Roundtable on Arabic SF
Strange Horizons hosted a roundtable on Iraq + 100 (ed. Hassan Blasim) and Arabic sci-fi in general: read it here.
Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco
Review: Sunburnt Faces by Shimon Adaf
translated by Margalit Rodgers and Anthony Berris PS Publishing November 1, 2013 470 pages As many reviews of this book will tell you, Sunburnt Faces is not a fantasy so much as it is a novel about fantasy. The concept of “Wonderland,” children’s books about fairies and magical places, and, above all, revelation: these are
Speculative Fiction in Spain
Anne Charnock hosts Cristina Jurado and several other major figures in Spanish sci-fi, fantasy, and horror to talk about the state of the genre. Read it here.
Let’s Stop Overlooking SFF in Translation
Over at Tor.com, you can read my post on an alternate Hugo Awards finalist list that includes some fabulous speculative fiction in translation from 2016. Enjoy!
SFT on Mithila Review
My essay, “Robots, Ghosts, and Dreams: Some Preoccupations of World SF,” was recently published in Mithila Review: read it here!
Speculative Fiction in Translation: Egypt
Over at BookRiot.com, I recommend some awesome Egyptian SF in translation: find it here!
Interview With Johanna Sinisalo
Cristian Tamas interviews Finnish Weird author Johanna Sinisalo over at Europa SF: check it out.
Interview With Taiyo Fujii
Here’s Paul Semel’s interview with Japanese sf author Taiyo Fujii about his latest novel in English- Orbital Cloud- and all things sf.
Ramon Glazov Interview on Weird Fiction Review
Weird Fiction Review recently interviewed translator Ramon Glazov about his recent project, the Italian spec fic novel The Twenty Days of Turin. Read the interview here.
Review: The Queen’s Adept by Rodolfo Martínez
translated by the author Sportula June 29, 2012 376 pages grab a copy A remarkable story by the award-winning Spanish author Rodolfo Martínez, The Queen’s Adept expertly mixes the fantasy and spy thriller genres to create a unique take on religious conflict, our perception of reality, and the manipulation of memory. Thankfully, Martínez’s sequel
