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Special Issue on Spanish SF

By Rachel CordascoOctober 24, 2017spotlightScience Fiction Studies, Spanish

Check out the special issue on Spanish SF in the latest issue of Science Fiction Studies here.

Flash Fiction From Around the World: “Tanya’s Manoeuvres”

By Rachel CordascoOctober 22, 2017Flash FictionAndrei Dichenko, flash fiction, Fred Fingers, Russia, Russian

This is the twelfth 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. Andrei Dichenko (born in 1988 in Kaliningrad) – belarusian writer and journalist. Author of several influential books, among them «Плиты и провалы», «Ты – меня», «Солнечный

Flash Fiction From Around the World: “The Borders of Perfection”

By Rachel CordascoOctober 21, 2017Flash FictionCarlo Vicenzi, flash fiction, Italian, Italy, Sarah Jane Webb

This is the eleventh in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. This series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Born in northern Italy in 1986, Carlo Vicenzi holds a degree in Modern Languages and Anthropology. An enthusiast of Renaissance fencing and a martial arts practitioner,

Review: The Snail on the Slope by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

By Rachel CordascoOctober 18, 20171 commentreviewAlan Meyer, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Gollancz, Russia, Russian

translated by Alan Meyers Gollancz 1980 243 pages grab a copy (the link here is to the upcoming [2018] Chicago Review Press edition) Radiant Terminus meets Annihilation meets The Slynx The strange title of this Strugatsky novel perfectly reflects the strangeness that follows. How does one even begin to review a book like The Snail

Flash Fiction From Around the World: “Writing Software”

By Rachel CordascoOctober 16, 2017Flash Fictionflash fiction, Italian, Italy, Piero Schiavo Campo, Sarah Jane Webb

This is the tenth in a series of posts featuring speculative flash fiction in translation. This series highlights both new and established spec fic writers from around the world. Piero Schiavo Campo has a degree in physics. After five years in scientific research, he moved on to software. Currently he teaches Theory and Techniques

SFT and Scott Edelman’s “Eating the Fantastic”

By Rachel CordascoOctober 15, 2017news, spotlightChen Qiufan, Eating the Fantastic, Johanna Sinisalo, Karin Tidbeck, podcast, Scott Edelman, Worldcon 75, Xia Jia

Check out Scott Edelman’s podcast “Eating the Fantastic,” in which he shares a meal with writers and editors as they talk about science fiction, fantasy, horror, writing, comics, movies, fandom, and food. He’s recently spoken with speculative fiction writers from around the world, including Chen Quifan (Episode 49) and Johanna Sinisalo (Episode 48). Xia Jia

New Andrzej Sapkowski

By Rachel CordascoOctober 12, 2017newsAndrzej Sapkowski, Gollancz, Orbit Books, Poland, Polish

Earlier this year, Orbit (US) and Gollancz (UK) announced that they will publish a translation of a new book in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher universe: Season of Storms. More Polish SFT!

Clarkesworld’s SFT

By Rachel CordascoOctober 9, 2017list, spotlightChinese, Clarkesworld Magazine, German, Italian, Korean

Clarkesworld Magazine has published more sf in translation over the past several years than any other speculative fiction magazine in the U.S. The stories it features- many from China, some from other countries- are some of the best stories you’ll read, translated or otherwise. Many thanks to editor Neil Clarke and translators Ken Liu, S.

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