Johanna Sinisalo is an internationally-known, award-winning Finnish author of science fiction and fantasy. She has also edited and co-edited anthologies of Finnish SFT. Possibly the most well-known Finnish speculative author in English, Sinisalo has been called the “Queen of Finnish Weird” because of how she translates her deep interest in plants, folk tales, and
Leena Krohn is an award-winning Finnish author (including the Finlandia Prize for literature in 1992) of science fiction and fantasy. Her numerous books and stories—written both for children and adults—explore questions of reality and illusion, artificial intelligence, and the power of the natural world. Profile in The New Yorker NOVELS/COLLECTIONS Datura, or
Kzradock the Onion Man and the Spring-Fresh Methuselah: From the Notes of Dr. Renard de Montepensier by Louis Levy, translated from the German translation by W. C. Bamberger (Borgo Press/Wildside Press, 2010 / Wakefield Press, 2017). Summary: “Originally published in Danish in 1910, Kzradock the Onion Man and the Spring-Fresh Methuselah is a fevered
A World Intervenes (1961) by Otto Viking, translated by ? (Exposition Press, 1964). Summary: “A young Danish couple is recruited by a secret organization based on Venus that makes use of flying saucers (see UFOs) and has planted a hidden colony in Antarctica, aiming to help Earth through its crisis of development and guide its
Svend Åge Madsen (b. 1939, Ǻrhus, Denmark) studied mathematics and physics before becoming a writer. He’s written novels, short stories, children and youth books, plays for theatres, radio and television. BOOKS AND STORIES BY SVEND ǺGE MADSEN AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH Virtue and Vice in the Middle Time (1976)
The Long Journey: Fire and Ice (1919) by Johannes V. Jensen, translated by Arthur G. Chater (Gyldendal, 1922). The Cimbrians: The Long Journey II (1922) by Johannes V. Jensen, translated by Arthur G. Chater (Gyldendal, 1923). Christopher Columbus: The Long Journey III (1924) by Johannes V. Jensen, translated by Arthur G. Chater (Gyldendal, 1924).
Sky City: New Science Fiction Stories by Danish Authors, ed. Carl-Eddy Skovgaard (Science Fiction Cirklen, 2011) Summaries of stories (from SF2 Concatenation review): “Sky City” by Manfred Christiansen. A woman wakes up in a tall skyscraper built by nanobots. Do they want something with her? This is the title story for the volume and sets
All this week, I’ll be highlighting the unexpectedly large number of Danish works of speculative fiction available in English! First up is Peter Adolphsen’s Machine (2006), translated by Charlotte Barslund (Harvill Secker, 2008). “The heart of a prehistoric horse 55 million years ago eventually transformed into oil, refined into gasoline, put in a car and
Speculative fiction in English translation from the Nordic countries has been available as far back as the turn of the twentieth century. Since the beginning of the twenty-first, though, we’ve gotten a lot more, especially horror from Sweden and fantasy from Finland. During the month of June, I’ll be spotlighting this little-known (in the Anglosphere)
I spoke with Francesco Verso of Future Fiction about all things SFT: Why should we care about alternative voices in fiction? What are the risks of the single voice, language, economy, culture, and point of view in relation to literature, art, politics, and the future? https://www.facebook.com/futurefiction/videos/176809693664283/
