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SFT Reviews in World Literature Today

By Rachel CordascoAugust 29, 2018news, spotlightArgentina, Brazil, China, Chinese, Hebrew, Israel, Portugal, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, World Literature Today

The latest issue of World Literature Today includes several reviews of recently-published and forthcoming SF in translation: Sean Guynes-Vishniac reviews Ball Lightning Elisa Cogbill-Seiders reviews Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World Rachel Cordasco reviews Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli

Out This Month: July

By Rachel CordascoJuly 3, 2018out this monthAgnes Broome, Analog SF, Apex Magazine, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cristina Jurado, Croatia, Croatian, Cuba, David Frye, Eduardo Vaquerizo, Elizabeth Hanlon, Eric Dupont, French, Hao He, Hebrew, Ian Whates, Ira Moskowitz, Israel, James Womack, Jo Fletcher, John Self, Laurence Suhner, Margaret Mitsutani, Mats Strandberg, Nevsky Books, Newcon Press, Qi Yue, Quebec, R. Orion Martin, Rachel Cordasco, Restless Books, Rich Larson, Sean Guynes-Vishniac, Sheryl Curtis, Spain, Spanish, Strange Horizons, Sweden, Swedish, Switzerland, The Fantasist, Tony Malone, Viktoria Faust, Yoav Blum, Yoko Tawada, Yoss

SHORT STORIES “To Fly Like a Fallen Angel” by Qi Yue, translated from the Chinese by Elizabeth Hanlon (Clarkesworld Magazine, July 1) “Render Unto Caesar” by Eduardo Vaquerizo, translated from the Spanish by Rich Larson (Analog SF, July/August) “All Clear” by Hao He, translated from the Chinese

Zion’s Fiction Anthology: Meet the Authors

By Rachel CordascoJune 9, 2018spotlightEmanuel Lottem, English, Hebrew, Israel, Mandel Vilar Press, Russian, Sheldon Teitelbaum

Editor Sheldon Teitelbaum has been posting author bios for each of the contributors to the Zion’s Fiction anthology on facebook and kindly allowed me to collect them and repost them here. Enjoy, and don’t forget to grab a copy! Nitay Peretz was born in 1974 in Kibbutz Revivim, where he lives

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 2, 2018out this monthAhmed Saadawi, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Andy Dudak, Arabic, Bengali, Canaan Morse, China, Chinese, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Dale Knickerbocker, Damian Flanagan, Di An, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Ian Mond, IGMS, Interzone, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Japanese, Jodie Beck, Kobo Abe, Layli Uddin, Locus, Mandel Vilar Press, Mariko Ohara, Matt Treyvaud, Mir Rifat Us Saleheen, Paul Semel, Samovar Magazine, Shahidul Zahir, Tangent, Tobi Hitoraka, Unbound Worlds, University of Minnesota Press, Xing He

SHORT STORIES “Your Multicolored Life” by Xing He, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1) “Silver Tiger” by Lu Yang, translated from the Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen (New Yorker, June) “Woodcutter and Crows” by Shahidul Zahir, translated from the Bengali by Layli Uddin and

“Zion’s Fiction” Anthology Out This September

By Rachel CordascoMay 4, 20181 commentnewsHebrew, Israel, Mandel Vilar Press

The long-awaited Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature is finally scheduled to come out on September 25, 2018 from Mandel Vilar Press! Here’s the description: “This anthology showcases the best Israeli science fiction and fantasy literature published since the 1980s. The stories included come from Hebrew, Russian, and English-language sources, and include well-known

Out This Month: March

By Rachel CordascoMarch 2, 2018out this monthArabic, Blake Stone-Banks, Brian Bies, Brow Books, Bruno Schulz, Catalan, Catalonia, Chi Hui, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Daniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Gautam Bhatia, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Indonesia, Indonesian, Intan Paramaditha, Ira Moskowitz, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Karin Tidbeck, Madeline G. Levine, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Manuel de Pedrolo, Northwestern University Press, Polish, Sara Martín, St. Martin's Press, Stephen J. Epstein, Strange Horizons, Wesleyan University Press, Xiu Xinyu, Yoav Blum

FICTION “Farewell, Adam” by Xiu Xinyu, translated from the Chinese by Blake Stone-Banks (Clarkesworld Magazine) “Deep Sea Fish” by Chi Hui, translated by Brian Bies (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction) Typescript of the Second Origin by Manuel de Pedrolo, translated from the Catalan by Sara Martín

Review: Sunburnt Faces by Shimon Adaf

By Rachel CordascoApril 23, 2017reviewAnthony Berris, Hebrew, Israel, Margalit Rodgers, PS Publishing, Shimon Adaf

translated by Margalit Rodgers and Anthony Berris PS Publishing November 1, 2013 470 pages As many reviews of this book will tell you, Sunburnt Faces is not a fantasy so much as it is a novel about fantasy. The concept of “Wonderland,” children’s books about fairies and magical places, and, above all, revelation: these are

Samovar Magazine’s Inaugural Issue

By Rachel CordascoMarch 28, 2017newsAbdul wakil Sulamal, Annie Sheng, Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, Hebrew, James Caron, Japanese, Ko Hua Chen, Rachel Cordasco, Samovar Magazine, Suvi Kauppila, Taiyo Fujii, Timothy Silver

Samovar Magazine‘s inaugural issue is out now, featuring speculative fiction (translated from Finnish, Hebrew, and Arabic), poetry (translated from Chinese), and reviews! Check it out!!

Out This Month: November

By Rachel CordascoNovember 1, 2016out this month, UncategorizedArgentina, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cristina Jurado, Czech Republic, Daniel Huddleston, Dominican Republic, Eurocon 2016, German, Germany, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Israel, Italian, Japan, Japanese, Jessica Cohen, Jessica Powell, Julie Nováková, Ken Liu, Lawrence Schimel, Leticia Lara, Mandel Vilar Press, Nava Semel, New Directions, Pedro Cabiya, Small Beer Press, Spain, Spanish, Strange Horizons, Susan Bernofsky, Susana Vallejo, Tor Books, Yoko Tawada, Yoshiki Tanaka

Isra Isle by Nava Semel, translated by Jessica Cohen (Mandel Vilar Press, November 1) “This novel is inspired by a true historical event. Before Theodore Herzl there was Mordecai Manuel Noah, an American journalist, diplomat, playwright, and visionary. In September 1825 he bought Grand Island, downriver from Niagara Falls, from the local Native Americans as

Review: Isra Isle by Nava Semel

By Rachel CordascoOctober 16, 2016reviewHebrew, Israel, Jessica Cohen, Mandel Vilar Press, Nava Semel

translated by Jessica Cohen Mandel Vilar Press November 1, 2016 240 pages This spellbinding alternate-history is not just one story, but three. In Isra Isle, Nava Semel draws on historical fact and an optimistic alternative future to explore the ramifications of a Jewish state located in the United States and established in the early

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