Interview with Cora Buhlert
A big thank you to Cora Buhlert for interviewing me about Out of This World as part of her “Non-Fiction Spotlight”! Read the interview here.
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SFT on Words Without Borders
The lovely people at Words Without Borders published my recent essay on why “We Need More Speculative Fiction in Translation.” Here’s an excerpt: “After all, speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, etc.) is and has been written around the world since those genres emerged. The rise of Anglo-French science fiction at the turn
Review: Trouble in Paradise by Pierre Boulle
This is part of a series on French author Pierre Boulle. Julliard, 1979 translated by Patricia Wolf Vanguard Press, 1985 188 pages I’m not really sure what I just read, but I’ll do my best to write about it. You know how I’ve been saying on twitter (@Rcordas) that Boulle’s work is wild? Well, Trouble
Out This Month: March
SHORT STORIES “Commencement Address” by Arthur Liu, translated from the Chinese by Stella Jiayue Zhu (Clarkesworld, March 1) “Silent Slumber” by Malena Salazar Maciá, translated from the Spanish by ? (Dark Matter, March/April) NOVELS Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani (New
Review: The Marvelous Palace by Pierre Boulle
This is part of a series on French author Pierre Boulle. Flammarion, 1976 translated by Margaret Giovanelli Vanguard Press, 1977 187 pages The original title for this collection was Histoires perfides, which literally means “false or treacherous stories.” Personally, I like the English title because it is mellifluous (the very reason why the phrase was
Review: Because it is Absurd by Pierre Boulle
This is part of a series on French author Pierre Boulle. Julliard, 1966 translated by Elisabeth Abbott Vanguard Press, 1971 190 pages The full title of this collection is Because it is Absurd (on Earth as in Heaven), and if that sounds familiar to you, that’s because it riffs off of Jesus’s words in Matthew
Review: Garden on the Moon by Pierre Boulle
This is part of a series on French author Pierre Boulle. Julliard, 1964 translated by Xan Fielding Vanguard Press, 1965 315 pages Boulle’s third book to be translated into English demonstrates the writer’s gift for creating heightened tension in the plot and then easing it with a heavy dose of irony. And if you like
Review: Time Out of Mind and Other Stories by Pierre Boulle
This is part of a series on French author Pierre Boulle. selected and translated by Xan Fielding Secker & Warburg, 1966 254 pages It’s a bit confusing when you try to sort out exactly which of Boulle’s stories from which English edition of Time Out of Mind first appeared in which French collection.* Here’s a
Review: Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
This is part of a series on French author Pierre Boulle. Julliard, 1963 translated by Xan Fielding Vanguard Press, 1963 246 pages If you’ve watched the 1968 Planet of the Apes film, that’s great. Now forget all about it. Pierre Boulle’s novel Planet of the Apes is, like many of the author’s works, a social
Review: The Good Leviathan by Pierre Boulle
This is part of a series on French author Pierre Boulle. Julliard, 1977 translated by Margaret Giovanelli Vanguard Press, 1978 204 pages Pierre Boulle published The Great Leviathan, the story of a massive, nuclear-powered oil tanker, eight years after the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, in which over three million gallons of oil were released
