The Apex Book of World SF, Volume 3

Edited by Lavie Tidhar, the third volume of The Apex Book of World SF (2014) brings together 16 speculative stories translated from and written across Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America.

This installment leans heavily into political allegories, state surveillance, and modern retellings of local mythologies. It features a notable shift toward women writers and translated works, tackling questions of language control, synthetic spirituality, and colonial memory without Western-centric framing.