Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco

Reviews of Short Fiction: June Edition

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.

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Daniel’s Reviews: Mars by Asja Bakić

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.

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The Aayakudi Murders by Indra Soundar Rajan

translated from the Tamil by Nirmal Rajagopalan Blaft Publications July 7, 2019 241 pages grab a copy The Aayakudi Murders is the latest work of Tamil SFT from Blaft Publications, which previously gave us three volumes of The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction. Aayakudi is a short and fast-paced supernatural thriller that, on the

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Out This Month: August

SHORT STORIES “In This Moment, We Are Happy” by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by Rebecca Kuang (Clarkesworld Magazine, August 1). “The Second Nanny” by Djuna, translated from the Korean by Sophie Bowman (Clarkesworld Magazine, August 1).         NOVELS The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated from the Japanese by Stephen

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Interview: Élisabeth Vonarburg

  I’m so pleased to have had the opportunity to interview award-winning author, editor, and translator Élisabeth Vonarburg! Along with writing numerous novels and short fiction, Vonarburg worked as fiction editor (1979-1990) and editor (1983-1985) of Solaris, the world’s oldest-established French-language sf magazine. Here she talks about her writing, SF in translation, and much more. Enjoy!

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SF Authors as Translators

Did you know that some of the most well-known Anglophone speculative fiction authors have also translated SF into English ? I know! So cool!               John Brunner- translation from the French The Overlords of War by Gérard Klein (Doubleday and Company, 1973).   Sue Burke- translations from the Spanish “Light

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Review: In the Mothers’ Land by Élisabeth Vonarburg

alternate title: The Maerlande Chronicles translated from the French by Jane Brierley Bantam Spectra November 1, 1992 512 pages I had never read anything by Élisabeth Vonarburg before, so when I came across this beautiful edition of her novel In the Mothers’ Land at the most recent WisCon, I couldn’t resist. Having heard/read so much about

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