translators: Sally McCorry, Carlotta Codebò, Amanda Blee, Michael Colbert, and Rachel Cordasco Future Fiction November 29, 2022 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library (see below for synopses of individual stories) Freetaly offers readers a wide array of speculative fiction from Italy, covering topics like human-AI relationships, cloning, and migration.
translated by Daniels Umanovskis original publication (in Russian): 1986 first English edition (as The Time Wanderers): 1987, Richardson & Steirman this edition: 2023, Chicago Review Press grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library When you pick up a book by two of the greatest science fiction writers of the 20th
translated by Yasser Bahjatt first English edition: 2013, Yatakhayaloon grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Arabic speculative fiction in translation has become more common since 2000, but the number of titles is still unfortunately small. HWJN, then, is an important example of what Arabic SFT has to offer, and
translated by Marganit Weinberger-Rotman original publication (in Hebrew): 2020 first English edition: 2020, Angry Robot grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library One of the fascinating things about contemporary Hebrew SFT is that it includes a subset of novels that smash together the detective genre and biblical themes. Books like
translated by Frank Wynne original publication (in French): 1998 first English edition: 2000 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library “This book is dedicated to mankind.” Thus ends Michel Houellebecq’s strange novel The Elementary Particles, a story about, among other things, half-brothers, France, molecular biology, sex, and morality. Translated beautifully
translated by Alex Zucker original publication (in Czech): 2019 first English edition: 2021 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Written in the form of a memoir by a guard at a re-education facility, The Movement is a disturbing story of brainwashing, idealism, and fear. Set sometime in the future
translated by Mac Linscott Ricketts original publication (in Romanian): 1978-79 first English edition: 1988 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library I’ve been intrigued by Mircea Eliade (1907-1986), the Romanian writer, philosopher, and historian, ever since I dedicated a month to Romanian SFT back in 2021. From what I know
translated from the Japanese by Simon Varnum original edition (Japanese): 1983 translated edition: Kurodahan Press, 2018 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Reading The Erinys Incident reminded me that I’m still quite upset about the publisher Kurodahan shutting down. For decades, Kurodahan gave us Anglophone readers a wonderful selection
translated from the Danish by Joan Tate original edition: 1969 translated edition: Doubleday, 1971 183 pages grab a copy through your local independent bookstore or library also see SF Ruminations and The Complete Review for their thoughts on this strange and fascinating novel Anders Bodelsen’s Freezing Down came out in Denmark around the time
translated by Martin Aitken Lolli Editions (2020), New Directions (2022) 133 pages grab a copy here or or through your local independent bookstore or library Olga Ravn’s The Employees is the first work of Danish SFT I’ve ever read, and it doesn’t disappoint. Presented as a series of statements given to a committee
