The Best of World SF Volume 3

Paperback

Published Oct. 11, 2023 by Head of Zeus.

ISBN:
978-1-80454-804-2
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Twenty-eight new short stories representing the state of the art in international science fiction. The third annual installment in the 'rare and wonderful' ( The Times ) The Best of World SF series, this collection of twenty-eight stories, including eight original and exclusive additions, represents the state of the art in international science fiction. Navigating around the globe, The Best of World SF Volume 3 features writers from around the world, with each story has been selected by World SF expert and award-winning author Lavie Tidhar. This is not a retrospective of what science fiction around the world used to look like. This is a snapshot of what some of it looks like now. And it's never been more exciting.

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A good anthology of SFF by writers from around the world.

4 stars

Another good anthology of World SF, featuring authors from around the world. As in any anthology with such a wide range of styles, there will be some stories that I didn't like, but it is still valuable by exposing the reader to writers they may never have encountered before. The stories I found interesting were by Diana Rahim, M.H. Ayinde, Luo Longxiang, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Andrea Chapela, Fadzlishah Johanabas, Efe Okogu, Chen Qian, Choyeop Kim, Eugenia Triantafyllou, Christine Lucas and Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen.

  • “A Minor Kalahari” by Diana Rahim (Singapore): on an island turning dry and grey, a watermelon suddenly appears from the ground. The reactions of the person whose garden it appeared in, the neighbours and the local town council form the heart of the story.

  • “Behind Her, Trailing Like Butterfly Wings” by Daniela Tomova (Bulgaria): a reporter interviews one of many travellers on a road who are following …