Way before we got Magic Pot and Tinkle, us Gujaratis had Gijubhai Badheka and his delightful stories. Some original, some adapted from wider folk tales, most featuring a comic song that kids would remember well into adulthood. Fun Fact: This particular series was illustrated by Abid Surti himself!

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · 6mo ago

OK Global Southern Bluesky, let's go: share your most beloved non-Anglophone pop culture franchises. We want to know about the Nepali romance novels, the Khmer superhero comics, the Guatemalan detective movies, the Malawian ghost hunter cartoons. Or whatever's out there. Please boost!

For The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction, @vishwambhari.bsky.social found and translated a 1924 story about an Indian scientist who builds a communication device and starts flirting with a lady alien from Saturn. "Message from the Stars" by Narad. Super fun! www.blaft.com/products/the...

The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction is 1 year old today! www.blaft.com/products/the... Vintage scifi, crime, horror, supernatural-slasher-thriller, and bar dancer revenge fantasy fiction selected and translated by @vishwambhari.bsky.social

Just found this review of @vishwambhari.bsky.social's anthology on GoodReads. Adding the last quote to our website product page! Dive into The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction: www.blaft.com/products/the...

H. N. "Atom" Golibar (1949-2024) wrote dozens of supernatural thrillers, slashers, and horror novels in Gujarati. He and his wife "Fatakadi" (firecracker) ran an ad-free weekly pulp magazine for over four decades. Read "The Coils of Fate" in translation: www.blaft.com/products/the...

Stop by the Bakarmax stall at Comic Con Ahmedabad to pick up a copy of GUJARATI PULP FICTION by @vishwambhari.bsky.social

If you know bookish types in Ahmedabad, please help us spread the word! At Sunday's event you'll meet some absolute legends of Gujarati science fiction and horror, w/ translator @vishwambhari.bsky.social talking to Bharg Mankodi about her deep dive into a century's worth of Gujarati thrillers.

On Sunday Jan 19th at 6 p.m. at the Conflictorium in Ahmedabad, we'll celebrate the release of THE BLAFT ANTHOLOGY OF GUJARATI PULP FICTION with translator @vishwambhari.bsky.social and author Ekta Nirav Doshi, and honour the legacy of master thriller writer H. N. Golibar. Hope you can make it!

Covers of novels by prolific thriller writer H. N. Golibar, who passed away last week. Our Gujarati Pulp Fiction antho contains @vishwambhari.bsky.social's English translation of his ghost/slasher story "The Coils of Fate", illustrated by G. Sandhwani. www.blaft.com/products/the...

We're also planning an event for THE BLAFT ANTHOLOGY OF GUJARATI PULP FICTION in Ahmedabad, probably on Sunday Jan 19th, with @vishwambhari.bsky.social and several of the authors! The ebook is live in our webstore, by the way: www.blaft.com/collections/...

The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction (eBook)

NEW! Selected and translated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar Edited by Rakesh Khanna Cover design by Nabi H. Ali "Blaft does it again! Gujarati Pulp Fiction is a showstopper, full of thrills and chills... a...

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Sad news. We learned today that H. N. Golibar has passed away in Ahmedabad after suffering a stroke. This man was an absolute indie publishing legend. Rest in peace Atom-ji!

Blaft Publications@blaft.bsky.social · 2y ago

In 1970, after finishing his studies, H.N.Golibar added "Chandan" to the magazine's title, and soon started serialising his own science fiction and supernatural thriller novels in the pages, earning the nickname "Atom".

Adventure! Romance! Horror! Sea Monsters! Robot Takeovers! Gujarat's wildest pulp stories, in English translation by @vishwambhari.bsky.social! www.blaft.com/products/the...

Some H N Golibar covers from the colour gallery in THE BLAFT ANTHOLOGY OF GUJARATI PULP FICTION. Pre-order now! Read "The Coils of Fate!" www.blaft.com/products/the... Ebook: www.blaft.com/collections/...

Gujarat's surname-first naming convention means that I'm officially Parmar <father's name>. Where went Vishwambhari? Gayab! Poof! Magick! 😮‍💨

Scroll.in@scroll.in.web.brid.gy · 2y ago

Lovely profile of Martha Wells! —so glad to see this sort of coverage in a major publication. I stood up and gesticulated from the audience, as it were, at the final lines: www.wired.com/story/murder...

How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life

Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.

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Google started directing @vishwambhari.bsky.social to suicide hotlines because when she was fact-checking for Gujarati Pulp Fiction she kept searching for info about sleeping pills and slashing arteries and falling from buildings etc etc 😅

I just had the honor of writing the blurb for this stupendous new @blaft.bsky.social publication: Gujarati Pulp Fiction, translated by @vishwambhari.bsky.social ! Strongly recommend a pre-order on this one if you want to be thrilled and chilled and amazed! www.blaft.com/collections/...

The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction (eBook)

AnComing December 2024! Pre-Order Your Copy Now! Click here to pre-order the print edition  Selected and translated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar Edited by Rakesh Khanna Cover design by Nabi H. Ali A roll...

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Hello! New to bluesky, microblogging, the whole shebang. I have an ossum possum book coming out, and you can pre-order it here: www.blaft.com/collections/...