India, Oct. 29 -- In the foreword to Between Worlds, The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF VOL 1, editor Gautam Bhatia connects readers to the history of science fiction and fantasy in India, beginning 1883. Muhammad Husain Jah, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and Rahul Sankrityayan wrote SFF in Urdu, Bengali, English and Hindi, usually in response to contemporary events. Bhatia also mentions that the anthology opted to go with a peer-review format for its submissions instead of the usual commission-based one. As a result, this volume has a mix of stories by known authors and new ones.

The opening story, The Last Projectionist by Ajay Patri sets the bar high. It presents documentary-style testimonials by those affected by the...