Download or read book Freetaly Italian Science Fiction written by Clelia Farris and published by Future Fiction. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the otherworldly voyage depicted in Dante's Divina Commedia and the early modern utopias by Giordano Bruno and Tommaso Campanella, up through the proto-SF of Primo Levi and the Imaginary Fiction of Tommaso Landolfi and Italo Calvino, Italy has always been a cradle of fantastic literature. This anthology highlights the works of award-winning and emerging writers of contemporary Italian science fiction and will introduce international readers to exciting stories they wouldn't otherwise be able to read. Represented here are some of the winners of the Urania Award (Italy's most prestigious SF award), authors published by major Italian publishing houses, with stories that explore a wide range of topics, including bio-ethical issues, AI, transhumanism and posthumanism, climate fiction, and environmental concerns. Embrace the Science Fiction Renaissance of Italian literature! Table of content Introduction: Contemporary Italian SF by Francesco Verso Linda De Santi - Beautymark Francesco Grasso - The Race of Crows Andrea Viscusi - Bad parents Nicoletta Vallorani - The Catalog of Virgins Clelia Farris - In bloom Francesco Verso - The Green Ship Michele Piccolino - The Love Algorithm Romina Braggion - Flower Queen Roberto Quaglia and Ian Watson - The Moby Clitoris of His Beloved Alessandro Fambrini e Stefano Carducci - China on the Moon Alessandro Vietti - Being Oval Francesca Conforti - Reward Alda Teodorani - Pony and Cow Translations by Carlotta Codebò, Sally McCorry, Micheal Colbert, Rachael Cordasco, and Amanda Blee.

Download or read book The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume 8 written by Neil Clarke and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, science fiction has compelled us to imagine futures both inspiring and cautionary. Whether it’s a cryptic message encountered by a survey ship, the discovery of alien life in the distant reaches of space, a window into a future Earth, or the adventures of well-meaning AI, science fiction inspires our imagination and delivers a lens through which we can view ourselves and the world around us. At the very heart of the genre is short fiction, the secret lab that has introduced many of the new ideas, techniques, and voices prominent across all other media. In The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Eight, Hugo and Locus Award-winning editor Neil Clarke provides a comprehensive year-in-review of 2022's short fiction markets and selects thirty-one of its best stories from the wealth of magazines, anthologies, podcasts, and collections that make up the field. In these pages you'll find works by both the new and established authors who are setting the pace for science fiction today and into tomorrow. Start your journey here.