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The Blossoming of the Big Tree

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Pub Date Jul 01 2026 | Archive Date May 31 2026


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Description

An old woman has to coordinate the defense of her country after a colonizer invades. She is autistic and struggles to fit in because her village has a very tight sense of community, and so, to avoid being seen as anti-social, she accepts to chair the committee for national defense for it is easier for her to interact with other people over work. The job is simple, requiring her to coordinate responses to the climate crisis, until the colonizer attacks them to capture the technology that makes this country a solarpunk utopia. It is a loose union of hundreds of thousands of self-sufficient villages, and they have no army, no weapons, so how will she coordinate their defense? Will the invasion lead to a disintegration of their utopia, or will they find a way to defeat the colonizer?

An old woman has to coordinate the defense of her country after a colonizer invades. She is autistic and struggles to fit in because her village has a very tight sense of community, and so, to avoid...


A Note From the Publisher

Dilman Dila is a writer and filmmaker. His books include Where Rivers Go To Die, a finalist for the Philip K Dick Awards (2024), and The Future God of Love. He was shortlisted for the BSFA Awards (2021), the Nommo Awards for Best Novella (2021), and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (2013), among many accolades. His short fiction appeared in The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Six, and in The Best of World SF V.2, among many anthologies. His first novel, Dreams of a Yellow Balloon, is coming in 2028. His films have won multiple awards. For more of his life and works, visit www.dilmandila.com

Dilman Dila is a writer and filmmaker. His books include Where Rivers Go To Die, a finalist for the Philip K Dick Awards (2024), and The Future God of Love. He was shortlisted for the BSFA Awards...


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