I have a favorite but all 10 stories contain a powerful evident on every page. I got into the stories that surprisingly connect subtle ways I found the setting really invisible at times. The reality is that feeling melted to the background and is way down the list of reasons I LOVED this book. I like geography in fiction, so I have to say I like that Satyamurthy’s stories in this collection have a grounded feeling in his city, one obviously I know little about.
Jemison in New York City or Joe Lansdale in East Texas. The reality is I like reading the local flare of authors from anywhere, Jayaprakash in India, N.K. As an Indian writer Satyamurthy has made clear there is a fine line when writing about his hometown where you can feel western readers having a gee-whiz reaction to reading about “exotic” locations that can feel icky. I also try to balance the overly white-male problem of genre fiction. I read plenty of old school so with newer genre fiction I do at times choose work many times passed on writer's whose company I enjoy. I want to be careful here and I think I need to approach an issue that I know Jayaprakash has addressed recently as well.
I never had that fear that he wouldn’t be a good writer, So it is no shock that Come Tomorrow is a great collection of powerful writing deserving more attention. So why has it taken me this long to read his work? Good question as he has even been a guest on Dickheads for our Counterclock World episode. We both have homes filled with rescued animals, are vegan, love Black Sabbath, old school science fiction, and writing weird shit.
Jayaprakash Satyamurthy is a writer based in Bangalore India but is someone whose opinions I have always respected. It is a strange effect of the internet age when people you have never met in person feel like a close friends after years of online interaction.
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