On the Apex Magazine site, Francesco Verso talks about the origins and major themes of his novel Nexhuman, translated by Sally McCorry and coming out next month from Apex Publications. Read “Nexhuman: From Origin to Translation” here.
This is the sixteenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. Here are 25 intense short pieces by Italian sf authors that take us from the depths of human consciousness to the future of AI. A huge thank-you to Sarah Jane Webb for translating and editing all of these wonderful pieces!
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.
In Samovar Magazine this month, you’ll find two interviews with Italian SF authors, and an essay on the SF conference in Chengdu by Francesco Verso: Interview: Francesco Verso Interview: Clelia Farris “A Report from the 4th International Science Fiction Conference in Chengdu” by Francesco Verso
“The Catalog of Virgins” by Nicoletta Vallorani, translated from the Italian by Rachel S. Cordasco (Clarkesworld) “House Taken Over” by Yuri Herrera, translated from the Spanish by Lisa M. Dillman (Words Without Borders) Malacqua by Nicola Pugliese, translated from the Italian by Shaun Whiteside (And Other Stories, November
This is the eleventh in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. This series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Born in northern Italy in 1986, Carlo Vicenzi holds a degree in Modern Languages and Anthropology. An enthusiast of Renaissance fencing and a martial arts practitioner,
This is the tenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. This series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Piero Schiavo Campo has a degree in physics. After five years in scientific research, he moved on to software. Currently he teaches Theory and Techniques
“The Psychology Game” by Xia Jia, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin and Ken Liu (Clarkesworld, October 1) “The Weirdo” by Davide Camparsi, translated by Michael Colbert (The Dark Magazine, October)
Today, Apex announced that it has acquired a fantastic work of SF in translation from Italy: Nexhuman by Francesco Verso, translated by Sally McCorry! You can read more about it here. And here‘s the review I wrote for Strange Horizons.
I’ve started a new page on this site that focuses on contemporary Italian sf that needs to be translated into English and published in the U.S. I’ll be adding more titles to this list, along with translated synopses. Let me know what else I should add!
