2017
Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco
Flash Fiction From Around the World: “An Energetic Star”
This is the fifteenth 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. Florin Purluca is a Romanian writer, living in Focșani, Romania. He has a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and works in a psychiatric hospital in
Reading the Strugatskys
Check out this list of novels and novellas by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (warning: these guys were PROLIFIC).
Friday Links
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: My review of Frankenstein in Baghdad in WLT I recently talked about all things SFT on the Skiffy and Fanty podcast Out next year: a new anthology of Chinese SF in translation
Samovar Magazine: Interviews with Francesco Verso and Clelia Farris
In Samovar Magazine this month, you’ll find two interviews with Italian SF authors, and an essay on the SF conference in Chengdu by Francesco Verso: Interview: Francesco Verso Interview: Clelia Farris “A Report from the 4th International Science Fiction Conference in Chengdu” by Francesco Verso
Review: Return From the Stars by Stanislaw Lem
translated by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson originally published in Poland: 1961 my edition: Harcourt (June 1, 1989) 256 pages grab a copy Reading Stanislaw Lem “It was a hundred and twenty-seven years ago. I was thirty then. The expedition…I was a pilot on the expedition to Fomalhaut. That’s twenty-three light years away. We flew
SFT 2017 Stats
2017 has been a fantastic year for SFT! With novels and stories from Japan to Slovakia, there’s no shortage of wonderful things to read. Standalone Short SFT total: 73 Chinese- 14 (19.4%) (China, Hong Kong) published in Clarkesworld, seat14c.com, Anomaly 25, LARB China Channel, Read
Apex Book of World SF 5 Out Next Year!
Apex Publications recently announced a new Apex Book of World SF, expected out next year. This fifth volume will be edited by Cristina Jurado, editor of SuperSonic and Apex Magazine’s international fiction editor. Can’t wait!!!
Review: Eden by Stanislaw Lem
translated from the Polish by Marc E. Heine originally published in Poland: 1959 my edition: Harcourt (September 1, 1989) 262 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem ** spoilers Reading Eden right after The Star Diaries gave me a kind of literary whiplash: while the former is an irreverent, darkly-comic joyride around the universe; the latter is a
Review: The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem
translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel originally published in Poland: 1957; expanded 1971 my edition: Harcourt (June 26, 1985) 286 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem As you know, I’ve set myself the very enjoyable task of reading all of Stanislaw Lem’s speculative fiction that’s available in English. And since I love doing things chronologically, I’ve
