Haikasoru – Speculative Fiction in Translation

LoGH on Locus

By Rachel CordascoMarch 10, 2020reviewDaniel Huddleston, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Matt Treyvaud, Tyran Grillo, Yoshiki Tanaka

Check out my essay on the entire Legend of the Galactic Heroes series for the Locus Roundtable here.

Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 10: Sunset By Yoshiki Tanaka

By Rachel CordascoDecember 16, 2019reviewHaikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Matt Treyvaud, Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Matt Treyvaud Haikasoru November 19, 2019 224 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers Haikasoru has done it. They’ve published all ten books in Yoshiki Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes series in English. Sadly, this was also one of Haikasoru’s last publications, but we can take heart from the fact that

Out This Month: November

By Rachel CordascoNovember 2, 2019out this monthAda Rémy, Argentina, Chang-Gyu Kim, Charles La Shure, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Clifford E. Landers, Cristina Lambert, Edward Gauvin, French, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Johannes Anyuru, Korea, Korean, Luiz Carlos Lisboa, Matt Treyvaud, Mo Xiong, Open Letter, Portuguese, Rebecca Kuang, Robert Marcuse, Rodrigo Fresán, Saskia Vogel, Spanish, Sweden, Swedish, Two Lines Press, Will Vanderhyden, Words Without Borders, Yoshiki Tanaka, Yves Rémy

SHORT STORIES “Sentinel” by Chang-Gyu Kim, translated from the Korean by Charles La Shure, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 1. “Operation Spring Dawn” by Mo Xiong, translated from the Chinese by Rebecca Kuang, Clarkesworld Magazine, November 1. “The Checkers Player” by Ada Rémy and Yves Rémy, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin, Words Without Borders,

Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 9: Upheaval By Yoshiki Tanaka

By Rachel CordascoOctober 20, 2019reviewHaikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Matt Treyvaud, Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Matt Treyvaud Haikasoru July 16, 2019 224 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers Aaaaand I still can’t believe that Yang Wen-li is dead. But moving on. Volume 9 picks up with Julian Mintz and his small community on Iserlohn also trying to move forward and establish their position in relation to

Out This Month: July

By Rachel CordascoJuly 3, 20192 commentsout this monthAlberto Chimal, Alex Shvartsman, Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson, Andrej Kokoulin, Andy Dudak, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, Argentina, Baoshu, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, David Bowles, Elisa Sinn, F&SF, Geo-il Bok, George Henson, Gollancz, Haikasoru, Iceland, Icelandic, Japan, Japanese, Justin Howe, Ken Liu, Korea, Korean, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Matt Treyvaud, Mexico, Rodrigo Juri, Russian, Spanish, Tang Fei, Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría, The Dark Magazine, Tor Books, Vintage, World Literature Today, Yoshiki Tanaka

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

Review: The Ouroboros Wave by Jyouji Hayashi

By Rachel CordascoFebruary 6, 2019reviewHaikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Jim Hubbert, Jyouji Hayashi

translated by Jim Hubbert Haikasoru November 16, 2010 350 pages grab a copy I’m just going to say it: I love this book. I love that it functions both as a collection of linked stories and as a novel. Yes, each section/story focuses on a different point in time (between 2123 and 2171), a different

Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 8: Desolation by Yoshiki Tanaka

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 13, 2019reviewHaikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Matt Treyvaud, Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Matt Treyvaud Haikasoru December 18, 2018 224 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers! It got real in Desolation. To everyone reading the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series in English, we’re in the home stretch: just two more books left, in which Tanaka wraps up this galaxy-spanning space opera about human

Horror in Translation in World Literature Today

By Rachel CordascoJanuary 7, 2019list, SFT recs, spotlightAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Bosnia, Bosnian, Coral Petkovich, Daniel Huddleston, Dempow Torishima, Haikasoru, Iraq, Istros Books, Japan, Japanese, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Jonathan Wright, Marlaine Delargy, Penguin, riverrun, Selvedin Avdić, Sweden, Swedish

I wrote about horror in translation for World Literature Today‘s “What to Read Now” feature: check it out! –

Out This Month: December

By Rachel CordascoDecember 3, 2018out this monthAndy Dudak, Aphelion, Black Coat Press, Brazil, Brian Stableford, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Costa Rica, Dutch, France, French, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Jerry L. Robinette, Laura Quijano Vincenzi, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Matt Treyvaud, Mike Jansen, Portuguese, Samovar Magazine, Spanish, Swylmar dos Santos Ferreira, The Netherlands, Toshiya Kamei, Yoshiki Tanaka, Zhang Ran

SHORT STORIES “Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler” by Zhang Ran, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, December 1) “Us and Them” by Swylmar dos Santos Ferreira, translated from the Portuguese by Toshiya Kamei (Aphelion, December) “Fluxless” by Mike Jansen, translated from the Dutch

Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 7: Tempest by Yoshiki Tanaka

By Rachel CordascoOctober 11, 2018reviewDaniel Huddleston, Haikasoru, Japan, Japanese, Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Daniel Huddleston Haikasoru August 21, 2018 254 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers! In this latest installment in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Tanaka picks up the pace once again, offering readers space battles, tactical trickery, and meditations on what it takes to be a “successful” ruler. And, of

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