Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco

Out This Month: January

SHORT STORIES “The Perfect Sail” by I-Hyeong Yun, translated from the Korean by Elisa Sinn and Justin Howe (Clarkesworld Magazine, January 1). “The Ancestral Temple in a Box” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld Magazine, January 1).         “The Other Woman” by Bibiana Camacho, translated from the Spanish by

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SFT 2019 Stats

While SFT comes to us from many different languages and nations, some continue to dominate year after year (Japanese, French, and Spanish). Japanese SFT made up the largest book-length chunk in 2019 (22.2%), with French (15.6%) and German (13.3%) coming in second and third, respectively. Short fiction, however, was dominated by Spanish (21.7%) stories, followed by

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Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 10: Sunset By Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Matt Treyvaud Haikasoru November 19, 2019 224 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers Haikasoru has done it. They’ve published all ten books in Yoshiki Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes series in English. Sadly, this was also one of Haikasoru’s last publications, but we can take heart from the fact that

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Out This Month: December

SHORT STORIES “Symbiosis Theory” by Choyeop Kim, translated from the Korean by Joungmin Lee Comfort, Clarkesworld Magazine, December 1.           “The Kiss of the Water” by Malena Salazar Macia, translated from the Spanish by Toshiya Kamei, Mithila Review, December 1.     COLLECTIONS     NOVELS     ESSAYS “The Cult of

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New Issue of the SFRA Review

Check out the latest SFRA Review, which includes my regular column on the “SF in Translation Universe,” Mengtian Sun’s essay “Liu Cixin’s Alien Encounter SF as Postcolonial Fantasy,” Cait Coker’s review of Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction, and my review of Lingua Cosmica.      

Out This Month: November

SHORT STORIES “Sentinel” by Chang-Gyu Kim, translated from the Korean by Charles La Shure, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 1. “Operation Spring Dawn” by Mo Xiong, translated from the Chinese by Rebecca Kuang, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 1.       “The Checkers Player” by Ada Rémy and Yves Rémy, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin, Words Without Borders,

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Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 9: Upheaval By Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Matt Treyvaud Haikasoru July 16, 2019 224 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers Aaaaand I still can’t believe that Yang Wen-li is dead. But moving on. Volume 9 picks up with Julian Mintz and his small community on Iserlohn also trying to move forward and establish their position in relation to

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Reviews of Short Fiction: September Edition

Each month, Daniel Haeusser reviews short works of SFT that appear both online and in print. He is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Canisius College, where he teaches microbiology and leads student research projects with bacteria and bacteriophage. He’s also an associate blogger with the American Society for Microbiology’s popular Small Things Considered.

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