Where the Stars Rise : Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy

- Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Follow

twenty-three science fiction and fantasy authors on their journeys

through Asia and beyond. Stories that explore magic and science. Stories

about love, revenge, and choices. Stories that challenge ideas about

race, belonging, and politics. Stories about where we come from and

where we are going.



Nominated — 2018 (Canadian SF&F) Aurora Awards Shortlist (anthology/Best Related Work)



Nominated — 2018 Alberta Book Publishing Awards Shortlist (Best Speculative Fiction)



One story nominated — 2018 World Fantasy Awards Best Short Story finalist



One story selected for The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 3 (ed. by Neil Clarke)



Four stories on Tangent Recommended Reading List 2017



Two stories nominated — 2018 (Canadian SF&F) Aurora Award Short Fiction Shortlist



One story nominated — 2018 The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic -- Short Story category Shortlist



Nine stories — Honorable Mentions in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection (edited by Gardner Dozois)



ALL EMOTIONS ARE UNIVERSAL. WE LIVE, WE DREAM, WE STRIVE, WE DIE . . .



Orphans

and drug-smuggling in deep space. Mechanical arms in steampunk

Vancouver. Djinns and espionage in futuristic Istanbul. Humanoid robot

in steamy Kerala. Monsters in the jungles of Cebu. Historic time travel

in Gyeongbok Palace. A rocket launch in post-apocalyptic Tokyo. A

drunken ghost in Song Dynasty China. A displaced refugee skating on an

ice planet. And many more.



Original Stories by Anne

Carly Abad, Deepak Bharathan, Joyce Chng, Miki Dare, S.B. Divya, Pamela

Q. Fernandes, Calvin D. Jim, Minsoo Kang, Fonda Lee, Gabriela Lee,

Karin Lowachee, Rati Mehrotra, E.C. Myers, Tony Pi, Angela Yuriko Smith,

Priya Sridhar, Amanda Sun, Naru Dames Sundar, Jeremy Szal, Regina Kanyu

Wang (translated by Shaoyan Hu), Diana Xin, Melissa Yuan-Innes &

Ruhan Zhao.



With Introduction by Elsie Chapman



Edited by Lucas K. Law and Derwin Mak



Anthologies in this series (Strangers Among Us, The Sum of Us, Where the Stars Rise, Shades Within Us) have been recommended by Publishers Weekly, Booklist (American Library Association), Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, School Library Journal, Locus, Foreword Reviews, andQuill & Quire.



Praise for Where the Stars Rise



“. . . this collection is essential for anyone interested in the diverse

and engaging possibilities of fantasy and science fiction.” —Booklist (American Library Association)



". . . this fascinating collection addresses issues of immigration, dual

cultures, and ethnic issues through genre devices such as ghosts,

steampunk robots, and planetary exploration." —Library Journal



". . . a lot of good reading to be found in Where the Stars Rise." —Locus (Gardner Dozois)



“. . . stories being either good or very good page-turners.”—Tangent



“A wealth of stories running the gamut from poignant to mind-blowing, rewarding journeys both faraway and familiar.” —Aliette de Bodard, Nebula Award-winning author of the Dominion of the Fallen saga



“Where the Stars Rise

is a hell of a lot of fun. Great writers, magnificent storytelling, and

worlds . . .” —Rob Boffard, author of the Outer Earth series

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