Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco

Review: The Cemetery of Chua Village and Other Stories by Doan Le

translated by Rosemary Nguyen, Duong Tuong, and Wayne Karlin Curbstone Press, 2005 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library speculative stories included: “The Cemetery of Chua Village” (tr. Rosemary Nguyen) “Achieving Flyhood” (tr. Rosemary Nguyen) “The Venus of Chua Village” (tr. Rosemary Nguyen) “The Clone” (tr. Duong Tuong with Wayne

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Vietnamese SFT

I’ve been interested in finding some Vietnamese SFT and I finally did! See below for two collections, and please let me know if there are more! The Cemetery of Chua Village and Other Stories by Doan Le, translated by Rosemary Nguyen, Wayne Karlin and Tuong Doung (Curbstone Books, 2005). “This seventh volume in the “Voices

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Review: The Inhumans and Other Stories: A Selection of Bengali Science Fiction

edited and translated by Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay MIT Press (part of the Radium Age Book Series), 2024 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library Contents: The Inhumans (Amanushik Manush) (1935) by Hemendrakumar Roy “Voyage to Venus” (“Shukra Bhraman”) (1895) by Jagadananda Ray “The Mystery of the Giant” (“Danab Rahassya”) (1931) by

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Out This Month: March

“One Flew Over the Songhua River” by Qi Ran, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, March 1) Through the Night Like a Snake: Latin American Horror Stories, ed. Two Lines Press, various translators (Two Lines Press, March 12) In ten chilling stories from this ensemble cast of contemporary Latin American writers, horror infiltrates

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Review: Your Utopia by Bora Chung

translated by Anton Hur original publication (in Korean): 2021 this edition: Honford Star, 2024 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library “The Center for Immortality Research” “The End of the Voyage” “A Very Ordinary Marriage” “Maria, Gratia Plena” “Your Utopia” “A Song for Sleep” [read here] “Seed” “To Meet Her”

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SFT from Quebec

Check out this special feature in the latest issue of Words Without Borders on SFFQ (la science-fiction et le fantastique québécois)! “Thriving on Indiscipline: An Introduction to Quebec’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Scene” by Hannah Allen-Shim “Specimen” by Joyce Baker, translated by E. S. Taillon “Chlorosis” by Ariane Gélinas, translated by Remy Attig “Ruins” by Mélodie

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Out This Month: February

“The Peregrine Falcon Flies West” by Yang Wanqing, tr from the Chinese by Jay Zhang (Clarkesworld, February) You Glow in the Dark by Liliana Colanzi, translated from the Spanish by Chris Andrews (New Directions, February 6) The seven stories of You Glow in the Dark unfold in a Latin America wrecked and poisoned by human

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Review: Newton’s Brain by Jakub Arbes

translated by David Short original publication (in Czech): 1877 first English edition: Jantar Publishing, 2023 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library * spoilers ahead Eighteen years before H. G. Wells published his groundbreaking science fiction novella The Time Machine, Czech author, editor, and journalist Jakub Arbes published Newton’s Brain,

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