The Best of World SF

Volume 02

The Best of World SF
Lavie Tidhar
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Hardback
h234 x 153mm - 656pg
13 Oct 2022 UK
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9781803280318
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Twenty-nine new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction. 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 Jamaica to Japan, from Bolivia to Bahrain, from Italy to Iraq, 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. 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-six countries and seven languages. Because the future is coming and it belongs to us all. Featuring writers from: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Brazil, Bolivia, China, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Reviews for The Best of World SF, volume 1:' Just the start of a whole new game for speculative fiction authors around the world' LA Review of Books' An excellent, lovingly curated collection' Financial Times' This wonderful anthology should be a hit with any sci-fi fan' Publishers Weekly' Tidhar gives a cheerful, fannish introduction to the stories, drawn from 26 countries on five continents, and encompassing a dizzying range of tones and approaches' The Times
PRAISE FOR THE BEST OF WORLD SF: VOL 1: ' This handsome volume from Head of Zeus is a major step on a 45-year journey to bring global speculative fiction to Anglophone attention. . . The print edition of The Best of World SF: Volume 1 is truly a thing of beauty, providing gravitas and a wider audience for the authors it collects. . . There are many striking stories in the collection. . . This anthology is just the start of a whole new game for speculative fiction authors around the world' LA Review of Books. ' An excellent, lovingly curated collection that is also uniformly well translated' Financial Times. ' Tidhar gives a cheerful, fannish introduction to the stories, drawn from 26 countries on five continents, and encompassing a dizzying range of tones and approaches' * The Times *
Lavie Tidhar is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Osama (2011), The Violent Century (2013), the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize-winning A Man Lies Dreaming (2014), and the Campbell Award-winning Central Station (2016), in addition to many other works and several other awards. He works across genres, combining detective and thriller modes with poetry, science fiction and historical and autobiographical material. His work has been compared to that of Philip K. Dick by the Guardian and the Financial Times, and to Kurt Vonnegut' s by Locus.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781803280318
Published: 13 Oct 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 656

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