Cuba – Speculative Fiction in Translation

Spanish-Language Speculative Fiction by Women in Translation

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 4, 2020SFT recs, spotlightAgustina Bazterrica, Argentina, Bibiana Camacho, Cecilia Weddell, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cuba, Malena Salazar Maciá, Megan McDowell, Mexico, Open Letter, Sarah Moses, Spanish, The Future Fire, Toshiya Kamei, World Literature Today

I wrote a piece about Spanish-language speculative fiction by women in translation for the Three Percent website and in celebration of #WITMonth. Check it out here.

Out This Month: July

By Rachel CordascoJuly 3, 2020out this monthAgustin de Rojas, Andrea Lingenfelter, Andy Dudak, China, Chinese, Chinese Literature Today, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cuba, Czech, Czech Republic, David Frye, Edward Gauvin, Eisuke Aikawa, France, French, George MacLennan, Hebe Powell, Hong Kong, Isaac Hsu, Japan, Japanese, Jesse Field, Julie Nováková, Kai-cheung Dung, Marcel Brion, Miguel Collazo, Nick Caistor, Restless Books, Samovar, ShakeSpace, Spanish, Taiwan, Toshiya Kamei, Tze-lan Deborah Sang, Wakefield Press, Yoss

SHORT STORIES “Three Stories Conjured from Nothing” by ShakeSpace, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, July 1). “The Curtain Falls, the Show Must End” by Julie Nováková, translated from the Czech by the author (Samovar, July 27). “Hummingbird” by Eisuke Aikawa, translated from the Japanese by

Review: Red Dust by Yoss

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 17, 2020reviewCuba, Restless Books, Spanish, Yoss

translated by David Frye Restless Books July 7, 2020 208 pages grab a copy A wild ride from the first page, Red Dust (Yoss’s latest novel in English) is a highly-entertaining space opera indebted to classic detective fiction. It also has an unusual protagonist in the form of Raymond, a positronic robot detective who is tasked

Out This Month: February

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 4, 2020out this monthAndrew Bromfield, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Carolina de Robertis, Chicago Review Press, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cuba, Harper Voyager, Harvill Secker, Indonesia, Indonesian, Intan Paramaditha, Julia Meitov Hersey, Malena Salazar Maciá, Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, Mariner Books, Ray Loriga, Russia, Russian, Spanish, Stephen J. Epstein, Toshiya Kamei

SHORT STORIES “Eyes of the Crocodile” by Malena Salazar Maciá, translated from the Spanish by Toshiya Kamei (Clarkesworld Magazine, February 1). NOVELS The Inhabited Island by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield (Chicago Review Press, February 4). Daughter from the

Out This Month: October

By Rachel CordascoOctober 2, 2018out this monthAndrew Cunningham, Anna Wu, Apex Publications, Black Coat Press, Brian Stableford, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cuba, Edward Gauvin, France, French, Gengen Kusano, George Henson, Hayakawa Publishing, Japan, Japanese, Jodie Beck, Mariko Ohara, Melanie Fazi, Spanish, University of Minnesota Press, World Literature Today, Yoss

SHORT STORIES “The Facecrafter” by Anna Wu, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin (Clarkesworld, October 1) “Health for All” by Yoss, translated from the Spanish by George Henson (World Literature Today, October 25) “Our Lady of the Scales“ by Mélanie Fazi, translated by Edward Gauvin (World Literature Today,

SFT in September Locus Issue

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 9, 2018newsChina, Chinese, Cuba, Hebrew, Israel, Russian, Spain, Spanish

SFT-related news/reviews in the latest issue of Locus Magazine: Gary Wolfe reviews Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature, eds. Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem (Mandel Vilar Press) Ian Mond reviews Condomnauts by Yoss, translated from the Spanish by David Frye (Restless Books) Karen Burnham reviews “To Fly Like a Fallen Angel” by Qi

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

The Best Translated Book Award Longlist

By Rachel CordascoMarch 29, 2017newsArabic, Basma Abdel Aziz, Cuba, David Frye, Dominican Republic, Elisabeth Jaquette, Jessica Powell, New Directions, Pedro Cabiya, Spanish, Susan Bernofsky, Yoko Tawada, Yoss

This year’s Best Translated Book Award longlist includes four works of speculative fiction in translation! Here’s the entire list: The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz, translated from Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette, from Melville House Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada, translated from German by Susan Bernofsky, from New

SFT Recs: Zombies

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 16, 2017SFT recsCuba, Dominican Republic, Eric J. Mota, French, Haiti, Jessica Powell, Kaiama L. Glover, Lawrence Schimel, Manel Loureiro, Pamela Carmell, Pedro Cabiya, René Depestre, Spain, Spanish

“Greetings From a Zombie Nation” by Eric J. Mota, translated by Lawrence Schimel (Terra Nova: An Anthology of Contemporary Spanish Science Fiction, 2013) Mota’s engrossing story about a mysterious alien zombie virus and the zombification of Cuba is horrifying but also extremely believable. Wicked Weeds by Pedro Cabiya, translated by

Review: Terra Nova: An Anthology of Contemporary Spanish Science Fiction, ed. Mariano Villareal

By Rachel CordascoNovember 24, 2016reviewArgentina, Cuba, Erick J. Mota, Felicidad Martinez, Juanfran Jimenez, Lola Robles, Mariano Villareal, Spain, Spanish, Sportula, Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría, Victor Conde

Co-selected by Mariano Villareal and Luis Pestarini translated from the Spanish by Sue Burke and Lawrence Schimel Sportula June 15, 2013 258 pages Outstanding novella-length stories make up this important collection of contemporary Spanish-language science fiction. Thanks to translators Sue Burke and Lawrence Schimel, us English-language readers are able to see for ourselves just

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Spanish-Language Speculative Fiction by Women in Translation

Out This Month: July

Review: Red Dust by Yoss

Out This Month: February

Out This Month: October

SFT in September Locus Issue

Out This Month: July

The Best Translated Book Award Longlist

SFT Recs: Zombies

Review: Terra Nova: An Anthology of Contemporary Spanish Science Fiction, ed. Mariano Villareal