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. Daniel reads
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. Daniel reads
translated from the (uncensored) Russian by Olena Bormashenko (censored version originally translated into English by Antonina L. Bouis, 1977) Chicago Review Press May 1, 2012 224 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore The great thing about Strugatsky novels is that they’re all brilliant in their own unique ways. The Dead
translated from the Japanese by Nancy H. Ross Kurodahan Press October 10, 2020 168 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore Kurodahan Press has once again brought Anglophone readers a gem of a book. These short stories, written in the 1920s and 30s by “one of the founders of the
translated from the Croatian by the author Wizard’s Tower Press October 5, 2020 272 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore Contents: “A Unicorn and a Warrior Girl” “The Divine She-Wolf” “The Nekomata” “Elsbet and The Book of Dragons” “The Law of the Sea” “The Aeolomancer” “Rumiko” “As the Distant
originally published in Italian in 1977 translated by Frederika Randall NYRB Classics December 1, 2020 144 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore Dissipatio Humanis Generis: the disappearance of the human race. This is Guido Morselli’s theme, and it’s explored with all of the seriousness and depth one would expect
originally published in Polish in 1961 first translated into English from the French version (by Jean-Michel Jasiensko, 1966) by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox (1970) first direct Polish-to-English translation by Bill Johnston (2011) grab a copy at your local bookstore or here VARIOUS TRANSLATIONS
[originally translated from the Russian in 1977 as Prisoners of Power; this new translation is of the uncensored version] translated by Andrew Bromfield Chicago Review Press February 4, 2020 416 pages grab a copy This novel from the Strugatskys’ Noon Universe is not just about a space traveler from Earth crash landing on an alien
translated from the Italian by Sally McCorry Luna Press Publishing April 10, 2020 220 pages grab a copy Winner of the 2015 Urania Award,* Francesco Verso’s BloodBusters is a heady mix of economic and political intrigue and fast-paced adventure, all circulating (pun intended!) around the unique premise that people pay their taxes in blood instead
Check out my essay on the entire Legend of the Galactic Heroes series for the Locus Roundtable here.
