András Szabados is a freelance translator, who is also a fan of classic science fiction and has made it his mission to bring the previously unknown works of Peter Zsoldos to the English-reading audience. You can grab a copy of his translation of The Mission here. The Microcosm of Péter Zsoldos Trying to define classic
translated by Judith Landry Ecco (Harper Collins) March 27, 2018 (most of the stories- originally 1965) 240 pages grab a copy Contents: “The Collapse of the Baliverna” “Catastrophe” “The Epidemic” “The Landslide” “Just the Very Thing They Wanted” “Oversight” “The Monster” “Seven Floors” “The March of Time” “The Alarming Revenge of a Domestic Pet” “And
Both the National Translation Award longlist and the Shirley Jackson Award include SFT this year: NTA: The Invented Part by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden, from Open Letter Shirley Jackson Award: (tie; winner for novella) Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell, from Riverhead
On the Apex Magazine site, Francesco Verso talks about the origins and major themes of his novel Nexhuman, translated by Sally McCorry and coming out next month from Apex Publications. Read “Nexhuman: From Origin to Translation” here.
translated from the Portuguese by Fábio Fernandes World Weaver Press August 7, 2018 286 pages grab a copy Contents: “Soylent Green is People!” by Carlos Orsi “When Kingdoms Collide” by Telmo Marçal “Breaking News!” by Romeu Martins “Once Upon a Time in a World” by Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa “Escape” by Gabriel Cantareira
Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up to No Good (part of the Women Up To No Good series), edited by Joanne Merriam, up now on Kickstarter, will include SFT by Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría (Argentina) and Estíbaliz Espinosa (Galicia): “Liquid Glass” (original) is by Argentine author Teresa P. Mira de Echeverría (@TeresaPME). Her novelette, Memory, is also
translated by Tyran Grillo Haikasoru April 17, 2018 224 pages grab a copy Unlike the previous five books in Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, Flight offers readers no space battles and little hand-to-hand combat (though there is some of the latter partway through the book, and it’s kind of graphic). Instead, this
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.
SHORT STORIES “To Fly Like a Fallen Angel” by Qi Yue, translated from the Chinese by Elizabeth Hanlon (Clarkesworld Magazine, July 1) “Render Unto Caesar” by Eduardo Vaquerizo, translated from the Spanish by Rich Larson (Analog SF, July/August) “All Clear” by Hao He, translated from the Chinese
The other day, I asked twitter why the Hugo Awards (and other US-based SF awards) didn’t include an SF in Translation category, and this sparked a larger, and I thought quite helpful and interesting, conversation around the web. Here are some posts about the topic: “Make It So: Adding a New Hugo Award Category” by
