Mandel Vilar Press – Speculative Fiction in Translation

Out This Month: September

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 6, 2018out this monthAndy Dudak, Apex Magazine, Apex Publications, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Columbia University Press, Cristina Jurado, Emanuel Lottem, Finland, Finnish, Harper Voyager, Hebrew, Israel, J. D. Wisgo, Japan, Japanese, Kaya Press, Korea, Korean, Luo Longxiang, Mandel Vilar Press, Marina and Sergei Dyachenko, Mingwei Song, Russia, Russian, Samovar Magazine, Sang Joon Park, Sheldon Teitelbaum, Sunyoung Park, Suvi Kauppila, Thedore Huters, Tomohito Moriyama

SHORT STORIES “The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm,” by Luo Longxiang, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, September 1) “Children of the Endless Sea” by Suvi Kauppila, translated from the Finnish by the author (Samovar Magazine, September 25). “The Wind Cave” by Haruki Murakami, translated from the Japanese by Philip

Zion’s Fiction Anthology: Meet the Authors

By Rachel CordascoJune 9, 2018spotlightEmanuel Lottem, English, Hebrew, Israel, Mandel Vilar Press, Russian, Sheldon Teitelbaum

Editor Sheldon Teitelbaum has been posting author bios for each of the contributors to the Zion’s Fiction anthology on facebook and kindly allowed me to collect them and repost them here. Enjoy, and don’t forget to grab a copy! Nitay Peretz was born in 1974 in Kibbutz Revivim, where he lives

Out This Month: June

By Rachel CordascoJune 2, 2018out this monthAhmed Saadawi, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Andy Dudak, Arabic, Bengali, Canaan Morse, China, Chinese, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Dale Knickerbocker, Damian Flanagan, Di An, Haikasoru, Hebrew, Ian Mond, IGMS, Interzone, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Japanese, Jodie Beck, Kobo Abe, Layli Uddin, Locus, Mandel Vilar Press, Mariko Ohara, Matt Treyvaud, Mir Rifat Us Saleheen, Paul Semel, Samovar Magazine, Shahidul Zahir, Tangent, Tobi Hitoraka, Unbound Worlds, University of Minnesota Press, Xing He

SHORT STORIES “Your Multicolored Life” by Xing He, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld Magazine, June 1) “Silver Tiger” by Lu Yang, translated from the Chinese by Eric Abrahamsen (New Yorker, June) “Woodcutter and Crows” by Shahidul Zahir, translated from the Bengali by Layli Uddin and

“Zion’s Fiction” Anthology Out This September

By Rachel CordascoMay 4, 20181 commentnewsHebrew, Israel, Mandel Vilar Press

The long-awaited Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature is finally scheduled to come out on September 25, 2018 from Mandel Vilar Press! Here’s the description: “This anthology showcases the best Israeli science fiction and fantasy literature published since the 1980s. The stories included come from Hebrew, Russian, and English-language sources, and include well-known

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

November is Spanish SF in Translation Month

By Rachel CordascoNovember 1, 2016UncategorizedElia Barceló, Eurocon 2016, Lawrence Schimel, Mandel Vilar Press, Pedro Cabiya, Sofia Rhei, Spanish, Strange Horizons

So much wonderful Spanish SF in Translation is out this month: we have the latest issue of Strange Horizons, which includes stories, poems, conversations, and reviews from Elia Barcelo, Sofia Rhei, Arrate Hidalgo, and many more, with much of the translation work done by the very talented Lawrence Schimel Wicked Weeds, by Pedro Cabiya, translated

Review: Isra Isle by Nava Semel

By Rachel CordascoOctober 16, 2016reviewHebrew, Israel, Jessica Cohen, Mandel Vilar Press, Nava Semel

translated by Jessica Cohen Mandel Vilar Press November 1, 2016 240 pages This spellbinding alternate-history is not just one story, but three. In Isra Isle, Nava Semel draws on historical fact and an optimistic alternative future to explore the ramifications of a Jewish state located in the United States and established in the early

REVIEW: Wicked Weeds by Pedro Cabiya

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 8, 2016reviewDominican Republic, Mandel Vilar Press, Pedro Cabiya, Spanish

translated from the Spanish (Dominican Republic) by Jessica Powell Mandel Vilar Press October 25, 2016 184 pages Subtitled “A Zombie Novel,” Wicked Weeds is so much more than that. Yes, it is a book whose main character is a self-professed “zombie,” but it is also a work of simultaneously free-wheeling complexity and carefully-plotted exploration

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