Speculative Fiction in Translation – your guide to speculative fiction from around the world

FutureCon

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 6, 2020newsFutureCon

FutureCon is here! September 17-20, 2020. I’m excited to announce that I’ll be participating in this convention about science fiction as it is written, translated, and published around the world. With panelists from 25 different countries (so far!), FutureCon offers us an opportunity for a truly international discussion of the genre. Thanks to the organizers

New Lem Editions

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 6, 2020news, spotlightMIT Press, Stanislaw Lem

Feast your eyes on these beautiful new editions of Lem’s work (both speculative and not) from MIT Press. Apparently, there more to come soon!

Out This Month: September

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 4, 20201 commentout this monthAlex Shvartsman, Analog, Andy Dudak, China, Chinese, Christiane Vadnais, Clarkesworld Magazine, Clelia Farris, Coach House Books, French, Galaxy's Edge, Italian, Italy, Japan, Japanese, Jennifer Delare, K. A Teryna, Keishi Kajifune, Pablo Strauss, Quebec, Rachel Cordasco, Rosarium Publishing, Russia, Russian, Toshiya Kamei, Wang Yuan

SHORT STORIES “No One Ever Leaves Port Henri” by K. A. Teryna, translated from the Russian by Alex Shvartsman (Galaxy’s Edge, September 1). “The Book Reader” by Keishi Kajifune, translated from the Japanese by Toshiya Kamei (Clarkesworld, September 1). “Casualties of the Quake” by Wang

Spanish-Language Speculative Fiction by Women in Translation

By Rachel CordascoSeptember 4, 2020SFT recs, spotlightAgustina Bazterrica, Argentina, Bibiana Camacho, Cecilia Weddell, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cuba, Malena Salazar Maciá, Megan McDowell, Mexico, Open Letter, Sarah Moses, Spanish, The Future Fire, Toshiya Kamei, World Literature Today

I wrote a piece about Spanish-language speculative fiction by women in translation for the Three Percent website and in celebration of #WITMonth. Check it out here.

Penguin Science Fiction Series

By Rachel CordascoAugust 18, 2020newsAmalia Gladhart, Andreas Eschbach, Angélica Gorodischer, Antonina W. Bouis, Argentina, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Clarence Brown, Doryl Jensen, German, Germany, Japan, Japanese, Juliet Winters Carpenter, Kobo Abe, Michaek Kandel, Penguin Science Fiction Series, Poland, Polish, Russia, Russian, Spanish, Stanislaw Lem, Yevgeny Zamyatin

The new Penguin Science Fiction Series (which highlights classics of the genre) includes several works of SF in Translation: check it out here. Trafalgar by Angélica Gorodischer, translated from the Spanish (Argentina) by Amalia Gladhart (6/8/2020) We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, translated from the Russian by Clarence Brown (6/8/2020)