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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!!

Kurodahan Press to Publish a New Collection by Yasutaka Tsutsui

By Rachel CordascoMarch 17, 2017newsAndrea Atzori, Japan, Japanese, Kurodahan Press, Yasutaka Tsutsui

Kurodahan is publishing “a new collection of stories by Yasutaka Tsutsui, famed in Japan and worldwide for his darkly humorous, satirical handling of a vast range of themes central to the human condition.” Bullseye! by Yasutaka Tsutsui, translated by Andrew Driver Look for it this summer/fall! Other books by Yasutaka Tsutsui in English:

Strange Horizons- SFT Reviews

By Rachel CordascoMarch 11, 2017newsFantastica, Francesco Verso, Haikasoru, Italian, Italy, Japan, Japanese, Jocelyne Allen, Kazuki Sakuraba, Sally McCorry, Strange Horizons

The latest issue of Strange Horizons features two SFT reviews: my review of Francesco Verso’s Nexhuman and Kari Sperring’s review of Red Girls. Check ’em out!

Out This Month: March

By Rachel CordascoMarch 2, 2017out this monthAndrzej Sapkowski, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Danish, David French, Denmark, France, French, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Ken Liu, Louis Levy, New Directions, Orbit Books, Poland, Polish, Raymond Roussel, Rupert Copeland Cunningham, Taiyo Fujii, Timothy Silver, W. C. Bamberger, Wakefield Press, Xia Jia

The Lady of the Lake (Witcher Series #5) by Andrzej Sapkowski, translated by David French (Orbit, March 14) “After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows while narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world… an Elven world. She is trapped with no way out. Time does not seem to

Resource For Japanese SFT

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 28, 2017spotlightJapan, Japanese

Contemporary Japanese Literature, run by Kathryn Hemmann is a fabulous resource, especially for all things Japanese SFT. Check it out! fantasy science fiction horror

Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 2: Ambition by Yoshiki Tanaka

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 2, 2017reviewDaniel Huddleston, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Daniel Huddleston Haikasoru July 19, 2016 288 pages It had been a while since I’d read the first novel of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, but thanks to Tanaka’s no-frills, warp-speed style and Huddleston’s smooth translation, I had no trouble jumping right back in. And like Volume 1, Volume 2:

BTBA Post: Polar Bears and Cyborg Turtles: Some Non-Human Narrative Perspectives

By Rachel CordascoDecember 25, 2016reviewGerman, Germany, Japan, Japanese, Kurodahan Press, New Directions, Susan Bernofsky, Tyran Grillo, Yoko Tawada, Yusaku Kitano

(this piece was first published on the Three Percent website on 12/12/16 and was written for the Best Translated Book Award series of posts) I’ve only come across two books this year that take as their main narrator(s) a non-human creature: Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada, translated by Susan Bernofsky; and Mr.

Charles Tan on Yoshiki Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes Series

By Rachel CordascoNovember 28, 2016reviewCharles Tan, Daniel Huddleston, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Yoshiki Tanaka

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: 30 Years Ahead of Its Time By Charles Tan While Western Science Fiction and Fantasy is currently experiencing mainstream appeal thanks to successful novel-to-TV adaptations like Game of Thrones, The Expanse, and The Magicians, the Japanese media industry has this formula pegged down as far back as the 1980s. Media

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

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