Thyme Travellers
An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction
by Edited by Sonia Sulaiman
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Pub Date 5 Sep 2024 | Archive Date 31 Oct 2024
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Description
A man stands on the shore waiting to commune with those who live in the ocean. Pilgrims stretch into the distance, passing a stone cairn with a mysterious light streaming from it. Two Australian women fervently dig a tunnel to Jerusalem. Men from Gaza swim in the sea until they drown, still unconcerned. A father and son struggle to connect over the AI scripts prompting their conversation.
Building on the work of trailblazing anthologies such as Reworlding Ramallah and Palestine +100, this volume is the first of its kind in Canada. Editor Sonia Sulaiman brings together stories by speculative fiction veterans and emerging writers from Australia to Egypt, Lebanon to Canada.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781773636948 |
| PRICE | US$24.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 160 |
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Featured Reviews
Lisa S, Reviewer
This book delivers as promised: it’s a collection of speculative short stories written by Palestinian authors from the diaspora. Most overtly connect to Palestine in some way. From the editors preface, it seems this collection was compiled earlier in 2023, before the current genocide began, which makes these stories all the more haunting and poignant.
I am not Palestinian, so I can’t claim to understand the depths of these stories, but I did generally learn from and feel the words. As usual with collections, I liked some stories more than others, and many of these stories continue to stick with me, including the one about two young women digging a tunnel to Palestine from Australia, and the one about forging a remembrance with sea-aliens. I’ve found myself thinking about those characters and themes as I attmept to process current events.
Overall, this was an excellent short story collection that helped increase my understanding about Palestinian culture, history and contemporary writing, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to support Palestine during these times.
Thank you to Netgalley and Roseway Publishing for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Reviewer 1394760
An incredible story collection. All stories are very well-written and the speculative fiction is a great fit for the themes covered. I loved the allegories and the range of subgenres and contexts (AI, for example). I will read it over and over. It is brave and insightful.
Elias H, Reviewer
A beautiful, moving anthology full of unique and creative short stories. Would love to read more from these authors!
Fridge B, Reviewer
It's a profoundly touching and an incredibly timely anthology. It breaks my heart to think it resonates so hard despite being put together way before the events of October 2023. Reading a variety of SFF stories that have the same red thread of hope for a better, safer future for Palestine expressed by own voices: this is what art does, folks. It transcends at the same time as it speaks to reads on an personal level.
Highly recommend. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC.
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