“Zion’s Fiction explores the unlimited dreams of a people who have learned to stand on shifting ground. To face a future filled with danger and hope, forging into territory that can only be surveyed with the lamp of imagination on our brows.”
“When my collection Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction was published in 1974, it became a classic. And now… we have the first ever anthology in the entire universe of Israeli fantasy and science fiction: Zion’s Fiction…. Go forth and read… and may you find Zion’s Fiction unexpected, delightful, and delirious!”
“The basic joy in science fiction and fantasy is the chance to look inside minds different from your own. Here’s your chance. Some bright minds in the nation of Israel have been exercising their imaginations, sharing their different dreams and nightmares, and the results are ours to enjoy.”
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 by Mandel Vilar Press
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including electronic storage and retrieval systems, except by prior written permission of the publisher. Brief passages excerpted for review and critical purposes are excepted.
“Foreword” by Robert Silverberg, © 2018 Robert Silverberg; “Introduction” © 2018 Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem; “The Smell of Orange Groves” by Lavie Tidhar, © 2011 Lavie Tidhar; “The Slows” by Gail Hareven, translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green, © 1999 Gail Hareven; “Burn Alexandria” by Keren Landsman, translated by Emanuel Lottem, © 2015 Keren Landsman; “The Perfect Girl” by Guy Hasson, © 2004 Guy Hasson; “Hunter of Stars” by Nava Semel, translated by Emanuel Lottem, © 2009 Nava Semel’s estate; “The Believers” by Nir Yaniv, © 2007 Nir Yaniv; “Possibilities” by Eyal Teler, © 2003 Eyal Teler; “In the Mirror” by Rotem Baruchin, translated by David Chanoch, © 2007 Rotem Baruchin; “The Stern-Gerlach Mice” by Mordechai Sasson, translated by Emanuel Lottem, © 1984 Mordechai Sasson’s estate; “A Good Place for the Night” by Savyon Liebrecht, from A Good Place for the Night, translated by Sondra Silverston, © 2006 by Savyon Liebrecht, reprinted with the permission of Persea Books, Inc. (New York), www.perseabooks.com, all rights reserved; “Death in Jerusalem” by Elana Gomel, © 2017 Elana Gomel; “White Curtain” by Pesakh (Pavel) Amnuel, translated by Anatoly Belilovsky, © 2007 Pesakh (Pavel) Amnuel; “A Man’s Dream” by Yael Furman, translated by Nadav Almog, © 2006 Yael Furman; “My Crappy Autumn” by Nitay Peretz, translated by Emanuel Lottem, © 2005 Nitay Peretz; “Two Minutes Too Early” by Gur Shomron, © 2003 Gur Shomron; “They Had to Move” by Shimon Adaf, translated by Emanuel Lottem, © 2008 Shimon Adaf; “Afterword” by Aharon Hauptman, © 2018 Aharon Hauptman
This book is typeset in Alegreya. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39-48-1992 (R1997). 
Publisher’s Cataloging-In-Publication Data
Names: Teitelbaum, Sheldon, editor. | Lottem, Emanuel, editor. | Katz, Avi, illustrator. | Silverberg, Robert, writer of supplementary textual content. | Hauptman, Aharon, writer of supplementary textual content.
Title: Zion’s fiction: a treasury of Israeli speculative literature / edited by Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem; foreword by Robert Silverberg; afterword by Aharon Hauptman; illustrations by Avi Katz.
Description: Simsbury, Connecticut: Mandel Vilar Press, [2018] | “The stories come from Hebrew, Russian, and English-language sources.”—Provided by publisher. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: ISBN 9781942134527 | ISBN 9781942134534 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Israeli fiction (English) | Fantasy fiction, Israeli. | Speculative fiction. | Science fiction. | Short stories, Israeli.
Classification: LCC PR9510.8.Z56 2018 (print) | LCC PR9510.8 (ebook) | DDC 823/.010895694—dc23
Printed in the United States of America.
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