Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco

Review: The Waves Extinguish the Wind by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

translated by Daniels Umanovskis original publication (in Russian): 1986 first English edition (as The Time Wanderers): 1987, Richardson & Steirman this edition: 2023, Chicago Review Press grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library When you pick up a book by two of the greatest science fiction writers of the 20th

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Review: Simantov by Asaf Ashery

translated by Marganit Weinberger-Rotman original publication (in Hebrew): 2020 first English edition: 2020, Angry Robot grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library One of the fascinating things about contemporary Hebrew SFT is that it includes a subset of novels that smash together the detective genre and biblical themes. Books like

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Out This Month: August

SHORT STORIES “Who Can Have the Moon” by Congyun ‘Muming’ Gu, translated from the Chinese by Tian Huang (Clarkesworld, August 1). NOVELS The Kindness by John Ajvide Lindqvist, translated by ? (riverrun, August 3). A shipping container is mysteriously dumped in the Swedish port town of Norrtalje. Due to their ignorance of its ownership it

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Review: The Elementary Particles by Michel Houellebecq

translated by Frank Wynne original publication (in French): 1998 first English edition: 2000 grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore or library “This book is dedicated to mankind.” Thus ends Michel Houellebecq’s strange novel The Elementary Particles, a story about, among other things, half-brothers, France, molecular biology, sex, and morality. Translated beautifully

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Daniel’s Reviews: The Impersonal Adventure by Marcel Béalu

Daniel Haeusser is a microbiologist and an Associate Professor. He reads broadly in English and French, and his book review blog can be found at Reading1000Lives. He also contributes reviews to Skiffy & Fanty, Fantasy Book Critic, Strange Horizons, and World Literature Today. You can also connect with his reviews and book celebration on Goodreads, Twitter, Bluesky, or Facebook. Wakefield Press continues their noble

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Out This Month: July

NOVELS Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, translated from the Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda and Allison Markin Powell (New Directions, June 6) The Kappa is a creature from Japanese folklore known for dragging unwary toddlers to their deaths in rivers: a scaly, child-sized creature, looking something like a frog, but with a sharp, pointed beak and an

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Daniel’s Reviews: The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

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. Daniel reads

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Out This Month: June

SHORT STORIES “To Helen” by Bella Han, translated from the Chinese by the author (Clarkesworld, June 1). “Matchstick Girl” by Lucas Santana, translated from the Portuguese by H. Pueyo (The Dark, June). NOVELS Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, translated from the Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda and Allison Markin Powell (New Directions, June 6) [reprint] Akutagawa’s Kappa

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