translated from the Croatian by the author Wizard’s Tower Press October 5, 2020 272 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore Contents: “A Unicorn and a Warrior Girl”“The Divine She-Wolf”“The Nekomata”“Elsbet and The Book of Dragons”“The Law of the Sea”“The Aeolomancer”“Rumiko”“As the Distant Bells Toll” I first read Aleksandar Žiljak’s work
originally published in Italian in 1977 translated by Frederika Randall NYRB Classics December 1, 2020 144 pages grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore Dissipatio Humanis Generis: the disappearance of the human race. This is Guido Morselli’s theme, and it’s explored with all of the seriousness and depth one would expect from
originally published in Polish in 1961 first translated into English from the French version (by Jean-Michel Jasiensko, 1966) by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox (1970) first direct Polish-to-English translation by Bill Johnston (2011) grab a copy at your local bookstore or here VARIOUS TRANSLATIONS MY THOUGHTS *contains spoilers Much has been written about Solaris over
[originally translated from the Russian in 1977 as Prisoners of Power; this new translation is of the uncensored version] translated by Andrew Bromfield Chicago Review Press February 4, 2020 416 pages grab a copy This novel from the Strugatskys’ Noon Universe is not just about a space traveler from Earth crash landing on an alien
translated from the Italian by Sally McCorry Luna Press Publishing April 10, 2020 220 pages grab a copy Winner of the 2015 Urania Award,* Francesco Verso’s BloodBusters is a heady mix of economic and political intrigue and fast-paced adventure, all circulating (pun intended!) around the unique premise that people pay their taxes in blood instead
Check out my essay on the entire Legend of the Galactic Heroes series for the Locus Roundtable here.
translated by David Frye Restless Books July 7, 2020 208 pages grab a copy A wild ride from the first page, Red Dust (Yoss’s latest novel in English) is a highly-entertaining space opera indebted to classic detective fiction. It also has an unusual protagonist in the form of Raymond, a positronic robot detective who is tasked
translated by Matt Treyvaud Haikasoru November 19, 2019 224 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers Haikasoru has done it. They’ve published all ten books in Yoshiki Tanaka’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes series in English. Sadly, this was also one of Haikasoru’s last publications, but we can take heart from the fact that
Check out the latest SFRA Review, which includes my regular column on the “SF in Translation Universe,” Mengtian Sun’s essay “Liu Cixin’s Alien Encounter SF as Postcolonial Fantasy,” Cait Coker’s review of Readymade Bodhisattva: The Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction, and my review of Lingua Cosmica.
translated by Matt Treyvaud Haikasoru July 16, 2019 224 pages grab a copy * here be spoilers Aaaaand I still can’t believe that Yang Wen-li is dead. But moving on. Volume 9 picks up with Julian Mintz and his small community on Iserlohn also trying to move forward and establish their position in relation to
