Ajana Sima: The X Boundary

Ajana Sima: The X Boundary () is a Bengali Science fiction-Science fantasy short story collection book, written by Suman Sen and published by Barnik Prakashon.
The book contains eight short stories. It was published in November 2018, at Bardhaman Little Magazine Fair.
Stories
Samayer Atonke
The story was first published in Annyadesh and then, in Kalpabiswa
Sukkhmo Shorire
The story was first published in Galper Samay.
Drug
The story was first published in Abekshan Patrika.
Brahmastra
The story was first published in Eikatan EM.
Paritrata
The story was first published in Kalpabiswa.
Paribyakti
The story was first published in Pather Sujan Patrika.
Jambusi
The story was first published in Diganto Patrika.
Electronaut
The story was first published in Pather Sujan Patrika (partly, with the name Bahiragoto Bonam).
Fictional characters
*Mridul - A computer teacher and mobile phone repairer who accidentally found a mobile phone, which is actually a time machine.
*Rajib - A student of Mridul.
*Subho - A packet milk seller.
*Triloknath Goswami - Subho’s butler.
*Suresh - A man who got telekinetic powers.
*Rahul - Friend of Suresh.
*Batuk Babu - Rahul’s uncle, who has some knowledge in supernatural activities. The character first appeared in ' as the main protagonist.
*Nibaran - A boy who got a special raygun.
*Nitai - A man who saved more than two hundred people when Kolkata was attacked by Tsunami.
*Bikash - A man who accidentally enters in a fourth dimension world.
*Somnath Chatterjee / Electronaut - An IT employee who got electrical power after an encounter with celestial object.
*Dr. Ashutosh Paul - A scientist.
*Devil Boy - A vampire bat (Desmodus draculae) and human hybrid.
Marketing
The name of the book was first announced in Krittibas Masik
An official trailer of the book was released on September 26, 2018.
Popular Bengali speculative fiction writer Abhijnan Roychowdhury has written the preface of this book.
The book was unveiled by IB officer Dyutiman Bhattacharya at Bardhaman Little Magazine Fair.
Reception
After publishing three of the stories from the book, Samayer Atonke, Brahmastra, and Drug got 4.3 stars, 3.9 stars and 3.7 stars out of five respectively in Pratilipi.
Shahitto Barta said, this book is a must collectible book for every science fiction lover.
Ekabinsha said, "... Some stories are totally unique. Stories are filled with fun and adventure. But few story ends with disappointment. The stories are soft science fiction, so, those who love hard science fiction will be a little bit disappointed.“
Boier Desh said, "To write science-fiction a writer needs enough study, occupancy in science and technology and the knowledge of what's going on around the world. All the stories by Suman Sen fulfill these conditions."
Suddhendu Chakraborty in Barnik Boi Sankhya 2019 said, "Suman Sen's writing has an amazing simplicity. To write science fiction he didn't borrow anything from foreign land, moon, stars or story idea. He written all the stories on that ground where he grown up. But the presence power is weak. Although there is some marvellous ideas like Electronaut in the book, it feels like something is missing."

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