Tarun K. Saint

VARIOUS.

The citizens of Karachi wake up and discover the sea missing from their shores, the last Parsi on Earth must escape to other worlds when debt collectors come knocking, and a family visiting a Partition-themed park gets more entertainment than they bargained for. These stories and others showcase the epic scope of science fiction from the South Asian subcontinent. Offering a fresh perspective on our hyper-global, often alienating and always paranoid world, New Horizons brings together tales of masterful imagination where humanity and love may triumph yet.

A South Asian Science Fiction Anthology

New Horizons

Pam Sartain

New Horizons edited by Tarun K Saint is a collection of short science fiction stories from South Asia.  There are alien encounters, people going into outer space, and scientific discoveries.

I found the stories to be quite different to western stories.  The end often comes much sooner in these than in many of the stories I read.  You are left to wonder what is going to happen next.  There are a lot of stories about the interplay of people, and how this affects the thing that is going on.

I enjoyed seeing the different views on science fiction, the different journeys I was taken on, and that people will be people, even on the moon.

New Horizons will be published on 20th August 2020, and is available to buy on  Amazon  and on   Waterstones . I've found a  link  to where you can search for local bookshops, including independent!

If you're interested in science fiction books, then here's some others I've  reviewed , and in particular, if you're interested in Asian science fiction, try  Before the Coffee Gets Cold  by Toshikazu Kawaguchi.

I was given this book for free in return for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to Gollancz and the Orion Publishing Group.

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New Horizons A South Asian Science Fiction Anthology

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