60+ SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS

Interested in reading and discovering South African science fiction? Browse through the list of South African science fiction writers and get a unique taste of the futuristic and otherworldly.

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What is South African science fiction?

As mentioned in Geoff Ryman’s 100 African Writers of SFF: Part Six in Strange Horizons Magazine.

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SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS

• Idea War, 2013, by Abigail Godsell
• Strong Medicine, 2016, by Angela Meadon
• Fever, 2016, by Deon Meyer
• South, 2016, by Frank Owen
• Green Lion, 2016, by Henrietta Rose-Innes
• The Solace Pill, 2014, by Jason Werbeloff
• Oasis, 2012, by Joan De La Haye
• Why You Were Taken, 2015, by J.T Lawrence
• Moxyland, 2008, by Lauren Beukes
• Asylum, 2017, by Marcus Low
• The Folds: Miss Universe, 2013, by Mico Pisanti
• Taty Went West, 2015, by Nikhil Singh
• Under Ground, 2015, by S.L Grey
• Light Across Time, 2011, by Tom Learmont
• Triangulum, 2019, by Masande Ntshanga

• The Space Race, 2013, by Alex Latimer
• The Estuary Tales, 2014, by Caldon Mull
• Nails in the Sky, 2015, by Duncan John Reyneke
• The Raft: A Novel, 2015, by Fred Strydom
• Preserving Creata, 2010, by H. Gibson
• Usu, 2015, by Jayde Ver Elst
• Recoil, 2014, by Joanne MacGregor
• Mashu oMusha, 2017, by Khaya Maseko
• Deadlands, 2011, by Lily Herne
• The Babylon Eye, 2016, by Masha du Toit
• Fall of Zona Nox, 2013, by Nicholas Woode-Smith
• Tracer, 2015, by Rob Boffard
• Obscura Burning, 2012, by Suzanne van Rooyen
• Letters to the Black Underground, 2016, by Yelena Calavera

• Dub Steps, 2016, by Andrew Miller
• Blachart, 2006, by Christina Engela
• The Mark, 2014, by Edyth Bulbring
• Lament for the Fallen, 2016, by Gavin Chait
• A Spy in Time, 2018, by Imraan Coovadia
• The War Between, 2016, by Jennifer Withers
• Aeonosphere, 2014, by Jo Roderick
• The Sirius Squad: Earth’s Last Defence, 2017, by Khulekani Magubane
• Green Valley, 2019, by Louis Greenberg
• LifeGames Corporation, 2016, by Michael Smorenburg
• Azanian Bridges, 2016, by Nick Wood
• Compile Quest, 2014, by Ronel van Tonder
• Viral, 2016, by Toby Bennett
• Equinox: Beginnings, 2015, by Yusuf R. Shaik

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SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORIES

• Branded, 2003 in SL Magazine (Student Life Magazine) by Lauren Beukes

• God is Dead So Smile, 2006 in Chimurenga: Conversation In Luanda & Other Graphic Stories by Nikhil Singh

• Poison, 2007 in African Pens by Henrietta Rose-Innes

• The Map and the Territory, 2008 in Chimurenga: Dr Satan’s Echo Chamber by James Sey and Minnette Vári

• Lunar Voices (On the Solar Wind), 2010 in Redstone Science Fiction by Nick Wood

• Twittering Machines, 2011 in The ePocalypse: emails at the end by Blaize Kaye

• The Immaculate Particle, 2011 in Jurassic London: Stories of the Apocalypse by Charlie Human

• Postapocalypse, 2011 in Jurassic London: Stories of the Apocalypse by Sam Wilson

• Inspector Bucket Investigates, 2012 in Jurassic London: Stories of the Smoke by Sarah Lotz

• New Mzanzi, 2012 in AfroSF by Ashley Jacobs

• Five Sets of Hands, 2012 in AfroSF by Cristy Zinn

• Angel Song, 2012 in AfroSF by Dave-Brendon de Burgh

• The Trial, 2012 in AfroSF by Joan De La Haye

• Closing Time, 2012 in AfroSF by Liam Kruger

• Heresy, 2012 in AfroSF by Mandisi Nkomo

• Claws and Savages, 2012 in AfroSF by Martin Stokes

• Brandy City, 2012 in AfroSF by Mia Arderne

• PlanetX, 2012 in AfroSF by S.A. Partridge

• Terms & Conditions Apply, 2012 in AfroSF by Sally-Ann Murray

• We’ll Always Be Here, 2013 in Jurassic London: The Lowest Heaven by S.L. Grey

• Leatherman, 2014 in Terra Incognita: Short Story Day Africa by Diane Awerbuck

• Esomnesia, 2014 in Terra Incognita: Short Story Day Africa by Phillip Steyn

• The Carthagion, 2014 in Terra Incognita: Short Story Day Africa by Sarah Jane Woodward

• Journal of a DNA Pirate, 2016 in Imagine Africa 500 by Stephen Embleton

• Xaua-Khoe, 2016 in Imagine Africa 500 by Catherine Shepherd

• North of Urtwirth, Unconfessed, 2016 in Orthogonal: Code by Amy Power Jansen

• Front Row, Centre, 2016 in Jurassic London: Extinction Event by Joe Vas

• The Interview, 2016 in One Hundred Voices by Sergio Pereira

• Saudade, 2017 in Helios Quarterly by Jason Mykl Snyman

• Ours to Guard and Protect, 2017 in Futuristica Vol. 2 by Amy Power Jansen

• Per Annum, 2018 in ID: New Short Fiction from Africa by Mpho Phalwane

• An American Refugee, 2018 in Cast of Wonders, Artemis Rising by Tiah Beautement

• Behind The Wall, 2018 in Transnational Arts Production by Toby Bennett

• Into Darkness, 2019 in Nature: Futures by Anike Kirsten

• Laatlammer, 2021 in Disruption by Julia Louw

• The Third Option, 2021 in Omenana by Jen Thorpe

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Compiled by Anike Kirsten, with thanks to the African Speculative Fiction Society for their list of published authors.