Check out the StarShipSofa podcast this month for four works of SF in translation: “The Smog Society” by Chen Qiufan, translated from Chinese by Ken Liu and Carmen Yiling Yan “Sense of Wonder 2.0” by Laurent Queyssi, translated from French by Edward Gauvin “White Curtain” by Pavel Amnuel, translated from Russian by Anatoly Belilovsky “Violation
Art and War: Poetry, Pulp and Politics in Israeli Fiction Repeater Books April 21, 2016 300 pages Shimon Adaf and Lavie Tidhar are two of Israel’s most subversive and politically outspoken writers. Growing up on opposite sides of the Israeli spectrum – Tidhar in the north of Israel in the Zionist, socialist Kibbutz; Adaf
translated by Elisabeth Jaquette Melville House May 24, 2016 224 pages grab a copy There aren’t any starships or spirits in The Queue; no mutant alien viruses or Martian colonies, either. And yet, it is speculative fiction, because Basma Abdel Aziz has taken the reality of Egypt’s oppressive security apparatus and its impact on
This giveaway of one hardcover copy of Death’s End is open to residents of the US and Canada only. To enter, comment on this post and include your email address. The giveaway ends on Saturday, July 30, and the winner will be contacted shortly afterwards. Good luck! From Tor/Forge: “With The Three-Body Problem, English-speaking readers
translated by Daniel Huddleston Haikasoru March 8, 2016 304 pages grab a copy Legend of the Galactic Heroes truly lives up to its name: it takes the reader on a journey across several centuries and many light-years to tell a story that confirms what we know about human nature. Greed- for power, wealth, etc.-
Writer, editor, and producer Jeremy Szal has written numerous stories, reviews, and articles for such publications as Nature: Physics, Abyss & Apex, Grimdark Magazine, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, and others. He is the fiction editor and audio producer for the Hugo-winning podcast StarShipSofa and launched the podcast’s first “Translations Month special.” I asked him for his
(first posted on Book Riot 6/22/16) There’s a great big world out there, filled with accomplished authors writing in every language. Speculative fiction is an especially vibrant genre, and with works like Cixin Liu’s award-winning Three-Body Problem garnering much-deserved applause here in the U.S., and multiple anthologies of Spanish-language fiction becoming available, there’s never been
Acheron Books Editor: Samuel Marolla The first and only publishing house that produces Italian fantasy, science fiction and horror fiction and distributes it worldwide in English (as e-books). Reviews on this site:
The Doomed City by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Andrew Bromfield (Chicago Review Press, July 1) “The Doomed City is set in an experimental city whose sun gets switched on in the morning and switched off at night, bordered by an abyss on one side and an impossibly high wall on the other. Its
This is a guest post by Marie Cloutier. Check out her website, The Boston Bibliophile, and follow her on twitter @MarieKCloutier. translated by Lola Rogers Grove Press, Black Cat January 5, 2016 304 pages James Tiptree Jr. Award-winner Johanna Sinisalo takes us on a trip through a reimagined modern day Finland in The Core
