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Czech Sci-Fi Indiegogo Campaign

By Rachel CordascoJune 10, 2018news, spotlightCzech, Czech Republic, Jan Kotouč

Jan Kotouč, Czech author of sci-fi and alternate-history novels, is running an indiegogo campaign to cover the art, production, and translation into English of his Frontiers of the Imperium series. Check it out!

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

Flash Fiction From Around the World: Italian Flash Speculative Fiction in Translation

By Rachel CordascoJune 4, 20182 commentsFlash FictionCarlo Vicenzi, Cleide Bartolotti, Dario Tonani, Franci Conforti, Italian, Italy, Laura Scaramozzino, Linda De Santi, Lorenzo Crescentini, Maico Morellini, Naiche Andersen, Nicoletta Vallorani, Piero Schiavo Campo, Sarah Jane Webb, Stefano Teatini, Valeria Barbera

This is the sixteenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. Here are 25 intense short pieces by Italian sf authors that take us from the depths of human consciousness to the future of AI. A huge thank-you to Sarah Jane Webb for translating and editing all of these wonderful pieces!

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

Reviews of Short SFT: May Edition

By Rachel CordascoMay 31, 2018reviewA. Que, Adrian Demopulos, Alex Shvartsman, Argentina, Arthur Dixon, Auston Stiefer, Bolivia, China, Chinese, Christina Miller, Clarkesworld Magazine, Edmundo Paz Soldán, Emily Jin, Future Science Fiction Digest, Gabriela Damián Miravete, George Henson, Granta, Japan, Japanese, Javier González Cárdenas, Ken Liu, Latin American Literature Today, Lightspeed Magazine, Liliana Colanzi, Margaret Mitsutani, Martin Felipe Castagnet, Mexico, Russia, Russian, Spanish, Tatiana Ivanova, Teng Ye, Xia Jia, Yoko Tawada, Yuzhi Yang

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.

The SFT Panel at Wiscon 42

By Rachel CordascoMay 26, 2018newsArrate Hidalgo, Chinese, Crystal Huff, Italian, S. Qiouyi Lu, Spanish, Sue Burke, WisCon

Wiscon– the world’s leading feminist science fiction convention–is currently happening (through Memorial Day weekend) and offers a wide range of panels, workshops, readings, academic papers, and much more (including a wonderful dealer’s room and lots of opportunities to network and nosh). This is my second time participating in the SF in Translation panel, and, as

WWB Interview With Translator Jonathan Wright

By Rachel CordascoMay 22, 2018interview, newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Eric M. B. Becker, Iraq, Jonathan Wright, Oneworld

Check out Eric Becker’s interview on Words Without Borders with Jonathan Wright, who translated the award-winning work of Iraqi horror Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi.

New SF Magazine: Future Science Fiction Digest

By Rachel CordascoMay 16, 2018newsFuture Science Fiction Digest

Future Science Fiction Digest, a collaboration between the Future Affairs Administration and UFO Publishing, is now live, edited by author, translator, and editor Alex Shvartsman. FSFD is looking for science fiction from around the world, and encourages submissions of translated sf. Check out Issue 0 here, which includes reprint stories from Lavie Tidhar, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro,

Translating French Proto-SF: An Interview With Brian Stableford

By Rachel CordascoMay 8, 2018interviewBrian Stableford, France, French

Recently, I had the privilege of discussing the French origins of science fiction with the talented and prolific author and translator Brian Stableford. His work on the history of SF and his translations of French proto-SF are critical for our understanding of how the genre developed and what its future might hold. SFT:

Guest Review: Nekomonogatari (White) by Nisioisin

By Rachel CordascoMay 7, 2018guest post, reviewAndrea Johnson, Japan, Japanese, Ko Ransom, Nisioisin, Vertical

Andrea Johnson and her husband live in a college town in Michigan, where their home looks like a library exploded. They are both okay with this living arrangement. Andrea reviews science fiction and fantasy books at Little Red Reviewer (littleredreviewer.wordpress.com), and talks non-bookish things at Girl Stuff (thegirlstuffblog.wordpress.com). If you chat with her on twitter,