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 Codeb , Sally McCorry, Micheal Colbert, Rachael Cordasco, and Amanda Blee.

Freetaly - pocket, Engelsk, 2022