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The Apex Book of World SF, Volume 2

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In The Apex Book of World SF 2, editor Lavie Tidhar collects short stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Africa to Latin America.

An expedition to an alien planet; Lenin rising from the dead; a superhero so secret he does not exist. In The Apex Book of World SF 2, World Fantasy Award-nominated editor Lavie Tidhar brings together a unique collection of stories from around the world. Quiet horror from Cuba and Australia; surrealist fantasy from Russia and epic fantasy from Poland; near-future tales from Mexico and Finland, as well as cyberpunk from South Africa. In this anthology, one gets a glimpse of the complex and fascinating world of genre fiction—from all over our world.

Features work from noted international authors such as Will Elliot, Hannu Rajaniemi, Shweta Narayan, Lauren Beukes, Ekaterina Sedia, Nnedi Okorafor, and Andrzej Sapkowski.

Contains the following short stories from around the world:

"Alternate Girl's Expatriate Life" by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
"Mr Goop" by Ivor W. Hartmann
"Trees of Bone" by Daliso Chaponda
"The First Peruvian in Space" by Daniel Salvo (translated by Jose B. Adolph)
"Eyes in the Vastness of Forever" by Gustavo Bondoni
"The Tomb" by Chen Qiufan (translated by the author)
"The Sound of Breaking Glass" by Joyce Chng
"A Single Year" by Csilla Kleinheincz (translated by the author)
"The Secret Origin of Spin-Man" by Andrew Drilon
"Borrowed Time" by Anabel Enríquez Piñeiro (translated by Daniel W. Koon)
"Branded" by Lauren Beukes
"December 8th" by Raúl Flores (translated by Daniel W. Koon)
"Hungry Man" by Will Elliott
"Nira and I" by Shweta Narayan
"Nothing Happened in 1999" by Fábio Fernandes
"Shadow" by Tade Thompson
"Shibuya no Love" by Hannu Rajaniemi
"Maquech" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
"The Glory of the World" by Sergey Gerasimov
"The New Neighbours" by Tim Jones
"From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7" by Nnedi Okorafor
"The Slows" by Gail Hareven (translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green)
"Zombie Lenin" by Ekaterina Sedia
"Electric Sonalika" by Samit Basu
"The Malady" by Andrzej Sapkowski (translated by Wiesiek Powaga)
"A Life Made Possible Behind The Barricades" by Jacques Barcia

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 13, 2009
      Globe-trekking Israeli editor Tidhar (HebrewPunk
      ) compiles an inconsistent medley of horror-tinged fantasy tales, which may confuse readers drawn in by a title and cover that suggest science fiction. Several stories seem included for their culturally and geographically diverse authors more than their narrative merit, such as Nir Yaniv's plodding “Cinderers,” narrated by a pyromaniac with multiple personalities, and Yang Ping's “Wizard World,” an uninspired take on life inside an online role-playing game. More focused and interesting are Dean Francis Alfar's whimsical “The Kite of Stars,” which describes a journey across fantastical landscapes, and Tunku Halim's “Biggest Baddest Bomoh,” where an office drone consults a deadly shaman for help with his love life. Even the better stories fail to find a fresh take on genre mainstays like ghosts, portals and cannibals.

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