Best of World SF

Volume 1

624 pages

English language

Published April 1, 2021 by Head of Zeus.

ISBN:
978-1-83893-764-5
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26 new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction, selected by Lavie Tidhar.

21 counties: France, China, Singapore, Botswana, Nigeria, India, Japan, Italy, Cuba, Brazil, Trinidad, Spain, Mexico, Finland, Israel, Iceland, Russia, Ghana, South Africa, Sweden and Malaysia.

14 women / 12 men.

Stories:

'Immersion' by Aliette de Bodard 'Debtless' by Chen Qiufan '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 'Xingzhou' by Yi-Sheng Ng 'Prayer' by Taiyo Fujii 'The Green Ship' by Francesco Verso 'Eyes of the Crocodile' by Malena Salazar Macia '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 'Rue Chair' by Gerardo Horacio Porcayo 'His Master's Voice' by Hannu Rajaniemi …

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Best of World SF: Volume 1

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"What the Dead Man Said" by Chinelo Onwualu ★★★ "Delhi" by Vandana Singh ★★★★ "The Wheel of Samsara" by Han Song ★★ "Xingzhou" by Ng Yi-Sheng ★★★ "Prayer" by Taiyo Fujii ★★ "The Green Ship" by Francesco Verso ★★½ "Eyes of the Crocodile" by Malena Salazar Maciá ★★★ "Bootblack" by Tade Thompson ★★★½ "An Incomplete Guide to Understanding the Rose Petal Infestation Associated With EverTyphoid Patients in the Tropicool IcyLand Urban Indian Slum" by Kuzhali Manickavel ★★★½ "Prime Meridian" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ★½ "If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again" by Zen Cho ★★★★★

A good anthology of SFF from around the world

4 stars

A good anthology of stories from around the world that is not from North America or Britain. Stories are selected based on the editor's taste, so it would not be possible for a reader to like all the stories. But the anthology still shows the wide breath of writing that is World SF. Of the stories here, the ones I liked are by Aliette de Bodard, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Vandana Singh, Han Song, Yi-Sheng Ng, R.S.A. Garcia, Hannu Rajaniemi, Emil H. Petersen, Ekaterina Sedia, Kofi Nyameye, Lauren Beukes, Karin Tidbeck and Zen Cho.

  • “Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard: in a future where immersive devices can be worn to hide who you are and 'guide' you on how to behave, a woman who has hidden herself behind one for ages now struggles to emerge, with the help of others who are not keen on the immersive devices.

  • “Debtless” by Chen Qiufan …

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