‘There is not a poor story here… nice balance between light and harder stories… IMMERSION by Aliette de Bodard reads like hard Sci Fi but digs a little deeper… As a group, the stories on offer within THE BEST OF WORLD SF Volume 1 are so strong… This is a great introduction to what the rest of the world has to offer.’ - SF Book Reviews ‘Vital and exciting, THE BEST OF WORLD SF blows the blast panels off the dusty, well-worn tropes of popular science fiction and lets in a dazzling burst of lunar light.’ - Foreword Review ‘This excellent anthology proves editor Tidhar’s assertion that science fiction should no longer be thought of as “white, male, and American” with 26 exemplary stories from 21 countries… Worthwhile both as a survey of international sci-fi and on a story-by-story level, this wonderful anthology should be a hit with any sci-fi fan.’ - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Here, too, are just a few of the great reviews the collection has received… An excerpt from Chen Qiufan’s story: ‘Debtless’.Tlotlo Tsamaase’s story: ‘Virtual Snapshots’.An excerpt from Lavie’s introduction to the book. If you’d like to sample some of the anthology, check out the following links… ‘If At First You Don’t Succeed’ by Zen Cho.‘Prime Meridian’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.‘The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir’ by Karin Tidbeck.‘The Old Man with The Third Hand’ by Kofi Nyameye.‘An Incomplete Guide…’ by Kuzhali Manickavel.‘The Bank of Burkina Faso’ by Ekaterina Sedia.‘Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys’ by Nir Yaniv (trans.‘His Master’s Voice’ by Hannu Rajaniemi.‘Rue Chair’ by Gerardo Horacio Porcayo (trans.‘The Emptiness in the Heart of all Things’ by Fabio Fernandes.‘Eyes of the Crocodile’ by Malena Salazar Maciá (trans.‘The Green Ship’ by Francesco Verso (trans.‘The Wheel of Samsara’ by Han Song (trans.‘What The Dead Man Said’ by Chinelo Onwualu.
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