresh Chatterjee]
- Other Skies (New Delhi, India: Vigyan Prasar, 2017) [coll: pb/Pradeep Kumar]
- Tomorrow Again ... Science Fiction Stories (New Delhi, India: National Book Trust, 2023) [coll: illus/Raj Kumar Ghosh: pb/Samaresh Chatterjee]
links
previous versions of this entry