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Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: A review of The Unman on the Tongues of Speculation site A feature on Taiyo Fujii in The Sun Daily From Apex Magazine‘s June issue- Russian SF in translation
Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco
Review: Listening For Jupiter by Pierre-Luc Landry
translated by Arielle Aaronson and Madeleine Stratford QC Fiction June 1, 2017 218 pages grab a copy If you’ve been looking for a novel that explores the underpinnings of reality, the material of dreams, and the almost-mystical revelations we sometimes have while just living our lives, then you need to get yourself a copy of
Worldcon 75 and SFT
If, like me, you weren’t able to attend Worldcon 75 in Helsinki (which just wrapped up today), at least we can all watch some videos taken of cool panels! Here are links to some of the panels that dealt with SF in translation/SF in languages other than English. Enjoy! “Lost in Mistranslation” with Jan
Friday Links
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: A review of The Five Wonders of the Danube by Zoran Živković on Strange Horizons A work of Swedish SF in Translation is on the 2017 National Translation Award Prose Longlist Vulture’s “100 Great Works of Dystopian Fiction”
SFT for Women in Translation Month: A Chart
I’ve put together some stats for Women in Translation Month that focus on the number of men versus women writing, editing, and translating non-English language speculative fiction from 2016-2017 (so far). This only covers (not quite) 2 years, but it’s interesting nonetheless. Check it out: *I counted recurring names only once.
REVIEW: LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES VOLUME 4: STRATAGEM by Yoshiki Tanaka
translated by Tyran Grillo Haikasoru June 20, 2017 272 pages grab a copy “Stratagem” fits this fourth installment in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series perfectly. After all, it’s what this particular chapter in the everlasting conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance is all about. How can the GE trick
Friday Links
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: Two new works of SFT over at the Short Story Project: “Bear Ears” and “A Dwarf’s Tale” A review of Amatka over at Weird Fiction Review Rosarium Publishing is bringing out the anthology Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International Science Fiction in 2018 A review of The
Out This Month: August
“A Man Out of Fashion” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld Magazine, August 1) The Dying Game by Asa Avdic, translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles (Penguin, August 1) “The year is 2037. The Soviet Union never fell, and much of Europe has been
Friday Links
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: “The Time Machine” by Dino Buzzati, translated by Lawrence Venuti Urdu SF in Translation from Strange Horizons A review of Yoko Ogawa’s Revenge Anna by Niccolò Ammaniti, translated by Jonathan Hunt, out in the U.S. this February
Review: LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES VOLUME 3: ENDURANCE by Yoshiki Tanaka
translated by Daniel Huddleston Haikasoru November 15, 2016 273 pages grab a copy In this third installment of his Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Tanaka delivers the space battles, political maneuvering, and philosophical musings on war and power that we’ve come to expect. And yet, Endurance, like the volumes before it, is both a
