edited by Bill Campbell and Francesco Verso Rosarium Publishing April 17, 2018 310 pages If you’ve been looking for a superb collection of speculative fiction from around the world; fiction that interrogates humanity’s technological, moral, and, evolutionary trajectory; fiction that doesn’t hesitate to probe our darkest fears and secret desires– if you’ve been looking
translated by Tyran Grillo Haikasoru November 21, 2017 272 pages grab a copy I’ve now read the first five books in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, and I’m impressed by how well Tanaka controls the plot of this intergalactic war and its main participants across so many pages without the story unraveling (kind
translated by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson originally published in Poland: 1961 my edition: Harcourt (June 1, 1989) 256 pages grab a copy Reading Stanislaw Lem “It was a hundred and twenty-seven years ago. I was thirty then. The expedition…I was a pilot on the expedition to Fomalhaut. That’s twenty-three light years away. We flew
translated from the Polish by Marc E. Heine originally published in Poland: 1959 my edition: Harcourt (September 1, 1989) 262 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem ** spoilers Reading Eden right after The Star Diaries gave me a kind of literary whiplash: while the former is an irreverent, darkly-comic joyride around the universe; the latter is a
translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel originally published in Poland: 1957; expanded 1971 my edition: Harcourt (June 26, 1985) 286 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem As you know, I’ve set myself the very enjoyable task of reading all of Stanislaw Lem’s speculative fiction that’s available in English. And since I love doing things chronologically, I’ve
translated from the Swedish by the author Vintage Books June 27, 2017 224 pages *some spoilers* A lot has been written about Amatka– a strange, compelling, and truly fascinating novel- so I won’t rehash the plot and characters here. Instead, I’ll write about what I found most intriguing and why. Deal? Deal.
translated by Alan Meyers Gollancz 1980 243 pages grab a copy (the link here is to the upcoming [2018] Chicago Review Press edition) Radiant Terminus meets Annihilation meets The Slynx The strange title of this Strugatsky novel perfectly reflects the strangeness that follows. How does one even begin to review a book like The Snail
This is a guest post by Anna Ntrouka. You can follow her on twitter @annantrou. translated by Sora Kim-Russell Scribe Publications April 26, 2017 142 pages When recently asked to describe Familiar Things in a nutshell, two things came to mind: first, that it is an endearing book and second, that it is an
translated by Andrew Driver Kurodahan Press July 10, 2017 236 pages grab a copy Before you do anything else, just look at that cover by Youchan Ito. It’s a thing of beauty. Ok, now to the book. Bullseye! is a collection of some of the most absurd, bizarre, haunting, and hilarious stories that you’ll ever
My review of Yoshio Aramaki’s The Sacred Era, translated by Baryon Tensor Posadas, is in the latest issue of World Literature Today. Also in this issue are reviews of Aberrant (Czech SFT) and The Papyrus Trilogy (Serbian SFT).
