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Compiled and edited by Brian Aldiss, author of the bestselling Helliconia series, this volume brings together science fiction stories from all four corners of the world, from China to Chile, Africa to North America. A new per spective and possibility for the future of science fiction.
I read this a precursor to the SFWA European Hall of Fame collection and the Apex Book of World SF. I recognized only a few of the authors in the collection: Ion Hobana, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Bob Shaw, and Robert Sheckley. The collection is far-ranging, truly being a "world collection." I found the "Legend of the Paper Spaceship" by Tetsu Yano the most lyrical story, although it follows a predictable model (town outcast is something more). I found Karl Michael Armer's story "BCO Equipment" - a robot story ingeniously told through the company's advertisements - to clearly show a male, middle-class target audience for the product. I enjoyed the Hobana and Strugatsky stories, which were both mystery cross-overs. I thought Peter Lengyel's "Rising Sun" a strange, disturbing tale of not only colonialism but also First World vs. Third World. Sridhar Rao's story is fun time-reversal story. ( )
Compiled and edited by Brian Aldiss, author of the bestselling Helliconia series, this volume brings together science fiction stories from all four corners of the world, from China to Chile, Africa to North America. A new per spective and possibility for the future of science fiction.