Tag Archives: Gollancz

Icelandic SFT: Bragi, Magnason, Vilhjálmsson

  The Ice Lands by Steinar Bragi, translated by Lorenzo Garcia (Macmillan UK, 2016). “The Ice Lands by Steinar Bragi is set against the backdrop of Iceland’s volcanic hinterlands, four thirty-somethings from Reykjavík embark on an ambitious camping trip, their jeep packed with supplies. The purpose of the trip is to heal both professional and

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Out This Month: July

SHORT STORIES “Wu Ding’s Journey to the West” by Tang Fei, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, July 1). “Flowers on My Face” by Geo-il Bok, translated from the Korean by Elisa Sinn and Justin Howe (Clarkesworld, July 1). “One in a Million” by Rodrigo Juri, translated from the Spanish by the author

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

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

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REVIEW: Empire V: The Prince of Hamlet by Victor Pelevin

translated by Anthony Phillips Gollancz February 18, 2016 337 pages I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but you are actually nothing more than a domesticated animal that provides nutritional life-force to vampires. Civilization, culture, human values and desires- these are all nothing more than the side-effects of vampiric domestication. We are all living

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