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SFT on the National Book Awards Longlist

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 16, 2018newsAnya Migdal, Argentina, Coffee House Press, Heather Cleary, Japanese, Knopf, Margaret Mitsutani, New Directions, Roque Larraquy, Russia, Russian, Spanish, Tatyana Tolstaya, Yoko Tawada

It’s the inaugural year for the National Book Award in translated literature, and three (count ’em, three) works of SFT are on the longlist! Good luck to all of the authors and translators! Roque Larraquy, “Comemadre” Translated by Heather Cleary Coffee House Press Yoko Tawada, “The Emissary” Translated by

Out This Month: September

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 6, 2018out this monthAndy Dudak, Apex Magazine, Apex Publications, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Columbia University Press, Cristina Jurado, Emanuel Lottem, Finland, Finnish, Harper Voyager, Hebrew, Israel, J. D. Wisgo, Japan, Japanese, Kaya Press, Korea, Korean, Luo Longxiang, Mandel Vilar Press, Marina and Sergei Dyachenko, Mingwei Song, Russia, Russian, Samovar Magazine, Sang Joon Park, Sheldon Teitelbaum, Sunyoung Park, Suvi Kauppila, Thedore Huters, Tomohito Moriyama

SHORT STORIES “The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm,” by Luo Longxiang, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, September 1) “Children of the Endless Sea” by Suvi Kauppila, translated from the Finnish by the author (Samovar Magazine, September 25). “The Wind Cave” by Haruki Murakami, translated from the Japanese by Philip

Out This Month: August

By Rachel CordascoAugust 3, 2018out this monthAlgeria, Apex Publications, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Brazil, Cadmus Press, Carme Torras, Catalan, Catalonia, Chicago Review Press, China, Chinese, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Daniel Huddleston, Fabio Fernandes, Francesco Verso, French, Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro, Haikasoru, Hao Jingfang, Italian, Italy, J. D. Wisgo, Japan, Japanese, Joel Martinsen, Ken Liu, Nadia Ghanem, Olena Bormashenko, Piero Schiavo Campo, Portugal, Portuguese, Russia, Russian, Safia Ketou, Sally McCorry, Sara Martín, Sarah Jane Webb, Serbia, Serbian, Tamar Yellin, Tomohito Moriyama, Tor Books, Trafika Europe, World Weaver Press, Yoshiki Tanaka, Zoran Živković

SHORT STORIES “The Loneliest Ward” by Hao Jingfang, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Clarkesworld Magazine, August 1) “The Mauve Planet” by Safia Ketou, translated from the French by Nadia Ghanem (Arablit.org, August 13) Excerpt from The Man at One Kelvin Degrees by Piero Schiavo Campo, translated from the

Reviews of Short SFT: May Edition

By Rachel CordascoMay 31, 2018reviewA. Que, Adrian Demopulos, Alex Shvartsman, Argentina, Arthur Dixon, Auston Stiefer, Bolivia, China, Chinese, Christina Miller, Clarkesworld Magazine, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Emily Jin, Future Science Fiction Digest, Gabriela Damián Miravete, George Henson, Granta, Japan, Japanese, Javier González Cárdenas, Ken Liu, Latin American Literature Today, Lightspeed Magazine, Liliana Colanzi, Margaret Mitsutani, Martin Felipe Castagnet, Mexico, Russia, Russian, Spanish, Tatiana Ivanova, Teng Ye, Xia Jia, Yoko Tawada, Yuzhi Yang

Each month, 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.

Out This Month: May

By Rachel CordascoMay 3, 2018out this monthA. Que, Alex Shvartsman, Andrea Johnson, Andrzej Sapkowski, Argentina, Bill Campbell, Black Coat Press, Brian Stableford, Carmen Boullosa, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, David French, Dietmar Dath, DoppelHouse Press, Emily Jin, Etienne-Léon de Lamothe-Langon, Felix Haas, France, Francesco Verso, French, Future Science Fiction Digest, German, Germany, Haikasoru, James Nicoll, Japan, Japanese, Ken Liu, Ko Ransom, Lightspeed, Mexico, Nisioisin, Orbit Books, Poland, Polish, Regina Kanyu Wang, Rodrigo Fresán, Rosarium Publishing, Russia, Russian, Samuel P. Willcox, Spanish, Tatiana Ivanova, Teng Ye, Tobi Hirotaka, Vertical, Will Vanderhyden, World Literature Today, X. B. Saintine, Xia Jia, Yuzhi Yang

FICTION “Farewell, Doraemon,” by A Que, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin and Ken Liu (Clarkesworld Magazine, May 1) “Night-Journey” of the Dragon Horse” by Xia Jia, translated from the Chinese by Ken Liu (Lightspeed, May 10) reprint “Impress Me, Then We’ll Talk About the Money” by

Out This Month: February

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 5, 2018out this monthA. Que, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Claude Ecken, Edward Gauvin, Elizabeth Hanlon, France, French, German, Germany, Markus Heitz, Max Hrabrov, Motherboard, Quercus Books, Russia, Russian, Sheelagh Alabaster, Svyatoslav Loginov, Trafika Europe

“The Power is Out” by A Que, translated from the Chinese by Elizabeth Hanlon (Clarkesworld Magazine) “Paralysis” by Claude Ecken, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin (Motherboard) Excerpt from A Light in the Night by Svyatoslav Loginov, translated from the Russian by Max Hrabrov (Trafika Europe)

Flash Fiction From Around the World: “Tanya’s Manoeuvres”

By Rachel CordascoOctober 22, 2017Flash FictionAndrei Dichenko, flash fiction, Fred Fingers, Russia, Russian

This is the twelfth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. The series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Andrei Dichenko (born in 1988 in Kaliningrad) – belarusian writer and journalist. Author of several influential books, among them «Плиты и провалы», «Ты – меня», «Солнечный

Review: The Snail on the Slope by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

By Rachel CordascoOctober 18, 20171 commentreviewAlan Meyer, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Gollancz, Russia, Russian

translated by Alan Meyers Gollancz 1980 243 pages grab a copy (the link here is to the upcoming [2018] Chicago Review Press edition) Radiant Terminus meets Annihilation meets The Slynx The strange title of this Strugatsky novel perfectly reflects the strangeness that follows. How does one even begin to review a book like The Snail

Theodore Sturgeon and Russian SFT

By Rachel CordascoAugust 20, 2017newsRussia, Russian, Theodore Sturgeon

Apparently, in the 1970s-80s, there was a Collier Books trade paperback series called “Theodore Sturgeon Introduces New Science Fiction From Russia” !!! Nice! (here are a few of the covers)

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