Every creative work is influenced by its predecessors in some way. Fanzines are no exception. I’ve been communing with the fanzines on Fanac.com for months now and discovered a couple of magazines that kept readers updated on the world sf scene during the 1970s and 80s (and into the 2000s). Unless I find any magazines
“How Does One Person Kill a Mountain?” by Shi Heiyao, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, October 1) Starblood by Nathalie Charles Henneberg, translated from the French by William Oarlock (Black Coat Press, October 1). Starblood is the colorful tale of a parallel medieval Earth featuring elementals and astronauts vying for the love of
New Directions, founded in 1936 by James Laughlin, publishes a wide range of literary fiction. They also bring us more speculative fiction in translation each year than any other publisher. Below is just a selection of their SFT titles.
SF2 Concatenation has featured this website and Small Planet: The SF in Translation Magazine in its news section. Check it out here!
Speculative Fiction in Translation from Around the World is out now from the University of Wales Press! It gives readers a comprehensive look at the speculative fiction that has been translated into English from more than forty languages over the past half century. Check it out!
Jean-Paul Garnier of Space Cowboy Books interviewed me for Vector about all things SF in translation. Check it out here!
Honford Star publishes translated literary fiction from East Asia. Since 2021, they’ve published a dozen works of speculative fiction in translation, including a series called “Lovecraft Reanimated.”
Check out Cyril Simsa’s essay on Czech author Eva Hauserová and the history of biopunk in the latest issue of Vector here.
“Raining out there” by Alexandra Senkevich, translated from the Russian by Ilse Meiler (World Literature Today, September) The Black Box: Stories by Mata Kastrisiou, translated from the Greek by Kostas Kaltsas (Arb Editions, September 1) Fierce and sophisticated, dark and dreamy, The Black Box is a collection of transgressive, poetic fiction by Mata Kastrisiou. Each
It’s time for some more Small Planet! Issue #2 is out now, filled with excellent pieces on everything from how to become an activist translator, to what it means that major genre awards are starting to include translation categories, to forthcoming books, books we want translated, Vintage SFT reviews, and more! Enjoy!
