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SFT on the Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist

By Rachel CordascoMay 20, 2019newsAhmed Saadawi, Arabic, Iraq, Jonathan Wright, Oneworld Publications

The Arthur C. Clarke Award has released its shortlist and it includes Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright, from Oneworld Publications.

Review: The Redemption of Time by Baoshu

By Rachel CordascoMay 19, 2019reviewBaoshu, China, Chinese, Ken Liu, Tor Books

translated by Ken Liu Tor Books July 16, 2019 272 pages grab a copy **here be spoilers! If you absolutely loved Liu Cixin’s Three-Body trilogy (The Three-Body Problem (2014), The Dark Forest (2015), and Death’s End (2016))–and of course you did–then you’ll be understandably excited to know that The Redemption of Time is available in

The SFT 2019 Catalog

By Rachel CordascoMay 18, 2019newsWisCon

In time for WisCon 43, here’s the SFT19-catalog!

Josef Nesvadba and Czech SFT

By Rachel CordascoMay 13, 20191 commentreviewCzech, Czech Republic, Josef Nesvadba

Over at Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations, Joachim Boaz reviews Czech SF author Josef Nesvadba’s collection In the Footsteps of the Abominable Snowman/The Lost Face (1964, tr. 1970). Check it out!

Flash Fiction From Around the World: “Returning”

By Rachel CordascoMay 7, 2019Flash FictionCascadia Subduction Zone, Lawrence Schimel, Spain, Spanish, Susana Vallejo

This is the nineteenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. The series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Susana Vallejo (Madrid, 1968) is an author who works in PR/Communication in Barcelona, where she’s lived since 1994. She has won numerous prizes in the fields

Out This Month: May

By Rachel CordascoMay 6, 2019out this monthAntonia Lloyd-Jones, Asamatsu Ken, Bewildering Stories, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, Counterpoint Press, Emily Jin, Flora Drew, Frances Riddle, Ibtisam Azem, Japan, Japanese, Jim Rion, Kurodahan Press, Ma Jian, Martin Felipe Castagnet, Mexico, Poland, Polish, Przekroj, SFT, Sinan Antoon, Spanish, Stanislaw Lem, Susana Vallejo, Syracuse University Press, The Short Story Project, Toshiya Kamei, Vicente Riva Palacio, Xia Jia

SHORT STORIES “Tick-Tick” by Xia Jia, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin, Clarkesworld Magazine, May 1. “An Unequal Marriage” by Vicente Riva Palacio, translated from the Spanish by Toshiya Kamei, Bewildering Stories, May. “Returning” by Susana Vallejo, translated from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel, SFinTranslation.com, May.

Reviews of Short Fiction: April Edition

By Rachel CordascoMay 5, 2019reviewAndy Dudak, Carlos A Duarte Cano, Chile, China, Chinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, David Bowles, Florin Purluca, Francisco Ortega, Gord Sellar, In Geveb, Japan, Japanese, Jihyun Park, Jordan Finkin, Kalman Zingman, Korea, Korean, Laura Ponce, Lawrence Schimel, Mexico, Moon City Review, Nian Yu, Portuguese, Raquel Castro, Romania, Romanian, Soyeon Jeong, Spanish, Swylmar dos Santos Ferreira, Tales From the Shadow Booth, Teleport Magazine, Ukraine, unfading daydream, Yiddish, Yoshiro Takayasu

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.

Speculative Microfiction from Italy in WWB

By Rachel CordascoMay 2, 2019newsItalian, Italy, Rachel Cordasco, Words Without Borders

I’m so excited to announce that Words Without Borders is featuring speculative microfiction from Italy in its May 2019 issue! Along with my introduction to Italian SF and SFT, it includes beautiful pieces by Francesco Verso, Emanuela Valentini, and Simonetta Olivo, all translated by Sarah Jane Webb. Enjoy!

Currently Reading: Love in the New Millennium

By Rachel CordascoApril 21, 20192 commentscurrently readingAnnelise Finegan Wasmoen, Can Xue, China, Chinese, Yale University Press

Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue translated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen November 20, 2018 Yale University Press From the publisher: “In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flower beds and false reports fly. Conspiracies abound in

SFT on Recent Awards Lists

By Rachel CordascoApril 17, 2019news

Gabriela Damián Miravete has won the 2018 Tiptree Award for her short story “They Will Dream In the Garden,” translated by Adrian Demopulos and published online by Latin American Literature Today (May 2018). The Best Translated Book Award 2019 Fiction Longlist includes several works of SFT: Love in the New

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