Author Archives: Rachel Cordasco

Out This Month: September 2016

Death’s End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past: Book 3) by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu (Tor Books, September 20) “Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily

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REVIEW: Dreams From Beyond: An Anthology of Czech Speculative Fiction, ed. Julie Nováková

translated by: see below Edited for the purposes of Eurocon 2016 (BCon) 189 pages   When Julie Nováková first told me about her anthology, I was thrilled because I hadn’t yet come across any Czech speculative fiction in English translation and I was eager to learn more about it. Let me tell you, this collection

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Tor Post: Ten Spec Fic Anthologies in Translation From Around the World

(first posted on Tor.com 8/9/16) If you’ve gotten your hands on the latest anthology from Jeff and Ann VanderMeer—The Big Book of Science Fiction (Vintage, July 12)—you’ve seen just how many wonderful stories they’ve included from around the world. So if you’re itching to read more speculative fiction in translation, check out these ten anthologies

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REVIEW: Speculative Japan 3 edited by Edward Lipsett

translated by: see below Kurodahan Press November 30, 2012 292 pages   You wanted an intergalactic, thousand-year-long love story? Speculative Japan 3 has it. You were interested in some short, cutting satire? Yup, Speculative Japan 3 has that too. And world-ending experiments? Clones? Invisible undergrads? Speculative Japan 3 has you covered. With many of these

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