The 2019 Locus Recommended Reading List is out and includes several works of SFT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOVELS – SCIENCE FICTION

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder (Pantheon; Harvill Secker)

NOVELS – HORROR

The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois, translated from the French by Rhonda Mullins (Coach House)

FIRST NOVELS

Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Tor; Head of Zeus)

COLLECTIONS

Everything is Made of Letters by Sofía Rhei, translated from the Spanish by Sue Burke, James Womack, and the author, with assistance from Ian Whates, Arrate Hidalgo, and Sue Burke (Aqueduct)

Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell (Riverhead; Oneworld)

ANTHOLOGIES

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation, edited and translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Tor)

Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction, edited by Sunyoung Park & Sang Joon Park, translated from the Korean by various translators (Kaya)

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, edited by Tarun K. Saint (Hachette India)

Palestine + 100: Stories from a Century After the Nakba, edited by Basma Ghalayini (Comma)

NOVELLAS

“How Alike Are We” by Bo-young Kim, translated from the Korean by Jihyun Park and Gord Sellar (Clarkesworld 10/19)

NOVELETTES

“In This Moment, We Are Happy” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Rebecca Kuang (Clarkesworld 8/19)

SHORT STORIES

“Secret Stories of Doors” by Sofía Rhei, translated from the Spanish by the author with assistance from Iain Whates (Everything is Made of Letters)