The best of world SF. Volume 1 / edited by Lavie Tidhar.
Material type:
TextPublisher: London : Head of Zeus, 2021Description: xvii, 588 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 183893765X
- 9781838937652
- 9781838937645
- 1838937641
- 9781800240407
- 1800240406
- Best of world science fiction. Volume 1
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Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | TIDHAR, LAVIE | Available | 33111010558761 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Twenty-six new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction.
'Rare and wonderful' The Times
'The most important anthology of SF short fiction since Dangerous Visions ' Adam Roberts
'Fizzes with great ideas and wonderful writing. . . Now this book exists, it feels absurd it didn't exist sooner' SFX
The future is coming. It knows no bounds, and neither should science fiction.
They say the more things change the more they stay the same. But over the last hundred years, science fiction has changed. Vibrant new generations of writers have sprung up across the globe, proving the old adage false. From Ghana to India, from Mexico to France, from Singapore to Cuba, they draw on their unique backgrounds and culture, changing the face of the genre one story at a time.
Prepare yourself for a journey through the wildest reaches of the imagination, to visions of Earth as it might be and the far corners of the universe. Along the way, you will meet robots and monsters, adventurers and time travellers, rogues and royalty.
In The Best of World SF , award-winning author Lavie Tidhar acts as guide and companion to a world of stories, from never-before-seen originals to award winners, from twenty-three countries and seven languages. Because the future is coming and it belongs to us all.
Stories:
'Immersion' by Aliette de Bodard ; 'Debtless' by Chen Qiufan (trans. from Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks); 'Fandom for Robots' by Vina Jie-Min Prasad ; 'Virtual Snapshots' by Tlotlo Tsamaase ; 'What The Dead Man Said' by Chinelo Onwualu ; 'Delhi' by Vandana Singh ; 'The Wheel of Samsara' by Han Song (trans. from Chinese by the author); 'Xingzhou' by Yi-Sheng Ng ; 'Prayer' by Taiyo Fujii (trans. from Japanese by Kamil Spychalski); 'The Green Ship' by Francesco Verso (trans. from Italian by Michael Colbert); 'Eyes of the Crocodile' by Malena Salazar Macia (trans. from Spanish by Toshiya Kamei); 'Bootblack' by Tade Thompson ; 'The Emptiness in the Heart of all Things' by Fabio Fernandes ; 'The Sun From Both Sides' by R.S.A. Garcia ; 'Dump' by Cristina Jurado (trans. from Spanish by Steve Redwood); 'Rue Chair' by Gerardo Horacio Porcayo (trans. from Spanish by the author); 'His Master's Voice' by Hannu Rajaniemi ; 'Benjamin Schneider's Little Greys' by Nir Yaniv (trans. from Hebrew by Lavie Tidhar); 'The Cryptid' by Emil H. Petersen (trans. from Icelandic by the author); 'The Bank of Burkina Faso' by Ekaterina Sedia ; 'An Incomplete Guide. . . ' by Kuzhali Manickavel ; 'The Old Man with The Third Hand' by Kofi Nyameye ; 'The Green' by Lauren Beukes ; 'The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir' by Karin Tidbeck ; 'Prime Meridian' by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ; 'If At First You Don't Succeed' by Zen Cho
"An Ad Astra book"--Title page.
Immersion / Aliette de Bodard -- Debtless / Chen Qiufan ; translated by Blake Stone-Banks -- Fandom for Robots / Vina Jie-Min Prasad -- Virtual Snapshots / Tlotlo Tsamaase -- What The Dead Man Said / Chinelo Onwualu -- Delhi / Vandana Singh -- The Wheel of Samsara / Han Song -- Xingzhou / Ng Yi-Sheng -- Prayer / Taiyo Fujii ; translated by Kamil Spychalski -- The Green Ship / Francesco Verso ; translated by Michael Colbert -- Eyes of the Crocodile / Malena Salazar Maciá ; translated by Toshiya Kamei -- Bootblack / Tade Thompson -- The Emptiness in the Heart of all Things / Fabio Fernandes -- The Sun From Both Sides / R.S.A. Garcia -- Dump / Cristina Jurado ; translated by Steve Redwood -- Rue Chair / Gerardo Horacio Porcayo -- His Master's Voice / Hannu Rajaniemi -- Benjamin Schneider's Little Greys / Nir Yaniv ; translated by Lavie Tidhar -- The Cryptid / Emil Hjörvar Petersen -- The Bank of Burkina Faso / Ekaterina Sedia -- An Incomplete Guide to Understanding the Rose Petal Infestation Associated with Ever Typhoid Patients in the Tropicool IcyLand Urban Indian Slum / Kuzhali Manickavel -- The Old Man with The Third Hand / Kofi Nyameye -- The Green / Lauren Beukes -- The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir / Karin Tidbeck -- Prime Meridian / Silvia Moreno-Garcia -- If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again / Zen Cho.
"26 new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction, selected by Lavie Tidhar. The Best of World SF draws together stories from across the spectrum of science fiction - expect robots, spaceships and time travel, as well as some really weird stuff - representing twenty-one countries and five continents."--Provided by publisher.