Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: Johanna Sinisalo’s The Core of the Sun won the Prometheus Award for Best Novel Lots of great panels coming up at Worldcon about translating speculative fiction A review of Heavens on Earth in Full-Stop
Mekong Review has launched a Kickstarter to fund the publication in English of some classic Vietnamese fiction, including a work of magical realism- Nhung dua tre chet gia (The Young Die Old) by Nguyen Binh Phuong. Check it out!
“An Age of Ice” by Zhang Ran, translated by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, July 1) Bullseye! by Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by Andrew Driver (Kurodahan Press, July 11) “A new collection of stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui, famed in Japan and worldwide for his darkly humorous, satirical handling of a vast range
It’s a great day for SF in translation! Samovar Magazine‘s latest issue is out, and it features two short stories translated from the Spanish, five haiku poems, and an interview with Marian Via Rivera-Womack on current trends in Spanish SF. Read it now!
The 2017 Locus Awards were announced today, and included many SF in translation winners/finalists! Science Fiction Novel (winner): Death’s End by Liu Cixin, translated by Ken Liu (Tor) Horror Novel (finalist): Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier (Tor) Anthology (winner): The Big Book of Science Fiction, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: Carlos Maleno Q&A in The Irish Times James Nicoll reviews A Small Charred Face Sarah Dodd talks about Samovar Magazine on the Skiffy and Fanty Show An interview with Annie Sheng on Samovar
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: 2017 Kurd Laßwitz Preis Winners– best German science fiction works and translations- via Locus Magazine Review of The Lady of the Lake on Nerds of a Feather “Energy” by Andrei Dichenko, translated by Andrea Gregovich, via New Pop Lit
translated by Jessica Sequeira Dalkey Archive Press May 26, 2017 120 pages grab a copy The eight short-yet-powerful stories that make up this collection reveal an intriguing new voice in translated fiction, in general, and speculative fiction, in particular. Each piece is unnerving in its own unique way, whether it deals with a lonely
I’m probably late to the party here, but I’ve discovered this fantastic site- The Short Story Project– that brings together talented writers, translators, critics, and others from around the world to give readers some of the best contemporary and classic short fiction out there. “And is there any speculative fiction on this site?” you might
translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden Open Letter May 16, 2017 552 pages grab a copy A brilliant, sprawling exploration of what it means to be a writer and how the literary mind both apprehends and attempts to reshape reality, The Invented Part is one of those books that isn’t really a book but
