Monthly Archives: July 2018

Review: The Mission by Péter Zsoldos

translated from the Hungarian by András Szabados Profiford Bt. May 6, 2018 (originally published in Hungarian in 1971) 190 pages (see András Szabados’s essay on Zsoldos (this site) and Bogi Takács’ essay “Geographic accidents: the Gregor Man trilogy by Péter Zsoldos” (via Locus)) Péter Zsoldos (1930-1997)  was a Hungarian sf author in the US-UK tradition,

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Guest Post: “The Microcosm of Péter Zsoldos” by András Szabados

András Szabados is a freelance translator, who is also a fan of classic science fiction and has made it his mission to bring the previously unknown works of Peter Zsoldos to the English-reading audience. You can grab a copy of his translation of The Mission here. The Microcosm of Péter Zsoldos Trying to define classic

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Review: Catastrophe by Dino Buzzati

translated by Judith Landry Ecco (Harper Collins) March 27, 2018 (most of the stories- originally 1965) 240 pages grab a copy Contents: “The Collapse of the Baliverna” “Catastrophe” “The Epidemic” “The Landslide” “Just the Very Thing They Wanted” “Oversight” “The Monster” “Seven Floors” “The March of Time” “The Alarming Revenge of a Domestic Pet” “And

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National Translation Award Longlist and Shirley Jackson Award

Both the National Translation Award longlist and the Shirley Jackson Award include SFT this year: NTA: The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden, from Open Letter Shirley Jackson Award: (tie; winner for novella) Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell, from Riverhead

Review: Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World, ed. Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro

translated from the Portuguese by Fábio Fernandes World Weaver Press August 7, 2018 286 pages grab a copy   Contents: “Soylent Green is People!” by Carlos Orsi “When Kingdoms Collide” by Telmo Marçal “Breaking News!” by Romeu Martins “Once Upon a Time in a World” by Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa “Escape” by Gabriel Cantareira

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Upcoming SFT Stories and Books

Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up to No Good (part of the Women Up To No Good series), edited by Joanne Merriam, up now on Kickstarter, will include SFT by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría (Argentina) and Estíbaliz Espinosa (Galicia): “Liquid Glass” (original) is by Argentine author Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría (@TeresaPME). Her novelette, Memory, is also

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Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes Volume 6: Flight by Yoshiki Tanaka

translated by Tyran Grillo Haikasoru April 17, 2018 224 pages grab a copy   Unlike the previous five books in Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Flight offers readers no space battles and little hand-to-hand combat (though there is some of the latter partway through the book, and it’s kind of graphic). Instead, this

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Reviews of Short Fiction: June Edition

Each month, Daniel Haeusser reviews short works of SFT that appear both online and in print. He is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Canisius College, where he teaches microbiology and leads student research projects with bacteria and bacteriophage. He’s also an associate blogger with the American Society for Microbiology’s popular Small Things Considered.

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Out This Month: July

SHORT STORIES “To Fly Like a Fallen Angel” by Qi Yue, translated from the Chinese by Elizabeth Hanlon (Clarkesworld Magazine, July 1)         “Render Unto Caesar” by Eduardo Vaquerizo, translated from the Spanish by Rich Larson (Analog SF, July/August)         “All Clear” by Hao He, translated from the Chinese

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