If, like me, you weren’t able to attend Worldcon 75 in Helsinki (which just wrapped up today), at least we can all watch some videos taken of cool panels! Here are links to some of the panels that dealt with SF in translation/SF in languages other than English. Enjoy! “Lost in Mistranslation” with Jan
Mekong Review has launched a Kickstarter to fund the publication in English of some classic Vietnamese fiction, including a work of magical realism- Nhung dua tre chet gia (The Young Die Old) by Nguyen Binh Phuong. Check it out!
It’s a great day for SF in translation! Samovar Magazine‘s latest issue is out, and it features two short stories translated from the Spanish, five haiku poems, and an interview with Marian Via Rivera-Womack on current trends in Spanish SF. Read it now!
The 2017 Locus Awards were announced today, and included many SF in translation winners/finalists! Science Fiction Novel (winner): Death’s End by Liu Cixin, translated by Ken Liu (Tor) Horror Novel (finalist): Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier (Tor) Anthology (winner): The Big Book of Science Fiction, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
Wiscon– the world’s leading feminist science fiction convention- just wrapped up its 41st meeting here in Madison, Wisconsin, and it was as exciting and diverse as ever. With panels, workshops, presentations, parties, and more, Wiscon showcased the talent and keen inquiry of the writers, students, translators, artists, and many others who packed its halls. I
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: Excerpt from The King in the Golden Mask by Marcel Schwob, translated by Kit Schluter in Tank Magazine “Marcel Schwob: A Man of the Future” in Weird Fiction Review Open Letter Books on The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresan
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: Black Gate interviewed Mohammad Rabie, author of Otared The Guardian featured a review of Petrosyan’s The Gray House Bogi Takács reviewed Noon: 22nd Century by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky “How novelist Ken Liu is bringing Chinese sci-fi to the Western world” World Literature Today featured a review
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: A new work of Czech sf available from Twisted Spoon Press The third volume of the Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction is out this July A review of 2084: The End of the World Lithub’s list of books by Czech women that should be translated– includes
Your weekly dose of SF in Translation links: “Japanese Refight the War, And Win, in Pulp Fiction”– by Andrew Pollack, NYT, 1995 (I’ve been reading the brilliant novel The Sacred Era by Yoshio Aramaki and learned about this article from the Introduction) “Singapore Fantasy Fiction Takes Flight”– by Olivia Ho, The Straits Times, May 2
Futuristica, Volume II (from Metasagas Press) is available now, and includes the story “Iron Goddess of Compassion” by Olha Chyhyrynska, translated by Anatoly Belilovsky. Check it out!
