Anil Menon

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{{About|the writer|the astronaut candidate|Anil Menon (astronaut candidate)}}
{{Short description|Indian writer and computer scientist}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox writer 
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| birth_place = [[Kerala]], India
| occupation = Writer
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| period = 2000s–present
| genre = [[Speculative fiction]], [[science fiction]], [[children's literature]]
| notableworks = ''Into the Night'', ''Love In A Hot Climate'', ''The Poincaré Sutra'', ''The Beast With Nine Billion Feet''
| website = {{URL|anilmenon.com}}
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'''Anil Menon''' is an Indian writer of [[speculative fiction]], as well as a computer scientist with a Ph.D. from [[Syracuse University]], who has authored research papers and edited books on Evolutionary Algorithms. His research addressed the mathematical foundations of replicator systems, majorization, and reconstruction of [[probabilistic database]]s, in collaboration with professors Kishan Mehrotra, Chilukuri Mohan, and Sanjay Ranka. After working for several years as a computer scientist, he started to write fiction. His short stories and reviews have appeared in the anthology series ''[[Exotic Gothic]]'', ''[[Strange Horizons]]'', [[Interzone (magazine)|''Interzone'']], ''[[Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet]]'', [[Chiaroscuro (disambiguation)|''Chiaroscuro'']], ''[[Sybil's Garage]]'', ''[[Apex Digest]]'', and others.

In 2009, [[Zubaan|Zubaan Books]], India's leading feminist press, published his debut [[young adult fiction|young adult]] novel ''The Beast With Nine Billion Feet''. It was shortlisted for the 2010 [[Vodafone Crossword Book Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/vodafonecrossword-book-award-nominees-announced/126004-40-100.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812014741/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/vodafonecrossword-book-award-nominees-announced/126004-40-100.html |archive-date=12 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, in conjunction with [[Vandana Singh]] and [[Suchitra Mathur]], he helped organize India's first in-residence, three-week speculative fiction workshop at [[IIT-Kanpur]].

==Works==

===Short fiction===
* "Love In A Hot Climate" in ''Tel: Stories'' (ed. Jay Lake), Wheatland Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-9755903-3-2}}.
* "Archipelago" in ''[[Strange Horizons]]'' Magazine, April 2005. Shortlisted: 2006 [[Carl Brandon#The CBS Parallax and Kindred Awards|Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award]].
* "Eustace Albert" in ''Time For Bedlam'' (ed. Roger Arbuckle), Saltboy Publishers, 2005. {{ISBN|1-4116-5438-2}}.
* "Standard Deviation" in ''Chiaroscuro'' Magazine, March 2005. Reprinted in ''Kalkion Magazine'', July 2010. Honorable Mention: ''Year's Best Fantasy & Horror'' (ed. Ellen Datlow), 2006.
* "Dialetheia" in ''New Genre Magazine'', Issue No. 5, Spring 2007.
* "Invisible Hand" in ''[[Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet]]'', No. 20, June 2007.
* "A Sky Full Of Constants" in ''[[Albedo One]]'', Issue 33, 2007.
* "Vermillion" in ''Internova'' Magazine, Issue 10, January 2007.
* "Harris On The Pig: Practical Hints For The Pig-Farmer" in ''From The Trenches'' (ed. J. P. Haines & S. Henderson), Carnifax Press, 2006. {{ISBN|0-9789583-2-2}}. Reprinted in ''Apex'' Magazine, December 2008.
* "Into The Night" in ''[[Interzone (magazine)|Interzone]]'', January 2008. Reprinted in ''The Apex Book Of World SF'' (ed. [[Lavie Tidhar]]), 2008. Reprinted'' Apex Digest'', November 2008. Reprinted ''Galaxies'', January 2010.
* "The Scorching Glass" in ''Return of the Raven'' (ed. Maria Grazia Cavicchiolli), 2009.
* "The Poincaré Sutra" in ''[[Sybil's Garage]]'', Issue 7, 2011. Nominated for the 2010 [[Carl Brandon#The CBS Parallax and Kindred Awards|Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award]] and the [[Carl Brandon#The CBS Parallax and Kindred Awards|Carl Brandon Society Kindred Award]].
* "The Uncertain Hour" in ''The Tangled Bank: Love, Wonder, and Evolution'' (ed. Chris Lynch), February 2011.
* "Haveli" in ''[[Exotic Gothic]] 5'', Vol. II (ed. Danel Olson), [[PS Publishing]], 2012.

===Children's fiction===
* "Ice" in ''Shockwave & Other Cyber Stories'' (ed. Vatsala Kaul), Penguin Books, India, 2007. {{ISBN|0-14-333054-3}}.
* "Before and After" in ''Dignity Dialogue'', August 2010.
* "Shrieknath" in ''Whispers in the Classroom, Voices on the Field'' (ed. Richa Jha), July 2011.
* "A Different Ballgame" in ''Sports Stories'' (ed. Himanjali Sankar), [[Scholastic India]], 2011.
* "No More", ''Hoot'' Magazine, July 2011.

===Novels===
* ''The Beast with Nine Billion Feet'', Zubaan Publishers (India), 2009, {{ISBN|978-81-89884-39-0}}. Shortlisted for the 2010 Vodafone-Crossword Award.

===Anthologies===
* ''Breaking the Bow: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Ramayana'' (eds. Anil Menon & Vandana Singh), Zubaan Books, December 2011.

==Articles==
*[http://www.literaturaprospectiva.com/?p=4544 "Hunting a Snark: On the Trail of Regional Indian SF". Translated by: Juan Madrigal], ''Literatura Prospectiva''5 May 2010.
*[http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/original-content-world-building-in-a-hot-climate-by-anil-menon/ "World Building in a Hot Climate", ''World SF Blog'' Editorial, 19 May 2010]
*[http://worldsf.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/wednesday-editorial-the-raw-and-the-cooked-by-anil-menon/ "The Raw and the Cooked"], ''World SF Blog'' Editorial, 25 November 2009.

==Interviews==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008042015/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/11/exclusive-interview-anil-menon/ SF-Signal Interview] 2 Nov. 2009.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111008073200/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/It-s-2040-the-future-is-here/Article1-483420.aspx Hindustan Times], Interview by Sumeet Kaul, 6 Dec. 2009.
* [http://www.thehindu.com/mp/2010/01/16/stories/2010011654210700.htm The Hindu, Kochi Metroplus]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, Interview by Prema Manmadhan, 15 January 2010.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110912044921/http://www.kalkion.com/interviews/914/some-facts-behind-anil-menons-fiction Kalkion Online] Interview by Swapnil Bhartiya, 15 February 2010.
* [http://venetiaansell.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/the-speculative-ramayana Sanskrit Literature Blog], Interview by Venetia Ansell, 4 March 2010.
* [http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/books/changing-epic-traditions OPEN Magazine: Changing Epic Traditions], Interview by Sudha G. Tilak, 2 August 2010.
* [http://nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/litteratur/1.7669394 NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)], Interview by Ana Leticia Sigvartsen, 16 June 2011.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://anilmenon.com/blog/}}
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