![]() ![]() ![]() When I interviewed Dr Samatar in March of 2016, I said I thought it resembled a Restoration world, rather like the London of Samuel Pepys, with its newspapers, coffee houses, and cigars.ĭr Samatar: “I think the Restoration is a good guess! I sort of had the Ottoman Empire in my head-the Ottoman Empire of the Tulip Era, if the printing press had taken off. The empire of Olondria, and its capital city Bain, bear little resemblance to Africa. ![]() Indeed it seems to use literature rather like Tolkien uses his fictional languages-as a basis for speculation and world building. It has a map in front, and like Tolkien it gives us quotes from the literature of its world. This article was first published in a French version in Galaxies SF no 46 “Sp é cial SF Africaine.” The interview with Sofia Samatar took place in Ventura, California, USA in March 2016.Ī Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar looks like a generic fantasy from the West. ![]()
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