S. Qiouyi Lu

Alexander Weinstein

David Erik Nelson

Sarah Pinsker

E. Lily Yu

Nino Cipri

Kelly Robson

Darcie Little Badger

Suzanne Palmer

Jason Sanford

Jamie Wahls

Samantha Mills

Amman Sabet

Vin Jie-Min Prasad

What would you do if your tiny collective of bots suddenly mutinied? Would you find bioprinted meat delicious, even after it was signed by the artist? Is an eleven second attention-span enough to bond with a cryogenically-revived tourist? Would you sell your native language just to send your daughter to college? The avant garde of science fiction has appeared, arriving via time machines and portals that may or may not work properly. In this space-age sequel to award-winning anthology, The New Voices of Fantasy, The New Voices of Science Fiction has launched the rising stars of the last five years of science fiction, including Rebecca Roanhorse, Amal El-Mohtar, Alice Sola Kim, Sam J. Miller, E. Lily Yu, Rich Larson, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Sarah Pinsker, Darcie Little Badger, S. Qiouyi Lu, Kelly Robson, Suzanne Palmer, Nino Cipri, and more. Their wide-ranging tales were hand-selected by cutting-edge author Hannu Rajaniemi (The Quantum Thief) and genre expert Jacob Weisman (Invaders). So go ahead, join the interstellar revolution. The new kids hotwired the AI.

The New Voices of Science Fiction

Shona Tiger

A very good anthology! Loved some of these stories very much, and this anthology has one of the best science fiction stories I've ever read (and which won awards): The Secret Life of Bots, by Suzanne Palmer. Nb: You should never take my word for anything about science fiction, as I am an unabashed fangirl, and can make no real sense when recommending things. However, this is an excellent story.

Openness, by Alexander Weinstein, essentially a Black Mirror story about our lives and love without privacy, was very thoughtful, and because it's the first story in the book, I knew I'd love the entire book.

The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri is a frightening and painful story that I'd read before, and will recommend for the plot twist.

A Series of Steaks by Vina Jie-Min Prasad is about printed meat, and grossed me out even as it made me LOL many times.

Mother Tongues by S. Qiouyi Lu nearly made me cry.

Ice by Rich Larson appears to be what a story in S2 of Love, Death + Robots is based on. (What do you mean you haven't watched LDR yet?!!)

*Reviewing the titles of the rest of the stories again makes me realise almost all of the stories nearly made me cry.*

In short, a gorgeous anthology, much more even than many of the anthologies I've read lately, and an unusually good science fiction one.

Will take you a while to read and savour, if this is your kind of thing.

Mahogany Skillings

A collection of short stories written by newer (but not any less amazing) authors in Science Fiction. There are time travel, bots gone wild, and coming of age stories included. One of the biggest standouts in favor of this collection of short stories is its diversity. It is so refreshing to disappear over and over into worlds where there are multiple ethnic backgrounds, gender and sexual orientations represented and heteronormative whiteness is not assumed. I enjoyed each story selected and believe they all have great re-read potential. However, if you read nothing else form this anthology, give Strange Waters by Samantha Mills a go for some somber unintentional time travel. And, The Shape of My Name by Nino Cipri for somber intentional time travel through a familial line. Did I mention there was time travel?

The New Voices of Science Fiction

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