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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, Future Science Fiction Digest, Galaxy's Edge, Harry Martinson, Italian, Italy, Japan, Japanese, Jennifer Delare, K. A Teryna, Keishi Kajifune, Kim Choyeop, Korea, Korean, Korean Literature Now, Nathan Faries, Pablo Strauss, Quebec, Rachel Cordasco, Rosarium Publishing, Russia, Russian, Su Min, Sweden, Swedish, Toshiya Kamei, Wang Yuan, Youngjae Josephine Bae

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)

SFT and the Awards

By Rachel CordascoAugust 8, 20203 commentsUncategorizedawards, Hugo Awards, Locus Awards, Nebula Awards, World Fantasy Awards, Worldcon

From the time I started reviewing SFT* for John DeNardo’s SF Signal a billion years ago (that is, November 2014) up until now (with an SFT site that just turned 4 and regular reviews in World Literature Today and Strange Horizons), I’ve thought a lot about the role that translation plays in the American publishing

Out This Month: August

By Rachel CordascoAugust 3, 2020out this monthAgustina Bazterrica, Andy Dudak, Argentina, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Atanas Slavov, Bulgaria, Bulgarian, Chicago Review Press, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Deep Vellum, Fantastika, Jo Fletcher, Kalin Nenov, Mats Strandberg, Maya Vinokour, Mexico, Pergentino José, Russia, Russian, Sarah Moses, Scribner, Sierra Zapotec, Spanish, Sweden, Swedish, Thomas Bunstead, Yan Leisheng

SHORT STORIES “The Plague” by Yan Leisheng, translated by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, August 1). NOVELS Lame Fate/Ugly Swans by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated from the Russian by Maya Vinokour (Chicago Review Press, August 4). Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated from the

Out This Month: July

By Rachel CordascoJuly 3, 2020out this monthAgustin de Rojas, Andrea Lingenfelter, Andy Dudak, China, Chinese, Chinese Literature Today, Cixin Liu, Clarkesworld Magazine, Cuba, Czech, Czech Republic, David Frye, Edward Gauvin, Eisuke Aikawa, France, French, George MacLennan, Hebe Powell, Hong Kong, Isaac Hsu, Japan, Japanese, Jesse Field, Julie Nováková, Kai-cheung Dung, Marcel Brion, Miguel Collazo, Nick Caistor, Restless Books, Samovar, ShakeSpace, Spanish, Taiwan, Toshiya Kamei, Tze-lan Deborah Sang, Wakefield Press, Yoss

SHORT STORIES “Three Stories Conjured from Nothing” by ShakeSpace, translated from the Chinese by Andy Dudak (Clarkesworld, July 1). “The Curtain Falls, the Show Must End” by Julie Nováková, translated from the Czech by the author (Samovar, July 27). “Hummingbird” by Eisuke Aikawa, translated from the Japanese by

Clelia Farris and Italian SFT

By Rachel CordascoJune 26, 2020news, spotlightClelia Farris, Italian, Italy, Jennifer Delare, Rachel Cordasco, Rosarium Publishing

Award-winning Italian science fiction author Clelia Farris has a collection of stories coming out in English in September from Rosarium Publishing. Jennifer Delare translated the title story and yours truly translated the other six stories. The collection received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which said, in part: “Across all seven marvelous tales, Farris effortlessly

Swedish SFT: Karin Tidbeck

By Rachel CordascoJune 26, 2020Nordic SFT month, spotlightKarin Tidbeck, Sweden, Swedish

Jagannath, translated by the author (Cheeky Frawg Books, 2012). “A child is born in a tin can. A switchboard operator finds himself in hell. Three corpulent women float somewhere beyond time. Welcome to the weird world of Karin Tidbeck, the visionary Swedish author of literary sci-fi, speculative fiction, and mind-bending fantasy who has captivated readers

Norwegian SFT: Knut Faldbakken

By Rachel CordascoJune 21, 2020Nordic SFT month, spotlightDufour Editions, Joan Tate, Knut Faldbakken, Norway, Norwegian

Twilight Country (Twilight Country #1), translated by Joan Tate (Dufour Editions, 1993). “A dark, end-of-the-millennium vision permeates this novel by Norwegian author Faldbakken. Fleeing from the collapsing economic, social and legal systems of Sweetwater, a dystopian city in an unnamed country, former architect Allan Ung takes his teenage wife, Lisa, and their four-year-old son,

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