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
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
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 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.
I’ve started adding pages to this site (see below) that list English-language synopses of speculative fiction that hasn’t yet been translated into English, in the hopes that this will encourage the publication of even more SFT. If you are interested in submitting English synopses for this project, let me know in the comments on this
Speculative Fiction in Translation: Czech Republic A new story from Xia Jia is featured in Clarkesworld this month Italian SFT is featured in The Dark Magazine
“The Psychology Game” by Xia Jia, translated from the Chinese by Emily Jin and Ken Liu (Clarkesworld, October 1) “The Weirdo” by Davide Camparsi, translated by Michael Colbert (The Dark Magazine, October)
Your weekly dose of SF in translation: The latest issue of Samovar Magazine Jordanian SF in translation out this month Nerds of a Feather reviews A Small Charred Face
The latest issue of Samovar Magazine is out, and includes Greek and Swedish SF in translation, Nepali poetry, and the first post in the “Translator Spotlight” series. Check it out!
Your weekly dose of SF in translation links: Speculative and Dark Fiction in Croatia via The Future Fire Michael Swanwick’s post about “China in Helsinki” Part 1 and Part 2 Giants at the End of the World: A Showcase of Finnish Weird, via Worldcon 75 Translator Jocelyne Allen on Sayuri Ueda Tyran Grillo on the
